Woman in ancient Greece barely had any rights back in the third and fourth centuries but a lot has changed for the good since then. In different parts of ancient Greece, women became visible for a variety of reasons. Women started to work outside the home as nurses, grape pickers, and wool workers. As well as in Sparta becoming landowners. Women started to rise to power and became more visible by being in the center of discussion of sexual and political equality.  There were a lot of issues that concerned women, for example, they didn't have independent existence in the eyes of the law. They often got called hateful names and were shamed about unnecessary things. At first, women weren't treated as equals but eventually Greece took a big turn and women became more visible, rose to power and started living more as equals with men.

According to "The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece," written by Michael Scott, Women weren't allowed to work or manage a home.1 Events caused the rights of women to turn around in the fourth century but not until the fall of Athens in 404 B.C.E. and the rise of Alexander the Great in the 330's B.C.E. One of the first changes in ancient Greece was the Peloponnesian War. This war ended up lasting three centuries and eventually Athens was brought down and defeated.

After the fall of Athens, Aristophanes wrote a play called "Women in Assembly." This play was about how the women were furious and upset with the mess the men made in Athens. The Women of Athens revolted and demanded the power to be in the hands of women.

Eventually they made changes to Athens. Plato proposed new laws indicating that women could live and work as equals to men. As well in 396 and 392 B.C., a Spartan woman entered the Olympic games and won both times. Her name was Cynisca, and she was a sister of one of the spartan kings. After she died, she was worshipped as a hero in Sparta.

During these times women had many other concerns. An example was that women would get called hateful names and they would be shamed for no reason at all. They were also concerned with having little to no independent existence in the eyes of the law. After Plato's new laws it might've made it look like women were treated as equals, but they still had to have a male guardian speak for them or could speak against them in which was designed to ruin the woman's reputation. There was no voice for the women. This obviously is not the rights that they deserved. Women were also concerned with how seriously the Athenians kept their security in which Athens was then brought to its knees as said in The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece.

The changes in Ancient Greece made women more visible because they were finally allowed to work outside their homes, even as nurses, grape pickers, and even woolworkers.

Greek Goddess: Phoebe

In Greek mythology, Titans were parents of the gods who passed incredible powers through their lineages. One Titaness to have this kind of influence in Greek mythology was Phoebe.3 Phoebe was the daughter of Uranus and Gaia and the mother of Leto, who have birth to Artemis and Apollo. Along with being the mother of Leto, she is also the mother of Asteria.