Athens
All about Athens
Girls education
Girls didn't go to school at all, they just stayed home and their mother taught them spinning, weaving and other household duties
Only wealthy families taught their daughters how to read, write, do sports and play the lyre
Women had NO rights
Boys education
Boys had very different educations than girls
they had three teachers, one for reading,writing and stuff like that. the second teacher taught them how to sing and play the lyre. the third teacher taught them sports.
At age 18 boys were citizens
Ages of war
Only men went to war
- At age seven boys left families and went to the barracks ( to train for war) when at the barracks boys were treaded horribly
- At age 20 they join the real army
- At age 30 men may leave the barracks (still in army)
- At age 60 they may retire, men are still "in the army" if they are needed they with go to war
Men are expected to die in war
They weren't allowed to surrender because it was a sign of weakness
building the democracy
Early Athens was ruled by nobles during the 600s b.c . an assembly of all citizens existed but they had very few powers. The government was a oligarchy
Over the years people started to make a council of 500 citizens to help out with business and stuff like that. Athenians chose the members of the council in a yearly lottery. The council proposed laws, dealt with foreign countries, and oversaw the treasury. People had a lot more say in making laws.
The olympics
Only men could participate in and watching the olympic games. athletes competed by themselves, not as a group. contest included running, jumping, wrestling, and boxing.
roles of men
man usually worked in the morning and then exercised or attended meetings of the assembly. At night the upper-class men enjoy a all-male gathering, where they drank, dined, and discussed politics and philosophy.
roles of girls
all girls really do is clean, cook, and teach their daughters how to do household tasks, spinning, weaving. They weren't allowed out of the house without a guy, over 18.