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Life in Ancient Greece Free FREE LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE PDF John Green,Stanley Appelbaum | 48 pages | 01 Sep 1993 | Dover Publications Inc. | 9780486275093 | English | New York, United States Daily Life in Ancient Greece for Kids and Teachers - Ancient Greece for Kids Ancient Greek cities were protected by stone walls. Inside them, most of the land was occupied by private homes. However, there were also many temples and workshops. In a typical workshop, a craftsman worked with one or two assistants and perhaps a slave. Methods of government varied among the Greek city-states. However, Athens is famous for democracy. In Athens, there was a council made up of men. They proposed new laws which were debated in an assembly, which all men could attend, held every 10 days. The Athenians also had a method of removing politicians they disliked. At an assembly, each year men wrote the name of an unpopular politician on pieces of broken pottery. If men voted against him he was banished for 10 years. This practice gave us the word ostracize. The Greeks Life in Ancient Greece colonies in southern Italy and southern France. They also began colonies on the Turkish coast and around the Black Sea and on the coast of North Africa. Like all early civilizations Ancient Greece was an agricultural society. Most of the people lived by farming and the main form of wealth was owning land. In each city, there was an upper class and a middle class of men like substantial farmers, doctors, and teachers. However, the vast majority of people were peasants and craftsmen or slaves. Slavery was common. If they worked in rich peoples homes slaves could be reasonably treated. However, by law owners were allowed to flog slaves. Those slaves who worked in mines probably suffered the most. Prisoners of war were made slaves. Furthermore, any child born to a slave was automatically a slave. However, there were also Life in Ancient Greece huge number of slaves imported from abroad. Slaves were cheap and only the poorest Greeks could not afford them. Even if they were not slaves most of the people in Ancient Greece had a very low standard of living. Despite all the achievements of Ancient Greece for most of its people life was hard. When a child was born it was not regarded as a person until it was Life in Ancient Greece days old when a special ceremony was held and the child became part of the family. Parents were entitled, by law, to abandon newborn babies to die of exposure. Sometimes strangers would adopt abandoned babies. However, in that case, the baby became a slave. The history of slavery. The Greeks worshiped goddesses as well as gods. Women participated in religious festivals. However in wealthy family women usually stayed apart from men. They usually stayed in the back or upper part of the house. In a rich family, the wife was expected to run the home and very often to manage the finances. However rich women would normally stay indoors and send slaves to do the shopping. Poor women, of course, had no choice. They might also have to help their husbands with farm work. Women, even rich ones were expected to spin and weave cloth and make clothes. However, in Sparta women owned much of the land. We also know from records that women owned land in Thessaly and in the Cretan city-state of Gortyn. In Ancient Greece, some women were tavern keepers. Others sold food or perfume. Some Life in Ancient Greece wool workers. In Ancient Greece some girls were taught to read and write. Women from wealthy families were often well educated. Girls married Life in Ancient Greece they were about Except in Sparta where they were typically older. Marriages were often arranged. Greek women were not allowed to participate in the Olympic Games. However, women had their own games dedicated to the goddess Hera wife of Zeus. The Heraean games were held once every 4 years. There were many great women in Ancient Greece. Sappho 6th century BC was a famous Greek woman poet. Theano of Crotona born c. Telesilla of Argos was a famous poet who lived around BC. Gorgo queen of Sparta born c. About BC Arete of Cyrene was a famous philosopher. Timycha of Life in Ancient Greece was a philosopher about BC. Hipparchia of Maroneia Life in Ancient Greece was a philosopher. Anyte of Tegea was a Life in Ancient Greece poet who lived around BC. About BC Aglaonike was a woman astronomer. The history of women. Athletic competitions were held during religious festivals in every Greek city. However the Olympic Games began in Olympia in BC in honor of Zeus, the chief god and people came from all over Greece and the Greek colonies to take part in them. Wars stopped to allow everyone to take part. Athletes competed in