6Pearson: A Day in the Life of Ancient Athens

         A Day in the Life Of A female citizen I wake up to my husband shouting with so much anger at  our slave, as usual. I roll out a bed and walk to the table to some berries and porridge made by our slave. After breakfast my slave and I head  to the farmer's market for their daily fresh bread. When I got back from the market my husband walked in with a big red stain on his shirt. What happened, Is that blood? ‘’ No, a slave hit me with his red rope!’’ Brandon Exclaimed. ‘‘Oh no’’, I said Brandon told me how he would have to attend the assembly next week. At the assembly they would speak what's on their mind and share their opinions of things they would like to see happen within the government of their city. After that our slave prepared some lunch we had dried fish along with some olives, figs and cheese. It was delicious. After a tasty lunch I went outside to work on my crops. I was happy to see a good amo...

A Day in the Life Of A Slave! By Ella Anderson I wake up to Brandon screaming 10 different tasks at me. The only one I heard was “Make me breakfast.” Once I got a little more awake I rolled off the dirty rotten ground, and walk out of my room and made his usual breakfast. He always had porridge and berries. When I was just finishing up Melisa walled out of her room. She told me we were going to the farmers market after we finished up our breakfast. Around 1 minute later Brandon walked out and Melissa told him that we were all going to the angora. It took us 15 minutes to get their. As we were walking around the market there was a slave holding a rope that looked like it had red paint on it. Suddenly it hit Brandon in the back of the leg. “Congratulations” the slave said as he was walking over. You get to attend the Assembly, and if you don’t attend you will get fined.  Alright see you tomorrow. “Alright let's go back for lunch.” Brandon exclaimed When we ...

One day I woke up to my master yelling at me to get him a drink. So I did. My master also made me get him some food. I also had to bring the female citizen wherever she wanted. The male and female citizen made me do whatever they needed. I also had to fan and get a drink for the male citizen when it is hot. But one time I didn't do what he wanted me to do so he abused me and then they kicked me out. A new family picked me to be their slave and they treated me way better than the other family. But they still made me do lots of stuff and even worse. They made me dig out all the rocks in their backyard and they didn't hurt me as much.

A Day in the Life Of A Slave Just like any other day I woke up on the floor and got ready for the day. My master Jim demanded “Izah go make me food!” “Will do.” I sighed. I spent the afternoon in the agora and cleaning the house. A day in my life is quite repetitive and ordinary. Wishing to be with my family and spending time with my friends was also a part of my routine. daydreaming about things I would’ve done if I wasn’t here working for some random family not even blood related gets me upset sometimes. I wish that I could be born in ancient wouldn’t have to put up with my master. Even though the masters wife is very nice I still want to see my family. My family was born in ancient Athens but they were on a trip for a week and I was born earlier than my due date. So I was born in Italy, when my parents and me came back from Italy to Athens they said that I could become a metic but my parents didn’t have that money. So my only choice was to become a slave. I’ve bee...

A Day in the Life Of A Male Citizen Ahhh what a wonderful day at Athens with birds singing in the sky and me and my wife buying a necklace at the Agora I found a person selling a necklace for only ten drachmas. I went up to the person with my wife and bought a necklace with beautiful shiny gems. I went up to my wife and gave it to her. She puts it on while walking back home. While walking back home with my wife I remember we needed horses so I took my wife back home and I went back by myself. I walked back home to my slave preparing my lunch and my wife waiting on the table. I sat on the table beside my wife, I rang my bell and my slave came walking in the kitchen with our food. He puts the food in front of us and me and Debra a te. Minutes later I went back outside in the sight of a slave carrying a red rope. As time went on I found the same person carrying the rope and I thought I’ll never be picked so as I went back home a rope with red paint. Yes, I got picked to be in the l...

