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Agora (marketplace) The marketplace was for men. Young boys and women were not allowed to come until the afternoon. This large space of about 100 by 200 meters held barbershops, bathhouses, perfume vendors, drinking establishments, and brothels.
Gymnasium (gym) The gymnasium was a large exercise yard surrounded by changing rooms, practice rooms, and baths. The Greeks wanted healthy bodies. Due to this they spent a good portion of each day exercising in the gym. Wrestling, boxing, and javelin and discus throwing were enjoyed sports. Athletes wore no clothes while exercising. They oiled or dusted their bodies before and after exercising.
Theater - large open theaters were built in many cities.

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The day before the wedding the girl took a bath from a sacred spring. The water was poured from a vase called a loutrophorus. The girl then worshiped the goddess Artemis. She offered the goddess symbols of her childhood such as toys and a lock of her hair.
Marriages usually took place in January. Wedding ceremonies started after dark. The bride traveled from her home to the home of her groom in a chariot, or a wagon if she was poor. Friends of the bride and groom lit the way with torches. They played music to scare away the evil spirits. The bride would eat a piece of fruit at the ceremony to show that food and other basic needs would come from the husband. Marriages were arranged by the father of the bride. The bride did not even meet her future husband until the day of the wedding. Girls married at about age 15 and her groom would be about twice her age. Grooms were given a dowry. If the husband died, the dowry and girl would return to her father.

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Boys were taught at home by their mothers until they were 6 or 7 years old. In Athens the education was left up to the father. Students were taught by private schoolmasters. The boys from wealthy families were taken to school by a trusted slave. The students learned to write on wax-covered tablets with a stylus. Books were very expensive, so they were rare. The students in Athens learned to add, subtract, multiply, and divide. They also learned about fractions. Students learned the words of Homer and how to play the lyre. Boys were trained in sports. Wealthy children learned to ride horseback. Other sports included wrestling, using a bow and a sling, and swimming. At age 14 boys attended a higher school for four more years. At age 18 boys went to military school. They graduated at age 20.
Roles of the Men and Women
Men In Greece the men ran the government. They spent a lot of their time out of the house while involved in politics. Men also spent time in the fields overseeing the crops. They sailed, hunted, and traded. All of these activities took the men away from home. Men enjoyed wrestling, horseback riding, and the Olympic Games. Men had parties in which the women were not allowed to attend.
Women had little freedom. Wealthy women hardly ever left the house. They sent slaves to the market. They were allowed to attend weddings, funerals, and some religious festivals. Their job was to run the house and bear children. Greek women supervised slaves who did all the cooking, cleaning, and tending of the crops. Male slaves guarded the women when the men were away. Except in Sparta girls did not go to school. They learned only the basics of reading and math at home. Girls were taught how to run a house. Women lived in a special section of the house called the gymnasium.

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Life in ancient Athens was relatively easy for women and men. Children lived with their mothers in the woman’s quarter until they were 7 years old. They slept in wicker baskets or wooden cradles. The children played with balls, miniature chariots, rattles, yo-yos, rocking horses, and dolls and animals made from clay. Many had pets. They especially liked dogs. Other pets included ducks, quail, birds, goats, tortoises, mice, weasels, and grasshoppers. At age 7 the boys went to school Schools The schools varied from one city-state to the next. The Spartans were the most envied by the Greeks. They were taught to be tough from an early age.

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How was Athens governed and who was the leader?

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How was Athens governed and who was the leader?

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Athens in the 4th to 5th century BCE had an extraordinary system of government whereby all male citizens had equal political rights. They had freedom of speech, and the opportunity to participate directly in the political arena. The system was democracy. Pericles was born in 495 B.C. into the wealthy family of the Alcmaeonids. His father Xanthiums had himself been a military commander for Athens at the battle of Mycale in 479 B.C. Pericles name in Greek means 'Surrounded by Glory' and as is evident that was certainly to come true for Pericles was he became an influential statesman for Athens during The Peloponnese War until his death in 429B.C. Pericles started his political career in the law courts and was one of the leading prosecutors in getting Cimon ostracised from Athens in 461B.C. Having got rid of his political opponent and the murder of his other political rival Epilates in 461B.C. Pericles was able to consolidate his position as leading statesmen for Athens.

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In the Greek world, religion was personal, direct and present in all area’s in life. With formal rituals, which included, animal sacrifices and libations. They used myths to explain the origins of mankind and gave the gods a “human face temple,” which dominated the urban landscape, city festivals and national sporting and artistic competitions. Religion was never far from the mind of an ancient Athenian. Religion was important to the ancient Greeks because they believed that it would make their lives better while they were living. They also believed the gods would take care of them when they died. The Ancient Greeks believed in many different gods and goddesses. The Greeks believed that these gods and goddesses controlled everything in their lives and the environment. There was a god for every aspect of their lives. It was important to please the gods; happy gods helped you, but unhappy gods punished you. People had special places in their homes where they could pray to the gods. There were also public shrines in all sorts of places where people could pray and leave presents.

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What was life like in ancient Greece city-state of Athens?  

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What was life like in ancient Greece city-state of Athens?  

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The center of daily life in Athens was the home. Houses were very simple, in comparison to their public places, with few windows, doors and pieces of furniture. Everyone in the household spent their spare time in separate parts of the house. Education was very important in Athens. From their mothers, girls learned how to cook and sew and run a home, and how to be a good wife and mother. Boys went to school. They memorized poetry and learned to play a musical instrument, usually the lyre. They studied public speaking and drama, reading and writing. Sons of nobles went to high school-four more years of learning about the sciences and the arts and politics and government. Even food was simple, bread with wine for breakfast and lunch, while wine, fruits, vegetables and fish were served for dinner.