# Women in Ancient Greece — WHE Article Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/women-in-ancient-greece-whe-article-discussion/2032>\
**Category:** WHE Articles\
**Created:** [July 27, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/women-in-ancient-greece-whe-article-discussion/2032 "2016-07-27T15:52:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/women-in-ancient-greece-whe-article-discussion/2032/1 "2016-07-27T15:52:30Z")

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Women in the ancient Greek world had few rights in comparison to male citizens. Unable to vote, own land, or inherit, a woman's place was in the home and her purpose in life was the rearing of children. That is a general description and when considering Greek women one should remember our sources are incomplete and not always unbiased.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/article/927/women-in-ancient-greece/](https://www.worldhistory.org/article/927/women-in-ancient-greece/)._

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**Author:** ![markzcartwright](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/markzcartwright/32/35_2.png) [@markzcartwright](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/markzcartwright)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/women-in-ancient-greece-whe-article-discussion/2032/2 "2026-07-28T20:16:42Z")

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