rubys virtual museam by ruby tyrrell https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4 vote for pericles en-us 2016-10-20 04:43:15 UTC 2016-10-24 02:36:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png What was life like in ancient Athens? Social classes Life in ancient Greece depended on the social class. There was a difference between different social classes. There were three social classes in citizens Athenian, metic and helots. The first and largest amount of people was the helots they are slaves to the Athenians, they do not have any political rights. They could go to work and then eventually earn their freedom and then become a metic. The second was metics with the second largest amount of people, they are often travellers or markets worker. They too are not considered an Athenian or a citizen and like the helots they have no political rights. The last was the Athenians who have the least amount of people. Athenians were the citizens of Athens. To be an Athenian both the mother and father have to be Athenian to and their mother and father and so on. The citizens had all the power, money and owned land and slaves. The Athenians got to vote (not Athenian woman) (source A). rtyrrell2 https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132471903 2016-10-22 01:35:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132471903 rtyrrell2 https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472481 Woman and girls
Woman and girls about their life. Girls would be married at 14 to men twice their age or older. They were considered more of a possession than a person. It was a woman job to look after the house such as, clean, make blankets and clothing or cook. They also had to manage slaves. They had to educate young children (not older enough to go to school). There were special customs and rules for woman. One of the special customs for woman was they could only leave the house with a male relative such as brother or husband. In conclusion if you were an Athenian woman you were treated more of an object than a person.


]]> 2016-10-22 01:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472481 Education Education for different genders and the differences between them. For woman they were educated on sewing, cooking and some basics when young from mother but really no formal schooling for woman. For men they were taught by their mother until 7 when they started school and learnt writing and arithmetic. At 12 they started music learning the lyre and singing.  Also starting P.E because they believed a healthy mind deserved a healthy body.  So in conclusion a girl would get what she would need in her role as a woman and a boy in schooling would get what they needed. rtyrrell2 https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472502 2016-10-22 01:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472502 Life style These are the main aspects of an Athenians life style. Entertainment One common form of entertainment were symposiums where they gathered and had a massive banquet with music, dancing and toasts. Another main aspect was the economy. The Athenian economy was an open economy allowing trade from other countries. Athens main trade was olive oil, olives, these beautiful vases and minerals such as silver from mines. Clothing most Athenian clothing consisted of a pinned tunic, that on the sides was sewn and has holes for arms and head. For woman their covering over the top was called a peplos and for men a himation. What they ate, their main meals consisted of bread, fruits, fish, boar and other meats they would also have wine. rtyrrell2 https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472523 2016-10-22 01:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472523 Religion The ancient Athenians believed in twelve gods Zeus: the chief god. But in each city state they had their own special beliefs, customs and laws their special god was dike the goddess of justice as they are a democracy and believed that religion and law in one person was the goddess of dike. Heakatombaion or the month of sacrifice was the start of their year in the month of sacrifice they killed 100 cattle but it did not go to waste they ate it instead. A tradition and custom was to have a toast at the start and finish the beginning toast was dedicated to Zeus and the ending to Hades. Another custom was to put statues outside your door of Hermes to protect you from thieves. In conclusion they had lots of superstition just like us today they also had 12 gods. rtyrrell2 https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472557 2016-10-22 01:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472557 Government How was Athens governed? Athens was a democracy they would vote on their decisions instead of having a king. But there were rules for this process these were no woman, no metics and no helots they only gave any power to male citizens.  In the court they had no lawyers so you had to defend yourself so it would normally go the accuser then defendant until there was a punishment. The male’s citizens would have been in the Ekklesia of about 35,000 male citizens it was an assembly and they decided the important decisions about who and if to go to war and other critical and important decisions (source A) in conclusion Athens was governed as a democracy. rtyrrell2 https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472574 2016-10-22 01:59:17 UTC https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472574 Pericles Who was Athens important leader? Ancient Athens leader was Pericles the years of Pericles are often called the ‘Golden Age’ (495bce-29bce) Pericles was a general and as a general he had to command the orders given from the assembly. So in conclusion Pericles was an important figure in ancient Athens history and as a leader, general (source A). rtyrrell2 https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472585 2016-10-22 01:59:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472585 how hard was life in conclusion if you lived in ancient Athens It was a difficult and hard life if you were a helot because they would have to follow their master and if they had to follow them through war with no training they would most likely get killed it would be hard to be a slave doing everyone else’s work. It would have been a free and happy for if you were a metic there were no expectations of you. You were very free you could travel and if you made a lot of money then you would an amazing life. An aAthenian, you were expected to do anything the state tells you had a lot of limitations for what you can and can’t do. So if you were a helot it was hard and long life, if you were a metic you were free and if you were an Athenian you had a good life but it is a guided and structured life. rtyrrell2 https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472596 2016-10-22 01:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132472596 Bibliography BBC. (2016) who were the ancient Greeks. Retrieved 9/10/2016, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zxytpv4#z2vhn39.   Burke,.E., Mirams,. S. (2000). The Ancients (second edition). Melbourne: Oxford.   Clyne,.J., et al (2012). History 7: The ancient world. South Victoria: Macmillan.   Macdonald,.F. (2005). How would you survive as an ancient Greek. Sydney: Franklin Watts.   Nicholas,. G. (2000). investigating global history: South Bank Victoria: Thomson Nelson. rtyrrell2 https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132591584 2016-10-24 02:17:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rtyrrell2/9sz5xna4zo4/wish/132591584