Sports - Considering that Greeks spent a majority of their time outside, a profuse amount passed by time through watching or playing sports. An adequately known sport in Greece was the Pentathlon, it included wrestling, jumping, running, discus, and javelin. A numerous volume of Greeks …show more content…
Greeks unconditionally loved theatre, some genres admired by greeks are tragedy, comedy, politics, and a fragment of gods and goddesses sprinkled in each act. Theatre in ancient Greece was well known for overly exaggerating how someone would normally feel during an event. Some also wore abstract masks during their satire impersonations. Another amusing hobby held by ancient Greeks was pottery, in which they made amphorae, kraters, hydra, and other fluid holding vases. As archaeologists have found, ancient Greeks usually put events on to the vases/amphorae in silhouette form. As I have said in my introduction, Greeks being outside a lot, may have made them more creative and upbeat, allowing them to create amazing works of art. As a part of art, Greeks frequently made sculptures, portraits, paintings, or statues of their favorite gods or goddess. Other hobbies done or practiced by the ancient Greeks was weaving, knitting, embroidery, carving, and …show more content…
In all poleis, only boys went to school, and they started as soon as they turned 6. In school, boys learned how to write, how to read, singing, and music. Since in Athens education was the thing you needed to be a normal citizen, they also taught students geometry, literature, ethical poetry, and how to draw. By age seven, Spartan boys joined they barracks to train for war and all other children in different poleis advanced in their learning further ahead. As I’ve said throughout this paragraph, education was valuable and so most schools were private and cost a great deal of cash to get your child into. All schools in Sparta though, were public. Since girls didn’t ever go to school, they had a horde of free time on their hands. With this free time their mothers taught them how to take care of multiple children and how to administer a home. Girls who lived in the Spartan polis had more rights so they could take classes on athletics, gymnastics, singing, music, and