3. Family Life
• Husband headed the house hold and was
responsible for its members.
• Wife ran the house hold and raised the
children.
• The women spun thread and wove cloth even
if they were wealthy.
• The parents usually arranged their child’s
wedding.
4. Education
• Very few girls attended
school.
• Some girls learned to
read and write in their
household.
• Each city-state differed
in the education.
• Most boys, and some
girls, started their
education at age seven.
5. Food
• Greek diet based on such grains as wheat and
barley which were used to make bread, cakes,
and porridge. Greeks also ate a variety of
fruits and vegetables. Sources of protein were
eggs, poultry, and fish. The Greeks used a lot
of olive oil and honey to sweeten their food.
After animal sacrifices they enjoyed roasted
pork, beef, lamb, and goat.
6. Clothes
• The Greeks wore belted
garments of linen or
wool. Men’s garments
hung down to the knees,
while the women’s
garments usually fell to
the ankles. If it was cold ,
the Greeks would drape
cloaks over the shoulders
and arms. They also wore
sandals.
7. The Greek Government
• When city-states were first formed, they were
ruled by a few wealthy men.
• However, these city-states started moving to a
democracy.
• Democracy means rule by the people, and in it
people vote on who they want their leaders to
be.
9. Trade
• Merchants sold surplus goods abroad in
exchange for slaves and products such as
grain, timber, and metal.
• Greece mainly traded with Egypt, Sicily, and
Scythia.
10. Economy and Currency
• Economy • Currency
• Economy of ancient • Coinage probably began
Greece was in Lydia around 600 BC
characterized by the and arrived in mainland
extreme importance of Greece around 550 BC
importing goods. • The very first coins were
made from electrum
(an alloy of gold and
silver) followed by coins
of pure silver
11. Coins
• Each Greek city-state made their own kind of
coin.
• Thebes Corinth
• Athens
12. Taxation
• Taxation was not well developed in ancient
Greece.
• The eisphora was a tax on the very wealthy
and was only used in times of need such as
war.
• Taxes were also used to help build public
works.
13. Bibliography and Sources
• Scheidel, Walter, Ian Morris, and Richard P.
Saller, eds. The Cambridge Economic History of
the Greco-Roman World (2008) 958pp
• "Ancient Greece." The World Book
Encyclopedia 2010. 2010 ed. Vol. 8. Chicago,
IL: World Book, 2010. 366-75. Print.
