... proof of her ancient birth? At Olympia, the Heraion, the temple to Hera, predates by a long time the Temple of Zeus. By the Homeric Age Zeus became superior to Hera, undoubtedly showing women's declining status. We get glimpses of women's economic contributions ranging from weaving cloth, leather workers, and ... , women legally and politically did not have power for they were under the control of males their entire lives. Girls never formally came of age as boys did at eighteen. Before Solon's monumental economic and political reforms, circa 600 b.c.e., fathers could sell their daughters...

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