boxing, wrestling, running, Life in Ancient Greece racing, chariot racing and the pentathlon five athletic events. Winners were not given medals. Instead, they were given a crown of leaves. Ancient Greek homes were usually plain and simple. Life in Ancient Greece were made of mud bricks covered in plaster. Roofs were made of pottery tiles. Windows did Life in Ancient Greece have glass and were just holes in the wall. Poor people lived in just one, two or three rooms. Rich Greeks lived in large houses with several rooms. Usually, they were arranged around a courtyard and often an upper story. Downstairs was the kitchen and the dining room called the andron. So was the living room. Upstairs were bedrooms Life in Ancient Greece a room for women called a Life in Ancient Greece the women wove cloth there and also ate their meals there away from the men. Furniture was basic even in a rich home. The Ancient Greeks stored things in wooden chests or hung them from wooden pegs on the walls. A rich home Life in Ancient Greece also have a dresser to display expensive cups. People reclined on couches which could also act as beds. The couches were simply wooden frames with rope webbing and mats or rugs laid on top. Poor people rose at sunrise and went to bed at dusk but the rich lit their homes with olive oil lamps. The history of houses. Ordinary Greeks lived on a staple diet of bread made from barley or, if you could afford it, wheat and goats cheese. Meat was a luxury but fish and vegetables were plentiful. Ordinary Greeks ate pulses, onions, garlic, and olives. They also ate hen's eggs. Peasants caught small birds to eat. The Greeks also ate fruit such as raisins, apricots, figs, apples, pears and pomegranates. Rich Life in Ancient Greece ate a much more varied and interesting diet such as roasted hare, peacocks eggs or iris bulbs in vinegar. Poor people drank mainly water. If they could afford it they added honey to sweeten it. Wine was also a popular drink. Ancient Greece - Daily Life - The British Museum AD This era was immediately followed by the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine period. The Hellenistic period ended with the conquest of the eastern Mediterranean world by the Roman Republicand the annexation of the Roman province of Macedonia in Roman Greeceand later the province of Achaea during Life in Ancient Greece Roman Empire. Classical Greek cultureespecially philosophy, Life in Ancient Greece a powerful influence on ancient Romewhich carried a version of it throughout the Mediterranean and much of Europe. For this reason, Classical Greece is generally considered the cradle of Western civilizationthe seminal culture from which the modern West derives many of its founding archetypes and ideas in politics, philosophy, science, and art. Classical antiquity in the Mediterranean region is commonly considered to Life in Ancient Greece begun in the 8th century BC [5] around the time of the earliest recorded poetry of Homer and ended in the 6th century AD. Classical antiquity in Greece was preceded by the Life in Ancient Greece Dark Ages c. Following the Dark Ages was the Archaic Periodbeginning around the 8th century BC, which saw early developments in Greek culture and society Life in Ancient Greece to the Classical Period [6] from Life in Ancient Greece Persian invasion of Greece in until the death of Alexander the Great in Politically, the Classical Period was dominated by Athens and the Delian League during the 5th century, but displaced by Spartan hegemony during the early 4th century BC, before power shifted to Thebes and the Boeotian League and finally to the League of Corinth led by Macedon. Following the Classical period was the Hellenistic period — BCduring which Greek culture and power expanded into the Near and Middle East from the death of Alexander until the Roman conquest. Finally, Late Antiquity refers to the period of Christianization during the later 4th to early 6th centuries AD, consummated by the closure of the Academy of Athens by Justinian I in The historical period of ancient Greece is unique in world history as the first period attested directly in comprehensive, narrative historiographywhile earlier ancient history or proto-history is known from much more fragmentary documents such as annals, king lists, and pragmatic epigraphy. Herodotus is widely known as the "father of history": his Histories are eponymous of the entire field. Written between the s and s BC, Herodotus' work reaches Life in Ancient Greece a century into the past, discussing 6th century historical figures such as Darius I of PersiaCambyses II and Psamtik IIIand alluding to some 8th century persons such as Candaules. The accuracy of Herodotus' works is debated.
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