In the Hellenistic world, women's social and political status depended largely on which of the following?
A) Their position in the socioeconomic hierarchy; wealthy women had far more opportunities available to them than did poor women
B) Their natural beauty; attractive women, regardless of social class, were more likely to marry upward and advance socially
C) Their innate ambition and intelligence; women driven to advance socially often succeeded in doing so, regardless of their social origins
D) Geography; women in Greece were more likely than women in the other Mediterranean Hellenistic kingdoms to be on equal footing with men
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