What was the name of households?
Oikos
What was the name and role of the patriarch?
Kyrios, rules over his oikos and represented them legally. All Kyrios has to have a role/ interest in Politics
What was the key virtue a Kyrios should emulate?
Enkrateia -self mastery
Why were men so important in the polis?
Lots of violence meant the mans political and millitary power mattered most and diminished the intellectual capacity of women as they could not fight as well.
What was the women’s quarters of the oikos called?
the gynaikeion
What can the different spheres of ancient men and women be defined as?
men = public sphere
women = gynaikeion
What was the mens quarters of the oikos?
andron
Why were women considered inferior according to Aristotle?
Their ability and role of creating children, focused them solely on the physical hindering their ability to ascend in the metaphysical.
What was the drinking party for men? Where was it? Who hosted?
A symposium in the Andron hosted by the Kyrios
How were women crucial to the public sphere?
In religious context as their ability to create life meant that they were associated with the regenerative cycles of life.
