Which of the following statements best applies to the status of women in the Hellenistic world?
- No advancements were made for women in the economic fields, since it was illegal for women to handle money
- In most kingdoms the queen shared equal power with the king, raising the prestige of upper-class women in
general.
- While women in Sparta were strictly supervised, Athenian women were allowed to share in men's affairs.
- As males were preferred to females, lower-class women were commonly subjected to infanticide or were
condemned to lives as prostitutes.