The class structure in Ancient Greece is similar to various societal structures seen around the world. The structure is separated into 4 classes based on how much money they made off their lands, which is different from which we separate classes today. The four generic social classes in Ancient Greece were, in order from highest to lowest, Aristocrats, farmer, merchants and artisans, and slaves. The Ancient Greek social structure supports the idea that the bottom social classes have struggled before in the past. The social structure was crucial to the day to day lives of the Ancient Greeks and made life extremely hard on the bottom classes. Although slaves were on the bottom of the social pyramid, they were seen as a necessity to the upper
