She took no part in military or political matters; nor is there any instance in the later ages of Greece of a woman becoming famous in literature.

'Hers is the greatest glory who has the least renown among men,' is the historian's conception of feminine excellence.

A very different ideal of womanhood is held up by Plato to the world; she is to be the companion of the man, and to share with him in the toils of war and in the cares of government.

She is to be similarly trained both in bodily and mental exercises.

She is to lose as far as possible the incidents of maternity and the characteristics of the female sex.
The modern antagonist of the equality of the sexes would argue that the differences between men and women are not confined to the single point urged by Plato; that sensibility, gentleness, grace, are the qualities of women, while energy, strength, higher intelligence, are to be looked for in men.