The trip to the Metropolitan museum of art gave me a glimpse at the role of women in the ancient Greek and Chinese societies. In Greek art Women's powers are shown to be limited to household matters. In many images they are depicted as a sort of labor force, mending clothes, weaving and spinning wool. We see this in numerous art works, including the Terracotta lekythos (331.11.10). If the female functions were to sew all day long then its logical to conclude that they probably did no go out much. Th

Women are portrayed as being the weaker sex in plenty of the art. In one of the statues a girl and a boy stand by each other. A boy is shown to be strong, athletic, and holding a pomegranate. Pomegranate is symbolic for puberty. The girl, is smaller, weakly looking and holds a flower. This is exactly what the Greeks expected from the roles of males and females in their society. Such is seen in the Terra-cotta amphora (41.162.143), were a Cassandra, the daughter of a king is raped and about to be killed by Greek Warrior Ajax.

I saw some references to family values in the Greek Art, but I get the feeling that it was not a significant part of life for them. I think that that the marble statue of Eirene holding a child, (1047, 375-360bc) has something to do with the role of family in Greek society. The statue is a sign of fertility and nurture. It could be a reference t

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