https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather Put your information source and research in here about this Athen or Sparta girl's life. en-us 2018-11-25 09:28:13 UTC 2018-11-27 06:38:33 UTC hello@padlet.com chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307493569 I was born. Like any spartan child, I was taken to the hillside and was took in the hands of the elders of the city. My father was a bit worried because the child before me was told as unhealthy and left to die in a pitch called the Apothetae but it turned out that I was fine.]]> 2018-11-25 12:09:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307493569 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307495079 I remembered my mother saying how lucky I am because babies born in Athens didn't get a high rate of surviving, so parents often delay our naming into after we were born 7~10 days. I heard my mother's friend's baby was killed just because she had some imperfection, how sad!!!

Luckily, I survived and was all fine.
As I was born, my mother took care of me. We slept on wicker baskets and wooden cradles.We also used high chairs for babies and bottles for babies! How cool! The strange thing is my parents sometimes wrap me up tightly in cloth, that sometimes hurts but the elders always say that makes my bones straight and strong. This practice lasted until I was 2.]]> 2018-11-25 12:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307495079 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307495682 My mother was happy to see me back again. There was one more job to do: My mother washed me in wine to see if I had epileptic, but luckily I was in great health]]> 2018-11-25 12:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307495682 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307497250 Speaking of education,  I liked part of it and hated the other half. Part of my learning was throwing spears, having sword practices. I even get to have a chance to race against boys! There was one thing though, we had to play with no clothes on! I don't know why, but it seems that I am the greatest spartan girl anyone could ever want----- I am just so good at sports!
The other part which I hated, was reading and writing. I had to read every day as part of my learning. It was so boring for a girl like me but to be a true spartan, I have to ]]> 2018-11-25 12:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307497250 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307498061 One day, my helot dressed me up in my best clothes. I didn't know what was happening but then some strangers plus my helot caught me and shaved all of my beautiful hair. They then dressed me in the clothes of men and shoved me into a grand house, which is later known as my husband's house. I was put in a dark room and left there. I could hear that there was a party going on out there. To be a good spartan, I kept quite. Later in the night, someone opened my door and went inside. He was my husband! We spend time together in the night and by sunrise he returned to his room without being caught.]]> 2018-11-25 13:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307498061 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307498522 When I grew up a little, my mother gave birth to a little boy but he was never seen again after my father brought them to the elders. My mother cried a lot in those days. I didn't know what was happening. When I grew bigger, I learned what had happened to my brother. My mother then gave birth to another boy and this time he survived the test. When he reached the age of 7, he was token away by two strong men. I thought that he was going to be thrown in the pitch where my first brother had gone and went to protest, but was held back.  We never heard from him again. I couldn't believe how fast my brothers came into my life, and how fast they pasted away.]]> 2018-11-25 13:05:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307498522 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307502236 2018-11-25 13:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307502236 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307672727 2018-11-26 09:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307672727 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307683481 which means good-hearted]]> 2018-11-26 09:55:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307683481 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307686564 means powerful as an eagle]]> 2018-11-26 10:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307686564 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307688930 Kind and sweat]]> 2018-11-26 10:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307688930 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307690987 colors of rainbow]]> 2018-11-26 10:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307690987 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307691512 strength and power ]]> 2018-11-26 10:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307691512 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307698836 My helot crushed berries with her feet and made a jug of wine. It tasted great! By the way, different from other Greek city states, spartan women are allowed to drink wine!]]> 2018-11-26 10:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307698836 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307700003 I’m our culture, a wife is not supposed to come out in the daylight or let anybody see her as a wife before her husband turned 30 years old. My husband was just 25 year old so I had to hide. My husband only spend time with me in midnight and came back to his bed by sunrise and pretends that nothing happened. It was really boring during the day. I can’t go anywhere! Later, my husband went to the army and he returned 5 years later, when he was 30. At last, I saw daylight, people said that I was the perfect wife for giving birth to healthy babies. Soon, my husband went away again.]]> 2018-11-26 10:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307700003 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307701638 My husband did go away for a long time. His family didn't treat me very well. I started of getting bored of life there. The law of our city state says that women are allowed to remarry when her husband is away at war. So I ran off in the middle of the night and married another man.]]> 2018-11-26 10:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307701638 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307703073 I gave birth to a young girl, at the age of 27. My girl was very healthy and survived. We named her Iris, which meant colors of the rainbow. She was really a rainbow in my life! Having a healthy child born, my mission as a spartan woman was completed.]]> 2018-11-26 11:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307703073 chenfei_lu https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307704166 My husband was a great fighter, and he often said that I]]> 2018-11-26 11:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307704166 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307720590 Early days was actually very boring, I stay with my mother to help her on housework, sometimes also working in the fields. We girls have a very different life than the boys, the boys go to school when they are 7, and we girls have to stay home until we are married! So unfair! But this is our role, my mother told me I should become a mother after I was married. So my mother told me how to do all sorts of stuff that a mother have to do such as weaving, working with textiles, taking care of children, embroidering, and cooking. Sometimes we can attend festivals, funerals and sometimes visit neighbors, also taking part of the ritual. Later on my mother taught me how to dance and play instruments, I really enjoyed playing them! ]]> 2018-11-26 12:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307720590 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307727020 At the age of 12~13, I started my puberty life. It was time for marriage and saying goodbye to childhood. I took my toys to the altar at the temple of Artemis. And I was married to a 30 year old man, he was so talented: he knows how to read and write, he knows how to play the Lyre, he also knows how to shoot with bows, swimming and wrestling, He even got a chance to get on the horseback in school(Which only wealthy students can)! He is now starting to  participate about politics.
I lived in his house, which is pretty big, I was in charge of the household. the bad thing was in Athens, Women are not allowed to go out their home except for special events, Which is sad!]]> 2018-11-26 12:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307727020 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307732698 2018-11-26 12:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/307732698 s140972_2 https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/308130933 Powerful eagle]]> 2018-11-27 06:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s140972_2/AthensVsSparta_infogather/wish/308130933