Daily Life in Athens
-
Upload
nayda-fisher -
Category
Documents
-
view
28 -
download
0
description
Transcript of Daily Life in Athens
![Page 1: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Daily Life in Athens
CH 5 Section 4
![Page 2: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
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?
![Page 3: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
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
![Page 4: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
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
![Page 5: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
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)
![Page 6: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
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
![Page 7: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Athenian Ruins
![Page 8: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
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
![Page 9: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Boys
• At the age of 7 they were cared for by a Pedagogue
• {Pedagogue is a male slave who taught the boy manners}
![Page 10: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
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
![Page 11: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
![Page 12: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
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
![Page 13: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
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 Homer’s
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}
![Page 14: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Athens School
![Page 15: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
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
![Page 16: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
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?
![Page 17: Daily Life in Athens](https://reader035.fdocuments.net/reader035/viewer/2022062321/56812a9f550346895d8e6140/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
The End