citizens' of the city-state.Citizenship was given to men that are above 18 years of age,and was heriditary,that clearly excluded women(although if they are free-women too) and slaves.(Lewitt 2000:7)In other words,women and slaves weren't given appreciable status as far as the field of politics and civics are concerned.Plato said in his book Republic:"He[not she] who has the power to take part in the delibrate and judicial administration of the state is said by us...to be a citizen of that state."(Plato Republic cited in Burckhardt 1998:109).Women and slaves who made up most of the Classical Athens population were not citizens.
             Another similarity that both women and slaves shared was that they were under the control of men for almost the whole of their lives. Women were controlled by their fathers before marriage and their husbands after marriage.slaves were to obey the masters all the time,who were practically Athenian men
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