Athenian women and citizens during the time of Pericles.

The Athenian society during the 5th Century BC had a population of approximately 300,000 people living in the metropolis of Ancient Greece. Only a small minority of these residents were actually classed as citizens though, as a result of Pericles’s 451BC decree Athenian citizens were males who were at least 18 years of age, and had 2 legitimately married Athenian parents. The roles and duties of both Athenian citizens and women were both exceedingly different from one another and to how we would know them today. The Ancient Athenians had very distinct morals and values that would underlay their opinions on the class and status of those living within their society.Athenian women were legally classed as citizens, but without them the ancient society would not have been as fluent as it was. A women’s place to be was in the confinements of her home where she would work in order to please her husband, she was denied any role in the political, economical and public matters within Ath...