A Day In The Life Of A Medic Dear Diary Today I sold X bottles of wine and V breadsticks I have enough money to buy I new store! The people that bought the stuff were some kind people well at least the woman was nice the man was so mean to his slave and the best part about it was that the woman and I were friends. After they were done with the food and wine the woman invited me to a party she was throwing. In her words, she handed me peace on paper that wrote: “ you have been invited to a party can.” “Bring some food and wine.”   “The address *********” And now I'm getting ready for the party, I'm wearing a beautiful black and white dress with my hair in a bun. Shelley I got into the car and left. Getting in her huge house.LIke this was a big house, she told me that she is really happy that I came, and hugged me hard. We all party hard for hours. They it came time for me to leave. All the wine and food were gone so everyone was done partying. After it, ...

My experience of medic I woke up on a sunny day, my back really hurt because I only had a mattress to sleep on. I am selling wine and cheese and berries and a ton of other stuff. It was about 12 pm and I had my first customer was a female but a very rich. Her husband was with her. They bought wine cheese and grapes they paid 1 thousand. I said that it helped me so much. So i went shopping and bought clothes and got food. After that, I went to this big castle and it was so nice i wish i lived their. It's been a long day so I went home and ate supper and went to bed.

A Day In The Life Of A Female Citizen My life as a female citizens is pretty simple I wake up and I usually go to the market but I have to ask my slave or my brother or any male, you can only leave your house with a male if you don't you're breaking the law and several punishments will come to you. In my times female were treated very unfairly we aren't aloud to leave our houses without a male were not aloud to be apart of the government or get hit by the rope. I hope in the future us females get more rights and are more respected. My dream has always been to be apart of the government but that's never gonna happen sometimes I wish I was a male. We also have to clean and we don't have good jobs it's usually making clothes or a nurse I mean it’s not bad but we don’t get payed a lot. I don’t really have a job I usually stay home and knit my slave does all the cleaning. My slave name is Lordan, I try to be as nice to my slave as possible I don’t like the fa...

A Day in the Life Of A Male citizen One day I was doing my casual work and then I hear my wife tell me that we have to go to the market. And I really didn’t want to go so I told her to take the slave he’s way better at choosing the food than me. She has to go with a male, and it’s not going to be me today, so they went to the market and I still have to get work done. When the slave and my wife get home I’m probably done my work. So I go upstairs and tell my wife to get the food ready, well I go out for some fresh air and meet my brother. I have to go to the market with him because he doesn’t have a wife and I don’t know why I have to go with him. If your wondering why everyone is going to the market is because today someone's going to get chosen to be in the council ( Win the lottery) and I pray it’s me. A few hours later everyone got called down to the main part of town, The whip was everywhere with the red paint on it. And I was hoping it was me it came so close and then, It ...

A Day in the Life Of A Slave… Today I was pretty free in my master backyard. You see you may be thinking “well aren’t you always free to go anywhere?”, no, no I am not. See I am a slave in Ancient Athens and I serve two masters. I live in his backyard in the open on a dirt bed. I do many things in a day, like do whatever my masters. I live with a male and female citizens, also a male metic. I serve both of the citizens but not the male metic, Mario. My female master Alora can’t go anywhere out of her property without a male so I have to go with her usually because my other male master, Giannis, is too lazy to go with her. I usually go to the markets with her if she needs new clothing, but not food, I get that. My master Giannis is part of the Boule of Athens. Alora and Mario can’t be a part of any part of the Athens government because Mario is a metic and Alora is a female. You see I can’t take part in any government either because I am a slave. I was not always a slave actually, ...

A Day in the Life Of A Female Citizen Hi today I am starting a new life in ancient Athens, year 3000 BC. I’m a female citizen. A piece of cotton has been hung on my door, to show that I have been born. Now that I am 5 my mother is teaching me on how to do domestic chores. While my older brother Andrew gets to go to school. During the day while my brother was at school, my mother and I would do the dishes and weave. When Andrew came home from school, and my Dad came home from doing government stuff. Mum and I would start making dinner. Few Years Later Now I’m 10. I am still doing the same domestic chores that I had to do when I was 5. Honestly life is the same except I am older. Andrew has been taking me to the market so I can go get us food, that is really the only thing that has changed. Soon though my brother shall be leaving for 20 years in the military. Then he shall become part of the government. And for me in a few years I shall be getting married. Later on in the day my...

