Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks

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Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks

• Boys went to school
• Girls stayed home with their mothers to weave and
  complete chores in the house
• After school, boys went to the training ground to
  practice wrestling and throwing the discus, a
  flat plate
• Athletes were training for the Olympic Games in
  honor of Zeus.

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I. In the Marketplace

• The Acropolis was the center of religious life
• The Agora was the center of everyday life where
  meetings were held and people shopped

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II. Life at Home

• Homes were made of mud bricks
• Rooms were surrounded by a courtyard hidden from
  the street
• Houses had kitchens, a dining room and bathrooms
  although water was carried from a public fountain
• Meals consisted of fish, bread, olives and fruit.
  Meat was not usually eaten, mostly fish

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III Slavery in Ancient Greece

• Slaves did a great deal of work throughout the
  city-states of Greece.
• As much as 100,000 slaves may have lived in
  Athens
• Many free people were enslaved when they were
  captured by armies or pirates while traveling on
  ships
• Many slaves were foreigners

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Slavery continued

• Slaves worked in the house, in the fields, as
  helpers for artisans or in the mines for silver
  and gold

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IV. Women in Athens

• Home was where most Athenian women spend their
  day
• Women could not vote or take part in politics
• Women could not own property
• Women ran the house and all of the chores
  including the slaves
• Even though women played an important role, they
  were meant to be invisible in society