Unwanted Babies Research Paper

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Unwanted Babies: Athenians didn’t like having large families. Unwanted babies were usually left outside in clay pots [to die or get adopted]. (Free baby on sale !) The father would decide whether the baby should be kept or abandoned.

EDUCATION: Boys at the age of 7 would go to school. All boys, except the poorest. They were taught reading, writing, arithmetic, how to play an instrument, sports, wrestling, and throwing javelins. [Girls didn’t get much education ]

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