A Day in the Life Of A Male Citizen! My day started off to me telling my slave to make me some breakfast for my family! My wife and me love breakfast,it's our favourite! My slave also make the best porridge ever. Yesterday I got wacked with a rope that had red on it, hat meant that I would be part of the government. I took a chairet to parthlon. My wife and slave went to the Agora to get some food for the family . My other slave is with my kids,They went to the gardens. I truly wish I could see my kids and wife and I cant believe Im going to say this but I miss my slaves too!

A Day In The Life Of A Metic I woke up as a Metic of the Ancient Athens. I came down the wooden stairs to eat breakfast. When I finished breakfast I went to work. Oh and if you were wondering where I work well I work at a clothing store. When I got to the shop I started to work straight away. My part in the shop is the cashier the cashier is a fun job. When I was done with my job I went back home on the dirt pathway. My home is near the temple called Parthenon. I always pass that temple with amazement it just always pops out for me. When I got home I paid the bills for my house the bills cost a lot but my job gives me enough money for my bills. When I was done with my bills I went out and got some food. When I headed back I saw a lot of slaves working in the backyard I felt bad for the slaves.

My experience As a male citizen, I don’t have to do much besides take my wife out to the market or somewhere else, my slave could do that as well, there isn't much else unless I have to go to council meetings if I get hit by the red rope. My real experience I woke in my royal palace in Athens and there was my slave fanning me with a palm tree leaf, as I was eating my grapes and drinking wine. I was enjoying myself until my wife came over and asked if we could go to the angora and get some cheese. I said yes and I took my wife for a walk she is not allowed to go anywhere without a male with her. Around 12 pm I met this metic and he was selling some wine, cheese, and grapes, etc. We decided to buy some, marble cheese. We purchase the cheese then my wife and I  were walking up the hill by the glaterater stadium we saw a male citizen get hit by the red rope. We knew that if you get hit you would have to go to a meeting and if you didn't go you would be punished. We walked b...

A Day in the Life Of A Male Citizen     I was born in a world of Athens to be a male citizen. One day I woke up so early to work and do all of my jobs. I need to buy stuff and food  with my slave name I zah. Izah is a good slave she is working good, and my metic needs to go at Agora to make some sales stuff.My wife is female citizen she is taking care of our children and cook our food. We are working together to live and eat to survive. That is my life.

A Day in the Life Of A Female citizen Dear Diary, Today is one of those days that I don’t get to go outside because my husband i s at work doing government stuff. So I'm at home with my kids. We have 3 kids, 1  girl 2 boys. The girls name is Rose and the boys names are Ryan and Ray. we live by a huge market. It is a very beautiful city we live in. There are a lot of green palm trees and fruit. There is also a lot of people today gathering at the government today beacuse new people are getting picked to run our city. I hope that my husband stays in the government. But seince my husband is at work I can take my slave to the market to buy food. We bought lots of yummy fresh fruits such as: watermelon, Mango, apples, grapes and pineapple. Then me and my slave went home and made a fruit salad. We had that salad for lunch this afternoon. Then we went out to the yard and played some basketball until dark. Then we had chicken for dinner. And went to bed. The End  

A Day in the Life Of A female citizen Dear Diary My day started off when I was drinking my freshly made wine, that my husband  Theo bought for me at the shop. I was quite surprised that he bought me some wine, because it's fairly expensive here in Athens. As I  was drinking my wine I ordered my slave Gritzie to fetch my letter from Zeus. As I started reading it, a slave outside yelled “MARKET IS IN, COME SHOP”. I jumped to my feet and walked to my slave Gritzie and told her to take me to the market, she said alright but I don’t think she actually wanted to go. But anyways ways I grabbed my shoes and money and was off. We stopped at a few shops, but there was one shop that caught my eye, Free wine! I never knew they sold free wine! I knew it wasn’t true because wine was too expensive to be free, but I decided to try it out so I picked up a bottle and walked home. Gritzie  asked if she could try some when we got home, so I said yes but only a little. When we got hom...

