TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

Traditions and Encounters

Traditions and Encounters

Women and Family (Greece)

In Greece women used to leave except to bring water or visiting the home of another woman. The men did the shopping and all family matters, hoping that women stay home and maintain order. Besides cooking and cleaning the Greek women were wearing clothes his family. From the day of birth until his death, a woman of ancient Greece lived under the control of men. His father, his brothers and even their children-made decisions that altered her life (Goff, 2004).

In ancient Greece males spent majority of the time outside their home. Hence, their family life was controlled by the women of Greece. Besides the decisions of rearing, weaving and sewing clothes for the family; the women were in control of other activities and decisions in family. The women of Greece used to look after the everyday consorting of the house (Goff, 2004). Inside an economic system established on thralldom; there was copiousness of female slaves. These women were used to do cooking, cleaning, and to carry water from the source (Bentley, Ziegler, 2008). Exclusively in the most misfortunate families the women executed all the responsibilities and obligations alone. However, the civilized families represent a different scenario.

In ancient Greece, exceptions to this rigid social convention were weddings, funerals and state religious festivals in which it was expected that women played prominent public roles. Apart from these moments, the most common women's meetings (and daily), happened when women were the same sector in the well water, which were generally community, only very rich people had private wells (Bentley, Ziegler, 2008). But, the life of Greek women wore almost most of the time in the garden of the house, where weaving and cooking, Greek cooking equipment was small and lightweight and could be installed easily. In sunny weather, women were protected from the sun with hats or blankets, because the ideal female beauty was a pale complexion (Bentley, Ziegler, 2008).

Women and Family (Rome)

In ancient Rome only well-off girls attended school until twelve years in mixed schools. After that, only with the permission of her father or her husband could continue his studies, mostly aimed at a culture that was basically used to entertain, such as Greek, for example dance or play an instrument (Scherer, Morey, 1955). Society and family are always under the subjugation of his father and then her husband, this figure was called the paterfamilias (Bentley, Ziegler, 2008).

The ladies of good social position did not even have responsibilities as a housewife, as was her husband who commanded mainly on the servants. The slaves even dressed and combed and never left alone. Duly accompanied only allowed to leave freely. The most distinguished ladies out very little and when they did it was covered with a veil. Only those that are rich in family heritage have some freedom in their marriage and even some may file for divorce, always strong enough reasons such as abuse, but was usually the man who made this ...