Q-What were daily activities for a man?
A-If men were not training in the military, discussing politics, or farming, they were at the theatre.
Q-What were daily activities for a woman?
A-Women were not seen outside of the home unless they were shopping or they had to help their husbands farm. Rich women would pay slaves to do the shopping but were still confined to the house. One job for a woman outside of the house was acting as a priestess in a temple.
Q-Typical occupations for man and woman?
A-Most earned their money by farming.
Q-Systems of government and currency?
A-The Ancient Greek government started as a democracy and evolved into aristocracy around 460 B.C., democratic ideals did not get through the change but the ideals and processes influence politicians still today. Before 600 B.C. they used the barter system because they had no monetary system. Around 500 B.C. each city-state started to make their own certain coin.
Q-How were laws made and executed?
A- Citizens would call others out when they believed they needed punishment and told them to appear at the court on the day that they told them.
Q-Who was involved in the political word?
A- Men who were not slaves and not foreign
Q-What did they eat?
A-Peasants would often catch small birds but others would eat bread made of barley but if they could afford it then they would eat bread of wheat. they would most often drink water but some times they would add honey to sweeten it up. Meats were a luxury but fish and vegetables were abundant.
Q-What was food preparation like?
A-Grapes were smashed and left to ferment into wine. Meats were cooked over a fire.
Q-What holidays did they celebrate and when?
A- Anthesteria- February 11-13
Great Dionysia- March 10-17
Panathena- July 23-30
Thesmophoria- October 11-13
Rural Dionysia- December 26
Q-Medical practices? how advanced were they?
A-
Q-Typical methods of healing and prescribing drugs?
A-When sick people would pray to the god of healing, Asclepius, and would stay the night in his temple. They believed that the god would visit them in their dreams and that they would be healed when they awoke the next day. At the same time there were some doctors that would identify diseases and search for cures.
Q-Were there common/ unique diseases/sicknesses?
A- The Plague of Athens lasted about two years (430-429 B.C.) during the Peloponnessian War and broke out again in 426 B.C.. It did not just affect humans, it affected dogs and birds also.
Q-Typical styles of architecture?
A-Doric, Ionic and Corinthian
Q-Most famous examples?
A-Doric : The Parthenon
Ionic : The Tiny Temple to Athena
Corinthian : Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
A-If men were not training in the military, discussing politics, or farming, they were at the theatre.
Q-What were daily activities for a woman?
A-Women were not seen outside of the home unless they were shopping or they had to help their husbands farm. Rich women would pay slaves to do the shopping but were still confined to the house. One job for a woman outside of the house was acting as a priestess in a temple.
Q-Typical occupations for man and woman?
A-Most earned their money by farming.
Q-Systems of government and currency?
A-The Ancient Greek government started as a democracy and evolved into aristocracy around 460 B.C., democratic ideals did not get through the change but the ideals and processes influence politicians still today. Before 600 B.C. they used the barter system because they had no monetary system. Around 500 B.C. each city-state started to make their own certain coin.
Q-How were laws made and executed?
A- Citizens would call others out when they believed they needed punishment and told them to appear at the court on the day that they told them.
Q-Who was involved in the political word?
A- Men who were not slaves and not foreign
Q-What did they eat?
A-Peasants would often catch small birds but others would eat bread made of barley but if they could afford it then they would eat bread of wheat. they would most often drink water but some times they would add honey to sweeten it up. Meats were a luxury but fish and vegetables were abundant.
Q-What was food preparation like?
A-Grapes were smashed and left to ferment into wine. Meats were cooked over a fire.
Q-What holidays did they celebrate and when?
A- Anthesteria- February 11-13
Great Dionysia- March 10-17
Panathena- July 23-30
Thesmophoria- October 11-13
Rural Dionysia- December 26
Q-Medical practices? how advanced were they?
A-
Q-Typical methods of healing and prescribing drugs?
A-When sick people would pray to the god of healing, Asclepius, and would stay the night in his temple. They believed that the god would visit them in their dreams and that they would be healed when they awoke the next day. At the same time there were some doctors that would identify diseases and search for cures.
Q-Were there common/ unique diseases/sicknesses?
A- The Plague of Athens lasted about two years (430-429 B.C.) during the Peloponnessian War and broke out again in 426 B.C.. It did not just affect humans, it affected dogs and birds also.
Q-Typical styles of architecture?
A-Doric, Ionic and Corinthian
Q-Most famous examples?
A-Doric : The Parthenon
Ionic : The Tiny Temple to Athena
Corinthian : Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
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