Roles of Mothers in Classical Sparta

Abstract

This is a student paper from a 300-level history course, “Historians and Historical Methodology” which teaches writing and research skills with a focus on historical interpretations. The author was a junior, and his faculty mentor was Professor Dallas DeForest. This historiographical paper is a critical examination of what past historians have had to say about the roles and status of women in classical Sparta. Though formatted slightly differently for this journal, the style guide used for this paper was Kate L. Turabian’s Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, which is typical of papers in this discipline.