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What was everyday life like for the ordinary people living in Ancient Greece? The classical period in Greece began 2,500 years ago with the first democracy in Athens, but it was not as advanced as you might think. Life was very different for men and women. Men made the important decisions, fought in the army, played sports and met in public. Boys went to school while girls stayed at home. Slavery was also common and the majority of Athenian citizens owned at least one slave
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The houses were made from bricks made from mud dried in the sun. Mud houses were fragile and had to rebuild every few years
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There were two types of chiton - the Doric, which had no sleeves, and the Ionic which was pinned, sewn, or buttoned all the way from the neck to the wrists
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Lead is poisonous so they were doing more harm than good
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Olives grew well in Greece's climate
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Boys went to school from the age of 7, girls were educated at home
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Styluses were used to write on wax which could then be reused by melting and cooling
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The Ancient Greeks worshiped different gods to Christians, Jews and Muslims
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Triremes had three rows of oars, hence their name which translates into English as Three-Rower
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Athens was the first democracy but only adult males who were not slaves were allowed to vote. This meant that about 5 in every six people had no vote
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The Parthenon was built on a hill known as the Acropolis
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