The Role of Women in Ancient Greek Art

Men and women had different roles in ancient Greek society. Their role did not encourage women to excell in the areas that men took on. The men felt the women should be subservient to the men and men were head of the family. For this reason women in ancient Greece seemed inferior socially. But the women were isolated in their homes and did not mix in the society of men. What the men thought may not have been that important to the women.
The role of women in ancient Greek art was to inspire some of the greatest art ever crafted. The women doing the inspiring were not just the contemporary women but women who lived many years before. And these women related to goddesses who were inpired by other women from an even further distant past. Many women in many cultures lived many different lives that are all connected by the thread of great art. Some of the women were even great artists.
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