... by women." Pointing to the reason Sparta lost to the Thebians, Aristotle claimed it was the chaotic behavior of its women. Yet it was the first time Spartan women had seen the enemy, and naturally they would have reacted violently when they saw the Thebians burning their property. What did the Greek women do when they ... the soul." According to Aristotle, women were imperfect or malformed males produced as a result of a conjugal act stained by some impurity. In tandem with the misogynistic tendencies of the Greeks, was the legend of the Amazons. For the Greeks, Amazons were a race of wa...

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