Infant/child mortality rates were high, and that persisted into (at least) the 19th century. Women did indeed become mothers as soon as possible.
Military service until age 50 doesn't pertain to the life expectancy of ancient Greek women, since women didn't serve in the military.
Cicero: "there is good reason to think that the basic facts about the Trojan War described in the Iliad and the Odyssey are historical"
wholeheartedly agree.
Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore
PRNewswire | Sep. 14, 2005 | Melanie Pope of Renault Communications
Posted on 10/09/2005 8:29:26 PM PDT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1499699/posts
Of course not, but it seems unlikely for a society's rules to assume that most men will live at least twice as long as most women.
There was no shortage of old women in ancient Greece.