ACOUP - This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part III: Spartan Women

Okay, so things have been a real bummer in Sparta. An absolutely inhuman system of indoctrinating child soldiers through violence; an unprecedented system of oppression creating one of the most brutal slave states in human history. But what about the idea that Sparta was one of the more equal societies for women in ancient Greece? Surely this will give us something of a reprieve.

The answer to that is... content warning: this post includes discussions of violence, especially sexual violence and just really, really rough systems of brutal oppression and misery. As before, Bret is not going to get graphic. But he is going to be honest about the history. And the history is not nice at all.

The text for this recording is from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry, the blog of history professor, Bret Devereaux, whose work you should absolutely support with your eyes, your clicks, and, if you are able, your bucks. 

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Original post for this recording - https://acoup.blog/2019/08/29/collect...

Dr. Devereaux’s blog, A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry - https://acoup.blog

Dr. Devereaux’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/BretDevereaux

Dr. Devereaux’s Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=20122096

Bret’s reference post for Spartan terminology - https://acoup.blog/2019/08/16/miscell...

Episode on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMBQ4AfMio

 

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