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just daily lifestyles and schooling and celebrations, et cetera. NO SMART A*S answers PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-07-04 13:27:34 · 1 answers · asked by em. :] 3 in Arts & Humanities History

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Women did get all their education at home, dance, music, cooking, religion, etc.
Children in Sparta went to garrisons since age 7 and remained there after their early twenties.
In other cities they went to class on public parks like ACADEMOS famous park in ATHENS (here is the origin to word academy) where middle class get their education.
Rich people like Pericles had private tutors.
Men were the only ones who could vote on democratic cities (not all of them were democratic, some were kingdoms). But not all men, only the free ones and slaves were like 40% of population on Athens. Women had no civil rights.
Marriage was a religious-civic ceremony and woman had to be given to husband plus a set of goods (Cattle, brass, land).
Food was mainly cereals and roots, fruits: grapes and olives mainly, drank wine with water and meat was only for big occasions, sea food more common than beef.

2006-07-04 16:45:18 · answer #1 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 0 1

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