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• In Greek society, slaves were seen as a necessary and perfectly normal part of city-life.
• The relationship between slaves and owners seems to have been much as in any other period of history with a mix of contempt, distrust, and abuse from the owners and contempt, theft, and sabotage from the enslaved.
• 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.
• Contact with non-family males was discouraged and women occupied their time with indoor activities such as wool-work and weaving.
• Spartan women were treated somewhat differently than in other states

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