How people did really eat in ancient Greece Men and women took their meals separately. When the house was small, the men ate first and the women afterwards. Respect for the ... Read More
Ancient Greek traditions and customs Marriage traditions in ancient Greece differed depending on the city-state, and majority of the sources, both literary and material, are about the upper classes. In upper-class ... Read More
Ancient Greek music instruments Music was almost universally present in ancient Greek society, from marriages, funerals, and religious ceremonies to theatre, folk music, and the ballad-like reciting of epic poetry. It thus played an integral ... Read More
Ancient Athens Schools and Education There is no clear evidence of any schools in the ancient Greek world before the fifth century B.C. It is believed that prior to this, ... Read More
Oracles were known institutional centers committed to vatic practice, as opposed to individual practitioners for hire. The most generally known and commonly used ones were located at Delphi and Dodona. ... Read More
In ancient Greece, the symposium was a part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was accompanied by music, dancing, recitals, or conversation. The ... Read More
In Ancient Greece, the constitution of the police was unknown until the 5th century BC. Historical evidence shows that from that time on, police authorities began to form and excel ... Read More
Ancient Greek theater basics After the Achaemenid destruction of Athens in 480 BC, the town and acropolis were rebuilt, and theatre became formalized and an even greater part of Athenian ... Read More
Ancient Greek Theater Greek theatre began in the 6th century BCE in Athens with the performance of tragedy plays at religious festivals. These, in turn, inspired the genre of Greek ... Read More
Macedonian or Skyrian horses? Skyrian Horses are believed to have been brought to Skyros by Athenian settlers in the 5th century BC, as a Greek native pony that ranged freely ... Read More