Life in Ancient Greece

A mother with her small child	While her husband is buying fish. (If you go to a Greek agora today you will find that things have not changed so much after 2500 years)
Her son tries the new pair of shoes.	Collection of olives (olive harvest) . Attic black figure amphora by Antimenes, 520 BC Olives are very important for Greeks (not only ancient but also modern Greeks). It is not without reason why Athens is called Athens and not Poseidonia as Greeks preferred the olive tree gift from the goddess Athena more than the gift from Poseidon. Greeks used olive oil to produce soap and even used oil as coating for before exercise in the gymnasium.
and of grapes. Greek wine was famous throughout the Mediterranean and was exported to places such as Egypt. In the film Cleopatra Julius Caesar buys Greek wine in Alexandria. Greek tradition is the discussion of “philosophical matters” accompanied by drinking wine known as “symposium” a Greek word for drinking together. By the mid-fourth century BC, most middle-class houses were equipped with symposium rooms (andrones). The symposium was adopted later also by the Romans, probably less intellectual oriented. Wine considered important for a good health probably because its acidity prevents the growth of microorganisms.	And while the men are working hard,
women enjoy their life with various activities...
Preparing a Chicken by holding it above a fire. Wine is spilled over it.

A mother with her small child

While her husband is buying fish.

(If you go to a Greek agora today you will find that things have not changed so much after 2500 years)

Her son tries the new pair of shoes.

Collection of olives (olive harvest) . Attic black figure amphora by Antimenes, 520 BC

Olives are very important for Greeks (not only ancient but also modern Greeks). It is not without reason why Athens is called Athens and not Poseidonia as Greeks preferred the olive tree gift from the goddess Athena more than the gift from Poseidon. Greeks used olive oil to produce soap and even used oil as coating for before exercise in the gymnasium.

and of grapes.

Greek wine was famous throughout the Mediterranean and was exported to places such as Egypt. In the film Cleopatra Julius Caesar buys Greek wine in Alexandria. Greek tradition is the discussion of “philosophical matters” accompanied by drinking wine known as “symposium” a Greek word for drinking together. By the mid-fourth century BC, most middle-class houses were equipped with symposium rooms (andrones). The symposium was adopted later also by the Romans, probably less intellectual oriented. Wine considered important for a good health probably because its acidity prevents the growth of microorganisms.

And while the men are working hard,

women enjoy their life with various activities...

Preparing a Chicken by holding it above a fire. Wine is spilled over it.