Life In A Polis
Life in an ancient Greek Polis would differ vastly from daily life in a modern 1st world country. Today most people would start there day going to work, eat about three meals a day, and probably end their day watching tv or reading a book. In an ancient Greek polis, people would begin their day eating, men would go to work, women would raise the children, etc. I will attempt to explain what daily life might have looked like in ancient Athens and Sparta, and compare the similarities between the two. I will also try to explain why you should care about ancient life in Athens and Sparta.
Athens
Education would start young for Athenian boys. at about 6 or 7, Athenian boys would go to school, where they would memorize things such …show more content…
Stables of Athenian sheep milk, sheep cheese, meat that had been sacrificed to a deity (Orcus, R. A., n.d.), vegetables, and fruit. If you were wealthy, you could afford exotic food that came from other regions. Overall, the daily life of an Athenian was consumed by work, whether that be a trade, political, or household work.
Sparta
Life in Sparta would differ vastly from Athenian life. Sparta was a warrior state(Brand, P. J., n.d). Boys and girls began education at 7 years old, training in military strategy and physical fitness(Halsall, P., 1999). Boys were trained to be soldiers, while girls were trained to be mothers and have many sons.
At the age of 20, Spartan males became official soldiers for the state (Sparta.Net., 2001-2008). Spartan men would do everything from eating, sleeping, and training with his fellow soldiers. They were permitted to marry but were required to live in the barracks until they were 30(Sparta.Net., 2001-2008). They were also allowed some political freedom but would remain as soldiers until they were 60, an age most Spartan men would not live to see (Brand, P. J., n.d). Spartan men who died in battle would get their names written on their tombstone (Andrews, E., …show more content…
J. (n.d.). Athens & Sparta: Democracy vs. Dictatorship. Retrieved from https://my.uopeople.edu/pluginfile.php/247645/mod_book/chapter/143430/Athens%20%20Sparta%20dictatorship%20%20democracy.pdf
Andrews, E. (2013, March 05). 8 Reasons It Wasn't Easy Being Spartan. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-reasons-it-wasnt-easy-being-spartan
Halsall, P. (1999). Sparta. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-sparta.asp
Sparta.Net. (2001-2008). Sparta. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from http://www.sparta.net/listingview.php?listingID=5
Dunn, L. (n.d.). Athens, Ancient Greece. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from http://greece.mrdonn.org/athens.html
Orcus, R. A. (n.d.). Daily Life of The Athenian. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from
Life in an ancient Greek Polis would differ vastly from daily life in a modern 1st world country. Today most people would start there day going to work, eat about three meals a day, and probably end their day watching tv or reading a book. In an ancient Greek polis, people would begin their day eating, men would go to work, women would raise the children, etc. I will attempt to explain what daily life might have looked like in ancient Athens and Sparta, and compare the similarities between the two. I will also try to explain why you should care about ancient life in Athens and Sparta.
Athens
Education would start young for Athenian boys. at about 6 or 7, Athenian boys would go to school, where they would memorize things such …show more content…
Stables of Athenian sheep milk, sheep cheese, meat that had been sacrificed to a deity (Orcus, R. A., n.d.), vegetables, and fruit. If you were wealthy, you could afford exotic food that came from other regions. Overall, the daily life of an Athenian was consumed by work, whether that be a trade, political, or household work.
Sparta
Life in Sparta would differ vastly from Athenian life. Sparta was a warrior state(Brand, P. J., n.d). Boys and girls began education at 7 years old, training in military strategy and physical fitness(Halsall, P., 1999). Boys were trained to be soldiers, while girls were trained to be mothers and have many sons.
At the age of 20, Spartan males became official soldiers for the state (Sparta.Net., 2001-2008). Spartan men would do everything from eating, sleeping, and training with his fellow soldiers. They were permitted to marry but were required to live in the barracks until they were 30(Sparta.Net., 2001-2008). They were also allowed some political freedom but would remain as soldiers until they were 60, an age most Spartan men would not live to see (Brand, P. J., n.d). Spartan men who died in battle would get their names written on their tombstone (Andrews, E., …show more content…
J. (n.d.). Athens & Sparta: Democracy vs. Dictatorship. Retrieved from https://my.uopeople.edu/pluginfile.php/247645/mod_book/chapter/143430/Athens%20%20Sparta%20dictatorship%20%20democracy.pdf
Andrews, E. (2013, March 05). 8 Reasons It Wasn't Easy Being Spartan. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from http://www.history.com/news/history-lists/8-reasons-it-wasnt-easy-being-spartan
Halsall, P. (1999). Sparta. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/eb11-sparta.asp
Sparta.Net. (2001-2008). Sparta. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from http://www.sparta.net/listingview.php?listingID=5
Dunn, L. (n.d.). Athens, Ancient Greece. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from http://greece.mrdonn.org/athens.html
Orcus, R. A. (n.d.). Daily Life of The Athenian. Retrieved February 09, 2018, from