a. It was a male-dominated environment that used slaves, gave a major role to the family, and accepted the practice of male homosexuality.
b. It was an environment in which total egalitarianism, wage labor, industrial production, a socialistic family structures, and female homosexuality were predominant.
c. It was a society in which men ruled, women were impotent in all areas of social life, international trade was nonexistent, and there were no public works programs.
d. It was a society emphasizing militarism, which secluded its young men at a relatively young age in order to "harden" them for war.
e. It was ruled by philosopher kings.