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 =__Ancient Greece Society and Culture__=

 Archaeologists have found lots of Ancient Artifacts that have survived thousands of years. That's what makes us want to learn more. It makes the people of Ancient Greece more mysterious, and their lives are alike and different to our lives in so many ways.

Everyday life in Ancient Greece compared to everyday life here isn’t exactly the same, but isn’t exactly that different. Some of the laws changed, but we still have to eat, sleep and enjoy life. Breakfast and Lunch was plain and simple. In Athens, dinner was most fancy, including bread, meat, vegetables and fruit. When sons inherited their fathers, they had to take a wife and make a family. Most Athenian women followed a myth’s advice and married around sixteen. Olive branches were symbols for newborn boys and fillets of wool were symbols. for newborn girls. Men usually train in the military or discuss about politics. Women usually stay home and aren’t involved in the public life. Women usually spin, weave and do other domestic duties. In Sparta, deformed or unhealthy babies were thrown off a cliff, and often there were abandoned babies picked up and raised as slaves. Even though it has been a long time period, we still do some of the same and different things as people from Ancient Greece. People from Ancient Greece weren’t all that strong that they could keep out the deadly weather. So obviously they have houses to help provide a cozy space to live. Houses had one or two storeys and the roofs were covered with tiles or reeds. The houses also had high walls and a strong gate. Houses of poor people had houses that are made up of two or three rooms. Larger homes had a kitchen, a room for bathing and a men’s dining room. Sometimes, they even had a women’s sitting areas. Houses were planned around courtyards where meals were enjoyed and where women relax, chat and sew. So just like us, people from Ancient Greece lives in houses. It gives them shelter and acts like a warm nest. People from Ancient Greece care about their looks like us today. They don’t just care about hairstyles; they also care about how they dress. They’re just like us; they love to stay clean, so in the morning that would wash their face, hands and hair. Smaller, round clay or wood pots were made for the children and for partial washing. Instead of soap, People would use a kind of chalk. Women would usually dye their hair mostly blonde and they would also braid their hair with a ribbon called a fillet. Sandals were the usual footwear. Women rarely wear hoes indoors and slave walked barefoot even in the streets. So people from Ancient Greece also care about their appearances, like we do today. It is something that everyone does, even from a long time ago.

People from Ancient Greece also have to learn. But people from Athens and people from Sparta learn differently. Greek schools were not free and only the rich could afford to send children to school. They had to learn everything by heart, and most children, especially girls, never went to school. They worked in one room that had stools or benches and no desks. The students wrote on wooden boards covered with layers of wax. In Sparta, reading and writing was unimportant and boys learned to be good fighters. In Athens, boys also went to wrestling school, and had to be educated to take part in voting in the assembly. Even if people from Sparta and Athens learned differently, both city-states got along just fine in life. People all around the world want to do something when they have spare time, even when it was a long time ago. So they play games. Ther e are games where there are lots of physical activity like the Olympics  and sports and there are games where there are less physical activity, like marbles, dice, checkers and knuckle bones. Females weren’t expected to d o much physical activity for recreation purposes. Men train for the Olympics and took their training very seriously. Best of them were chosen to compete against best young men from other cities. They compete for prizes and for favors of the gods. People today play a huge variety of games. People from Ancient Greece are no different, no doubt. People from Ancient Greece are proud of their culture and country even until now. They do different things to present their culture. Many Greeks are superstitious and believe in religion. M ost tra ditions and festivals celebrated today are religious. Dancing and music played an important part in the Ancient Greece and was accompanied by music played on percussion instruments, lyres and flutes. People believed that dancing improves both physical and emotional health. Men danced some dances and women danced some but they hardly dance together. People of Ancient Greece created many stories, myths and fables that are still read and enjoyed all over the world. Sacrifices were thought as gifts for the gods and vows and promises were gifts offered to the gods by their worshippers. People from Ancient Greece made people all over the world today remember them, mostly because of their Culture. Culture was what made the people of Ancient Greece stand out today.     Archaeologists have found objects, which have survived for thousands of years. They have dug up Ancient Greek ar   t  <span style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255); font-family: 'Century Gothic'">ifacts and buildings and marine archaeologists have found wrecks of Ancient Greek ships and their cargoes. The people of An <span style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255); font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255); font-family: 'Century Gothic'">cient Gre <span style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255); font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255); font-family: 'Century Gothic'">ece left a huge legacy, and they were remembered, are remembere <span style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255); font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255); font-family: 'Century Gothic'">d an <span style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255); font-family: 'Century Gothic'"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 204, 255); font-family: 'Century Gothic'">d will be remembered.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">By: Kelly