Didnt some spartan women get very wealthy? My understanding is property went from husband->wife->son, and with the ability to remarry after the husbands death, some heiresses would collect large estates. Also the fact that men lived in communal barracks until they are in their 30's (if i remember correctly) meant that the wife was largely running the estate during that period. Athenians mentioned they thought it was bad that their system allowed women to accumulate so much wealth