# Spartan Women — WHE Article Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/spartan-women-whe-article-discussion/16766>\
**Category:** WHE Articles\
**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/spartan-women-whe-article-discussion/16766 "2021-06-14T09:02:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 9:02am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/spartan-women-whe-article-discussion/16766/1 "2021-06-14T09:02:47Z")

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Spartan women had more rights and enjoyed greater autonomy than women in any other Greek city-state of the Classical Period (5th-4th centuries BCE). Women could inherit property, own land, make business transactions, and were better educated than women in ancient Greece in general. Unlike Athens, where women were considered second-class citizens, Spartan women were said to rule their men.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/123/spartan-women/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/123/spartan-women/)._

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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/spartan-women-whe-article-discussion/16766/2 "2026-07-31T00:03:57Z")

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