Ancient Greece Flashcards
Daily life
A typical house was built around a
Central courtyard
Doors to each room of the house faced
The courtyard
When families ate together the women and children sat on
Stools
Men reclined on
couches
Men responsibilities
Lot away from home
Did grocery shopping wear hats
Women’s responsibilities
Rarely in public stay home
Women manage finances,food,housework,and take care of children
May have servants
Having suntan was
Not considered attractive
Children played with
Yo-yos,spinning tops,and hoops
Babies played with
rattles and dolls
Pets included
Birds,tortoises,and mice
Every family had
Goats
What did goats give them
Milk cheese
Girls left home to get married at
14-15
A typical meal included
Bread,fish,goat,cheese,and vegetables such as lentils,leek,and onions.
Men women and children wore tunics called
Chitons
Pale skin was a sign of
True beauty
What was important in there daily lives
Storytelling and music
I Athens at Age 18 thay served in military
Two years
Girls married at age
15
In Sparta At age of boys where sent to military
7
In Sparta boys had to be in military until at least age
30
Flight to fall - characters , main points
Minos daedalus icarus minotaur ,theaseus
Minos- maze, daedalus created maze, Minotaur in maze, no exit, theaseus defeat Minotaur, icarus & daedalus imprisoned, they make wings to escape, icarus ignored warnings fell died
Perfect woman
Characters
Pygmalien ivory, aphrodite galatea
Pygmalien seeks wife
Dates, decides to make statue of perfect woman, ivory statue, ta l ked to statue about best qualities Pygmalien obsessed with statue.
Festival honoring aphrodite pygmalien asks for wife like statue
Statue looks alive hugs it, it lives
Galatea lives happy life
Hospitality story
Characters
Main points
God's mt.olympus,upset people unkind each other disguised selves beggars door to door asking food turned away by the middle class vary inhospitable house Baucus,Philmont kind people elderly couple fed them accommodations God outside showed couple village was flooded revealed themselves house transformed into temple couple asked to be caretakers and be together in death time of death became two trees
Princess and the continent characters main point
Princess Europa Meg enjoy Beach day built sandcastles shell necklaces and swam Zeus watched though europa beautiful wanted to spend time with her this disguise magnificent white bull mermaid sea creatures with White bull had flowers around Golden Horn Europa motioned bull to her Europa pets bull kind eyes gentle bull Europa climbed onto Bulls back walks along Shore then into water Europa trusted bull away not afraid Zeus took Europa around the shores Europa fortunate later named after her they had three sons together.
Love yourself but not too much characters main point
Zeus love to frolic in the forest which made his wife Hera jealous Hera evres the NYmph no voice repeat last words Echo fell in love with Narcissus true arms around him and tried to kiss him Narcissus rejected Echo echo Broken heart narcissus fell in love with his reflection would not leave his reflection died at edge of pool white flower Lawrence despot when he died Echo wasted away in sadness all that is left is Finn voice hides in caves Forest repeats last words
