dependent upon or to what extent it differed from their status in Greek, Roman, and Jewish life. THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE By comparison, Greek women were accorded somewhat higher respect than women of other ancient pagan societies. Nevertheless, it is true that they were placed almost on the same level with the slave and were under the authority and control of their husbands both by custom and by law. Plato, of course, vigorously affirmed the equality of the sexes and the community of