Throughout history, mothers have wept in seeing their sons set out for war; Spartan women, however, developed another ritual, aimed at preventing the ignominy that would befall them if their son ...

Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War ... but they did compete against the boys at sport. Spartan women also had more freedom than other Greek women.

Sparta and Athens fought a long war, called the Peloponnesian War ... but they did compete against the boys at sport. Spartan women also had more freedom than other Greek women.