ANCIENT ATHENS
By: Caitlin Bucksbaum
Daily Life and Schooling
~Daily Life for men/women~
- The women taught the girls or their daughters to be a house wife at home (a.k.a. cooking, sewing, how to run a home ect.)
- The men were schooled in arts, poetry, math, science and other things.
~Schooling~
(For boys)
- Boys had better schooling then girls
(For girls)
- The girls stayed at home as I said, and leaned to be mothers for the future mothers
Religion and Language
~Religion~
- A pagan religion that worshiped some of the many Greek gods, but the most important one to them was Athena
~Language~
- The language that the Athens spoke was Ionic, it was the first literary language of ancient Greek
Culinary Dishes and Food
~Food/Culinary Dishes~
- It was simple food,
- Since they had the sea close by, a main food source for them was sea food or fish
- They had many grapes so wine was made in tons
- They had meat but fish was the most eaten
- Cheese,milk and other simple foods
Geography/Climate and Government
~Geography~
- Athens is in Attica
- There are mountains surrounding it
- It has a river running through it
(Climate)
- The weather was warm and very hot most of the year
- Temperatures were never higher then 100F but never lower then 75F
~Government~
- They had the first democracy (Athenian Democracy)
- For it to be fair they randomly selected 500 people to serve for one year, they had to make new laws, changes laws and other things to help Athens
- You could only vote if you were a citizen of Athens, so women and men could vote but slaves could do nothing
Important buildings/places
~Important Building/Places~
- There is a lot of buildings in Athens that are important but the most famous are the Parthenon and Acropolis
- The Parthenon is a temple that was dedicated to the goddess Athena
- Acropolis is actually a complex of buildings all together on a high point of Athens
Battles
~Battles~
- Most of their battles were with Persia and made the Persian War, which is their most famous war
~The battle of Marathon is one of the most known ones~
- They were versing the Persians
- Athens won by a landslide even with a little help
- The death toll was around 192 Athenians, and 6400 Persians!
Five Interesting Facts
~Five facts~
- It's where theater originates from!
- It hosted the first Olympic Games
- The oldest square in Athens is Omonia Square
- Is one of the main places for archaeological research
- The statue of Athena in the Pantheon was made of gold and ivory