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Title: Life in Ancient Greece and Greek Theater


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Life in Ancient Greeceand Greek Theater
  • By Susan Carman
  • James Russell and
  • Marcia Stengel

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Life in Ancient Sparta
  • Located in Southern Greece
  • Spartans conquered people and made them slaves
    (Helots)
  • controlled Helots- by a brutal system of
    government

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Military State
  • Helots outnumbered Spartans
  • Military state kept slaves in line
  • Babies inspected by soldiers at birth
  • Unhealthy babies taken as slaves
  • Some babies left to die on a hillside

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Boys
  • Left parents at age 7 begin military training
  • Lasted 13 years
  • Lived in barracks
  • If they disobeyed they were whipped
  • Taught athletics as well
  • At age 20 they became soldiers

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Men
  • Men also lived in barracks
  • owed military service until age 60
  • Married but didnt live with wife
  • Age 30 soldiers then lived with wife
  • Soldiers given land farmed by Helots

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Spartan Girls
  • Infant girls exposed to death if weak
  • Went to school at age 6 or 7
  • lived in a barracks
  • Educated in gymnastics and physical training
  • Taught that lives were dedicated to Sparta
  • Be strong to produce strong offspring

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Spartan Women
  • Required to stay inside
  • Allowed to move about
  • Age 18 took fitness test
  • If passed assigned a husband
  • If failed second class citizen
  • A lot of freedom from husband
  • Husbands lived in barracks

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Athens
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Athens
  • Located in Attica
  • A limited democracy
  • Evolved from a monarchy to a aristocracy
  • Around 700 B.C. 507 B.C. democratic reforms
    were instituted
  • Only males could participate in the government
  • Males learned reading , writing , poetry, and
    rhetoric
  • Women had a lower status than Spartans

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Athenian Girls
  • Learned to read
  • Learned important household skills
  • Leaned mythology, religion and musical
    instruments
  • Spent time in household with other women
  • Left house only for religious purposes

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Athenian Women
  • Married in their teens
  • Marriage was arranged
  • Could not own property
  • Had few rights
  • Not allowed to watch Olympic games
  • Could divorce
  • Participated in all religious ceremonies
  • Had to obey husband
  • Poorer women worked

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Athenian Boys Men
  • Taught at home until 6 or 7
  • Went to school from age 7-14
  • Learned Homeric poetry and musical instruments,
    public speaking, reading ,writing , math ,
    science and government
  • At 18 attended military school
  • Activities included politics, arts, crafts,
    agriculture, trade
  • Knew how to hunt and horseback ride
  • Always be courteous
  • Participated in government and military

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Greek Mythology
  • WHAT IS A MYTH?A myth is a traditional story
    whose author is unknown. It has its roots in the
    primitive folk-beliefs of cultures and uses the
    supernatural to interpret natural events and to
    explain a culture's view of the universe and the
    nature of humanity.

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Some Greek Gods and Goddesses
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Olympic Games
  • Began in 700 B.C.
  • Began in town called Olympia in (South-Western
    Greece)
  • In honor of the Greek God Zeus
  • Women couldnt watch
  • men were naked or wore thongs
  • lasted for 5 days
  • First day sacrificing to the gods
  • Picture is the entry to the Olympic stadium

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Ancient Olympic Sports
  • Boxing
  • Wrestling
  • Pancratium both boxing and wrestling combined
  • Horse-racing
  • Penthlon- sprinting, long-jump, javelin-hurling,
    discus-throwing, wrestling

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Famous Playwrights
  • Based on myths or legends
  • Discussed moral and social issues
  • Explored relationship between men and gods
  • Two types of plays were written
  • Tragedy
  • Comedy
  • Picture of a Greek Theater

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Playwrights
  • Aeschlylus- The Oresteia- a series of 3 plays
  • that told of the hideous crimes of murder
    andrevenge of a powerful family. ( 525-456 B.C.)
  • Euripdes- The Trojan Woman stripped war of its
    glamour by showing the suffering of women who
    were victims of war.
  • Sophocles- Antigone explored what happens when
    and individual s moral duty conflicts with the
    laws of the state.

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