Daily Life in Athens

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Daily Life in Athens

• CH 5 Section 4

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Chapter Review

• What book tells the story of the Trojan war?
• Someone who took power but had the peoples
  support?
• The Olympic games were held every 4 years in
  honor of who?
• Who wrote the first Athenian law code?
• Who made sure the king stayed within the law?

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The Athenian Economy

• The Farmers in Athens planted olives, Grapes, and
  figs on Terraced hillsides
• Terracing is carving small flat plots of land on
  hillsides
• The Athenian assembly voted to send farmers and
  workers to set up over seas colonies
• This led to the spread of Greek culture
  throughout the Mediterranean
• Trade was the mainstay of Athens economy
• Exported olive oil, wine, house hold items
• Imported grain and other food

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Imports and exports

• An import is a good or service brought in from
  another country or region
• An export is a good or service sold to another
  country or region

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Athens buildings

• Athenians built magnificent temples and other
  public buildings
• However the people of Athens lives in simple
  homes
• Most Athenians believed that money should be
  spent on buildings that benefit the whole
  community, not private homes
• This very much reflects the thought of modern day
  America (sarcasm intended)

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Home and Family

• Most Athenians lived in sun dried brick homes
  that contained a court yard, living room, dining
  room, storage rooms, and kitchen
• The houses had no plumbing so residents got water
  from a public fountain
• Marriage and family life were important and
  parents would arrange their kids marriage
• Girls married at 13 or 14 to men twice their age
  or older with the main purpose of having children
• If they could not afford a child they left it to
  die, especially if it was a girl

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Athenian Ruins
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Home and family continued

• Athenian Women were considered inferior to men
• They were citizens but could not own property or
  inherit land
• Even at home they were expected to stay in the
  background
• women could only appear in public with their
  husbands permission
• They took care of the children till the age of 6,
  managed the household, and watching the slaves

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Boys

• At the age of 7 they were cared for by a
  Pedagogue
• Pedagogue is a male slave who taught the boy
  manners

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Girls

• Stayed at home
• They learned to run a household but did not
  usually receive an education
• Daughters of the wealthy did learn to read and
  write

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Education

• Most Greeks were poor and hard workers this meant
  they worked long hours and had little time for
  leisure
• The wealthy men spent their time chancing
  physical and intellectual perfection
• They engaged in politics, gossip talking with
  friends, and athletics
• Their male children went to school which charged
  a small fee
• The Athenian ideal stressed a sound mind in a
  healthy body

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Education continued

• Athenians placed great value on literacy and
  education
• Boys studied reading, writing, grammar, poetry,
  music and gymnastics
• They learned poetry by heart including Homers
  Iliad and Odyssey
• Sophists are men who opened schools for older
  boys, at these schools they learned Government,
  math, ethics, and rhetoric
• Ethics were taught about good and bad and moral
  duty
• Rhetoric is the study of Public speaking and
  debating

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Athens School
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Military

• At 18 young men received a year of military
  training
• Men ones who could afford armor served in the
  army for a year as a Hoplite
• Hoplites formed the center of the infantry
• Poorer men who could not afford good armor served
  in the army on the flanks or rowing boats

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Section review

• What is carving small flat plots of land on
  hillsides?
• What was the mainstay of Athens society?
• What is the name of the male slave that taught
  boys manners?
• How long were men expected to serve in the army?

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The End