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 Family Life
       The husband in Greek homes was the head of the household, but the wife ran the household and supervised the slaves.  Most Greek parents arranged the weddings for their children.  Girls got married in their mid-teens and men got married in their 30’s.

Food Clothing and Shelter
       Ancient Greeks mainly ate olives, cereal, grains, fruits, and vegetables.  They also used goats for milk, and sheep for wool and meat.  They  ate fish which came from  the surrounding oceans.  The Greeks ate wheat, and barley.  Men and women of Greece wore belted garments of wool or linen called a chiton.  The men’s garments hung to the knees where as women’s went down to their ankles.  Their main footwear was sandals.  The Greek’s houses were small.  The poor  people of Greece had only one or two room houses, whereas the wealthy people had bigger houses with separate rooms  for eating, sleeping, and cooking.

Education
       Many children wanted to go to school but couldn’t go.  Only those children of citizens could participate in school.  The majority of the people who attended school were boys.  Not many girls received education.  In Athens, subjects were  taught at different schools.  There was one for general studies, one for music, and one for physical education.  In general studies, reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught.  In music, students learned how to play avols or a lyre.  In physical  education they ran, jumped, and wrestled .  Education in Sparta was much different.  They wanted to have strong war like boys and many boys the age of seven were sent to military camps or schools.  Higher education consisted of  law, philosophy , and medicine.

Medicine
       Greeks thought that sickness was punishment from the gods.  When they were sick, they asked the gods to cure them.  They specifically went to the god of medicine   One patient’s name was Phalysios, who was given a tablet to read and all of  a sudden his sight came back(he was blind).  The scientific kind of medicine was used by a doctor called Hippocrates.  He actually followed methods that now day doctors follow. Greeks also used surgical instruments called forceps, knives, and probes.  With these instruments, doctors worked on different parts of the body.