MEN AND WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE by Serena Benvenuti and Sara Salvini

WOMEN

· The duties of a Greek woman were to bear her children and to manage the family. The woman was responsible of raising her children and sewing the clothes of the family.

· The women had to also pick up olives and fruit. The women spent much of their time in the courtyard of the house.

· The Greek women didn't have pastimes, but they were slaves: they had to cook, clean, and carry water from the fountain.

MEN

· The activities of the Greek man were the politics, arts and crafts, construction, agriculture, sea-faring, manufacturing and trade.

· For the Greek men agricultural work was the overwhelming reality of their lives.

· The favourite pastimes of the Greek men were hunting and horseback riding.