A day in a life of a Metic [My experience] in class I really didn't do anything special, it was like a  normal day other people had slaves and had them go get stuff, they got to be lazy, the slaves got chosen by a couple of citizens and had to do what they said glad I wasn't one of those. [Real Experience] Real Metics sleep most likely in their stand that they sell all of their goods at. they weren't allowed to own land or a  slave or really anything, they woke up on the ground really early and started selling their stuff to the people that purchased usually men that could walk alone the women had to have a boy with them either A slave,  husband or relative. The slaves were chosen by couples and had to do anything they said. The slaves were either born poor and were sold as a slave for money so they could get out of debt. Metics are people not born in Athens that's discluded and weren't allowed everything others are allowed. The citizens were allowed everyt...

Necklace!Necklace, for sale. Only 10 drachme’s. Selling was hard in the agora, working all day in the melting heat of Athens wasn’t easy. Lot’s of metic’s like me get very sick from standing in the heat for so long. It can be good some day’s but other not as much, but the thing that hurts the most is that I am not allowed to be part of the government here in Athen’s . I’m only allowed to sell stuff, like i’m trying right now. It’s just me and my dog at home, it would be lonely, but he is like a human to me. But I’m sure glad I was not born into a family of slaves. I was born in Patras, Patras is about 200 kilometres from Athens. I moved to Athens when I was 16, after my family got killed on an attack by the Thessaloniki Army. I would say my life is pretty good as a metic. Today I am also selling horses. I got my horses in the back, horse tack is attached, the horses have hat’s that are matte black, and black hooves that match. A male citizen came to my st...

A Day in the Life Of A METIC                           I Woke up to the sound of birds chirping and the shining sun. I woke up early in the morning to go To the Agora. Every night i wished i could be a male citizen. I would get to vote and be apart of the council of 500 men. But i’m happy to be a Metic because I used to be a slave for a male citizen and he was a really nice man. he was not to hard on me. So in the end he let me free to become a Metic. But I was told if i ever committed a crime I would be put back as a slave. I have had a great life as a Metic so far. That is my life as a Metic.

A Day in the Life Of A Female Citizen in Ancient Athens A day in the life in Ancient Athens Today I woke up feeling better then ever, last night When my husband and I were shopping in the agora, He got tagged by the rope and now he gets to make decisions in the pnyx. Today I plan to go to the agora and do some shopping or go and watch some men pay some sports, then i thought why not do both. I took my slave with me to go shopping in the agora and visit our favorite metic named Rowan where he usually sold us wine and cheese. I made my slave carry the wine and cheese and headed to watch men play some games. When they were done I have already drank half the wine and still had a little bit of cheese left and when I was going home I met my husband Asher back at our house.   

A Day in the Life Of A Male Citizen.   I wake up as a citizen of Ancient Athens, I am not a slave and I have rights to vote and many other things.I am able to do many things like participate in choices of the Athens government. The slaves have to work everyday and never stop, Metics can own businesses, but can not own land at all. I am a male citizen and I can own land and do whatever I want. I am the most powerful person in all of ancient Athens. I own my own land and I have many friends that are slaves and metics and female citizens. The slave's name is Bertrum, the metics name is Mario, and the female citizens name is Alora, and my name is Giannis. I enjoy living in Athens and I am happy who I am. I see slave’s and  metic’s trying to live a life in Ancient Athens, I’m so lucky to be a Citizen in Athens. This is my life as a male citizen in Ancient Athens. Slaves were from people who lost a battle or came from their parents that were also slaves. I see slave’s and  ...

I woke up to my master, Giannis, yelling. “Alora! Alora! Get down here!” “What.” I groaned. “Good.” I replied, unhappily. I went out to the agora, (with my male slave, of course) to buy grapes from my favourite metic. While my husband is out, there is not much I can do. I wash the dishes, do the laundry, so on. My metic and slave our always bragging that someday they will become male citizens.  I can’t though because I am female, and there is just no possible way. Unfair, right? I know. Someday I hope there will be equality for all. Man, I wish I was a male citizen. I could vote, be a part of the council 500, go anywhere I like, and so much more. That one annoys me the most. Male citizens, metics, and even male slaves can go anywhere if they were permitted by their owners. A metic would be alright. No one owns you, you could go anywhere you want, and you have a chance to become a male citizen. The only catch, you can’t own land. So me and my slave walked to the ago...