LIFE IN ANCIENT GREECE

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS

Jobs in Ancient Greece Sold crops & products

Agora Market-Place Fish, cheese, wine,

pottery, goats, & sheep Exports

Wine, oil, wool, minerals, marble, art

Imports Nuts, metals, luxury

goods, grain

CONTINUED…..

Metics Illegal immigrants

Can’t be citizens Shopkeepers Traders Bankers Artists

Slaves Prisoners

House servants Craftsworkers Miners Freedom

WELCOME TO MY CRIB

Homes and hoods in Ancient Greece. Sun dried brick Narrow streets Open aired court

yards Center alter Windows rare

No glass/only shutters

MODERN FAMILY

Most important Make-up

Mother & Father Unmarried Daughter Son

w/ wives and slaves Slaves

Men Agora Gym

Women Home bodies Not citizens

BACK TO SCHOOL

Boys ONLY Private School Subjects 18 yrs old 21 yrs old

Sophists Higher education

teacher (Rich Only) Philosophy

Subject that tries to answer questions about people, society, & nature.

BACK TO SCHOOL CONITNUED

Dialogues Two or more

people engaged in a discussion

Logic Science of

reasoning Girls

Subjects Teachers Electives

RELIGION

Polytheist Worship of more than one

god Myth

Fictitious story explaining historical events

Annual Festival Honor town god Athletic Competition

Honored Zeus Held at Olympia

What is the purpose of the Olympics?

Name a Greek god and what they are known for.