Greek+Culture

=Greek Culture = toc By Kimberly Noon User Name: kn1502658

Overview
The Greek culture is very interesting, the idea's of this ancient civization led to the making of western civilization. The learning styles of the Greek people influenced the way schools are run dramatically, schools formed from the Greek people wanting to know more, more about how things are made, thinking patterns, and more. The Greek people taught their children to be warriors and educated people in the seperate parts of Greece, from city-state to city-state. Knowledge and Strength fueled a lot of the beliefs of the Greek people and how their governments were run. There strong religious beliefs governed the people in another way. Overall the way the government was going influenced the civilizations to come.

Religion
The Greek people were very religious, they worshipped many gods whom they believed appeared in human form and yet were endowed with superhuman strength and ageless beauty. In the Greek art the majority of it was various painted scenes on vases, and stone, terracotta and bronze sculptures portray the major gods and goddesses. The people of Greece had a few popular pets such as Birds, dogs, goats, tortoises, and mice. For some reason the Greek people didn't tend to have cats. When a death occurred they did not have elaborate graves besides the coin in the hand to pay [|Charon],the ferryman to Hades. In the tombs of unmarried people to make up for something they didn't get they put [|loutrophoros] in the tomb. Loutrophoros were used in the wedding ceremony to carry the nuptial bath. More in depth information about the Greek religion can be found at Greek Gods.

Gender
When not in the government offices, the men worked the fields, overseeing or working the crops, sailing, hunting, in manufacturing or in trade. For fun, the men wrestled, rode horses, and played the Olympic Games. When the men entertained their male friends, at the popular drinking parties, their wives and daughters were not allowed to attend. With the exception of Sparta, Greek women had limited opportunities to leave the house. They couldn't go to weddings, funerals, religious festivals, and could only visit female neighbors for a small amount of time. In their home, Greek women were in charge. Their job was to run the house and to have children. Most Greek women didn't do housework, instead the majority of households had slaves. The female slaves cooked and cleaned. The males watched the door, not allowing anyone in while the man was away. The males also acted as tutors for the young males. The woman and their daughters were prohibited from attending the Olympic games because in the games the men participating did not wear clothes. Chariot racing was the only game woman could participate in only if they owned the horse could they recieve a prize. More information about the Olympic games such as events, rules, and more can be found at Greek Olympics. === ===

Weddings
Weddings for people in Greece started after dark. The bride would travel in a chariot to the Groom's home from her own. Her family would follow on foot with gifts. Close friends of the bride and groom would light torches and play music to keep away evil spirits. Some gifts often were baskets, jewelery, perfume, or vases with plants. Often times to prove his superior strength, the groom would toss his bride over his shoulder and carried her off.

//Sparta//
Starting at age seven for boys they were sent to a military school, the goal of education in Sparta, an [|authoritarian], military city-state, was to produce soldier-citizens who were well-drilled, well-disciplined marching army. Spartans believed in a life of discipline, self-denial, and simplicity. The reason they trained was for the many wars Greece took part in, some information about them can be found at Greek Wars. The boys were well fed, and were told that it was acceptable to steal as long as they did not get caught. If they were caught, they were beaten. They walked barefoot, slept on hard beds, and worked at gymnastics and other physical activities such as running, jumping, javelin and discus throwing, swimming, and hunting. They were subjected to strict discipline and harsh physical punishment, they were taught to take pride in the amount of pain they could endure. Unlike the other Greek city-states, Sparta trained girls to do more than run the house. The girls didn't have to leave home, but their training was similar to that of the boys. They too learned to run, jump, throw the javelin and discus, and wrestle mightiest strangle a bull. Girls also went to school at age six or seven. They lived, slept and trained in their sisterhood's barracks. No one knows if their school was as bad as the boys school, but the girls were taught wrestling, gymnastics and combat skills. The Spartans believed that strong young women would produce strong babies. At age 18, if a Sparta girl passed her skills and fitness test, she would be given husband and allowed to return home. If she failed, she would lose her rights as a citizen, and became a [|perioikos], a member of the middle class. In most of the other Greek city-states, women were required to stay inside their homes most of their lives. In Sparta, citizen women were free to move around, and enjoyed a great deal of freedom, as their husbands did not live at home.



//Athens//
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The goal of education in Athens, a democratic city-state, was to produce citizens trained in the arts of both peace and war. All schools for boys were private and their choice of what to learn was decided by the parents, the tuition was so low that even the poor could afford to go for a few years. Up until age six or seven the boys were generally taught at home by their mothers. Most Athenian girls had a primarily domestic education. The most highly educated women were the hetaerae, or courtesans, who attended special schools where they learned to be interesting companions for the men who could afford to maintain them.ntil about 390 BC there were no permanent schools and no formal courses for such higher education. Socrates walked around Athens teaching whoever would listen.But gradually, as groups of students attached themselves to one teacher or another, permanent schools were established. It was in such schools that Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle taught. Plato who taught such subjects as geometry, astronomy, harmonics, and arithmetic. Socrates taught primarily oratory and rhetoric. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Some more interesting information about the schooling of the ancient Greek people can be found at Greek Politics and City States. The Education and rights of the people of Greece are seperated by gender. ==<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Homes == <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In the fifth and sixth century most Greek homes had only two or three rooms around a courtyard.Larger homes might also have a kitchen, a room for bathing, a men's dining room, and perhaps a woman's sitting area.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Dance was very important to them, They believed that dance improved both physical and emotional health. Rarely did men and women dance together. Some dances were danced by men and others by women. Dance was accompanied by music played on lyres, flutes, and a wide variety of percussion instruments such as tambourines, cymbals and castanets. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Men and women wore linen in the summer and wool in the winter. The Greeks could buy cloth and clothes in the agora, the marketplace, but that was expensive. Most families made their own tunics and cloaks, made of linen or wool, dyed a bright color, or bleached white. Clothes were made by the mother, her daughters, and female slaves. They were often decorated to represent the city-state in which they lived due to their great amound of pride. Hair was typically curled, and held in place with scented waxes and lotions. Women kept their hair long, in braids. Headbands, made of ribbon or metal, were very popular. Blond hair was rare. Greek admired the blonde look and many tried bleaching their hair. Men cut their hair short and, unless they were soldiers, wore beards. Barber shops first became popular in Greece, and were an important part of the social life of many males. In the barber shop, the men exchanged political and sports news, philosophy, and gossip.

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