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Women In Ancient Greece

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If the men of Ancient Greece was not training in the military or talking about politics they were going to theater going to watch dramas or comedies these were some form of gods women were not allowed to go or perform at theatre men would play women roles .

Lives of the women of Ancient Greece did work around the house cooking,cleaning ,weaving and other domestic duties the women were not allowed to be in politics or public life they lived in the house although they had one public was acting as a priestess at a temple .

The children of Ancient Greece usually occupied their time with playing games and playing with toys.

Farming and Food The majority of ancient greek people made they were living off of farming citizens often had land …show more content…

But if you uprooted a olive tree it was a criminal offense and if u were caught you would have got thrown in jail or killed .The grain of the olive tree was usally picked in October to make sure that they would grow during the wettest seasons the men drove an ox to plough it.

To be in the Ancient Greece army you had to be a 18-20 years old there were some important battles in Ancient Greece one was the battle of marathon it was fought in B.C. 490 the Athens defeated the persians another one was the battle of Thermopylae it was fought in B.C. 480 the greeks defeated the persians in naval battle. The olympics were one of the greece favorite things they were celebrating it in honor of there gods like in todays olympics it took place every four years in olympia the first olympics was said to be held in 700 B.C. in honor of zeus and women could not watch the games on only greeks could participate. In 472 B.C. the games went from a one day festival to a five days with many

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