It is the Greek concept of Oikos as "home in the fullest sense of the term and beyond". It was a self-contained universe, isolated from the outside world, whose primary functions were to produce the goods necessary for life, care for the elderly, raise the next generation, and care for its dead ancestors” (Shaw). Given that the daily function of the average Greek woman was mainly within the home, we can conclude that the attributes of the wife were those required by the Oikos, namely: industriousness, maternal love and the ability to create harmony. Michael Shaw notes that there were also some negative traits: the fact that "she will not normally be known in public, because that implies that something is wrong inside the house that pushes her out" (Shaw). Shaw also explains that he will be obedient because most decisions involve the outside world in... middle of paper... truder" Reconsidered: Women in Aristophanes' Lysistrata and Ecclesiazusae." Classical Philology 77.1 (1982): 1+. JSTOR. Network. December 11, 2013. .Henderson, Jeffrey. Lysístrata by Aristophanes. Newburyport, MA: Focus Information Group, 1988. Print.Schaps, David. "The Women of Greece in Wartime". Classical Philology 77.3 (1982): 193. JSTOR. Network. December 7, 2013. Shaw, Michael. "The Female Intruder: Women in Fifth-Century Drama." Classical Philology 70.4 (1975): 255+. JSTOR. Network. 8 December 2013. Slater, Philip E. “Sex and the State in Ancient Greece.” Ed. Helene P. Foley. Diacritics 5.4 (1975): 31-36. JSTOR. Network. 9 December. 2013. .

Topic > It is the Greek concept of Oikos as "home in the fullest sense of the term and beyond". It was a self-contained universe, isolated from the outside world, whose primary functions were to produce the goods necessary for life, care for the elderly, raise the next generation, and care for its dead ancestors” (Shaw). Given that the daily function of the average Greek woman was mainly within the home, we can conclude that the attributes of the wife were those required by the Oikos, namely: industriousness, maternal love and the ability to create harmony. Michael Shaw notes that there were also some negative traits: the fact that "she will not normally be known in public, because that implies that something is wrong inside the house that pushes her out" (Shaw). Shaw also explains that he will be obedient because most decisions involve the outside world in... middle of paper... truder" Reconsidered: Women in Aristophanes' Lysistrata and Ecclesiazusae." Classical Philology 77.1 (1982): 1+. JSTOR. Network. December 11, 2013. .Henderson, Jeffrey. Lysístrata by Aristophanes. Newburyport, MA: Focus Information Group, 1988. Print.Schaps, David. "The Women of Greece in Wartime". Classical Philology 77.3 (1982): 193. JSTOR. Network. December 7, 2013. Shaw, Michael. "The Female Intruder: Women in Fifth-Century Drama." Classical Philology 70.4 (1975): 255+. JSTOR. Network. 8 December 2013. Slater, Philip E. “Sex and the State in Ancient Greece.” Ed. Helene P. Foley. Diacritics 5.4 (1975): 31-36. JSTOR. Network. 9 December. 2013. .