Greeks At Home.:
Greeks At Home. Greek houses were made out of mud and the roofs were made out of clay, and a walled garden. These houses are made particularly small for poor people, rich peoples houses were huge.
Greek Clothes.:
Greek Clothes. Greek men always used to wear a tunic and women used to wear a big square of wool and cloth with a hole for their head to go in and two pins at each side of the neck, to hold it together which went down to the ankles of the women. This cloth was called loin cloth.
Greek food.:
Greek food. Greeks used to eat bread dipped in wine from grapes that were stood on to get the juice out. But the richest people ate lots of meat, any kind of meat. The most traditional food was olives that they grew from the trees.
Greek toys.:
Greek toys. Greek boys and girls had to carve out their own toys because they cost too much in the market! They even had spin tops in Greece over 2000 years ago!!!
Greek schools.:
Greek schools. Greek boys in Athens started school at the age of seven to fourteen, and boys from Sparta started military school at the same age and left at the same age. Boys learned sports and wrestling. They also only needed two pieces of equipment, a wax board to write on and a sharp stick to write on and a bit at the back to write with this was called a stylus. They did not know what paper was then, and over 2000 years ago pencils were not invented and led was not discovered! School wouldnât last long in ancient Greece in Sparta since they didn't need to learn much! But in Athens they learned lots of education to be smart!
Greek legends and mythology. :
Greek legends and mythology. Poseidon is the god of the sea and the brother of Zeus. Poseidon had an argument with Athena about who Athens would be named after. They had a contest with Zeus to see who brought the best gift. Poseidon brought a horse but Athena brought a olive tree, so Athena won and therefore Athens was named after Athena!
Greek Olympic games. :
Greek Olympic games. Greek Olympics were a good way to get fit. There are many varieties of games to play in the games like boxing, wrestling, long jump contests, sprints and plate throws.