Ancient+Athens

Life in Ancient Athens by Don Nardo San Diego, California: Lucent Books Inc., 2000

 Call Number: 938 NAR

**__Summary/Description__:** //Life in Ancient Athens// shows the way people of Athens lived in ancient times. It shows different parts of their life such as government, the household, religion, athletic games, visual arts, and lastly war. This book went into great detail about Athenian life. It gave explanations as to how much different the way they lived was different than modern times. There were also little sections in each chapter that tended to talk about people that lived in Athens opinion on their city.  The sections in the book talked about the different aspects of Athenian life. The government part talked about how they had a democracy semi like the one in the modern US. Then the household section talked about the duties of the different house members and their roles while the rel igion one talked about how they believed in the many gods and goddesses like Zeus and Athena who was the main goddess they worshiped. Its athletic games part gave insight to how they started the Olympics in that age. Also, they talked about their interest in the painting and pottery in the visual arts chapter. They also explained about the way they fought in the chapter about war.

__**Beyond the Book**__: Go beyond the book by exploring these recommended web resources:
 * [|Ancient Greece Reference] This website gives information about the different parts of life In Athens. It tells how the different parts of their life were. They also show pictures of the things they talk about in each part. The site gives you more information about the things that are listed in the book. You can find out quite a bit about the Athenians.
 * [|Athens Life] This site explains life in Athens. The website gives you a brief overview of the city. It allows you to enter into a story about the day in the life of a person in the city. Also, the site gives you the option to take a virtual tour around the city so you can see what its like. It gives good information about Athens.
 * [|Athens] The site gives you important facts about the city. It tells you about some important people that lived in Athens in that time period. Also, it talks about the city's history. It gives insight to two city areas of Athens. Another part of the city it talks about is their wars.
 * __ [|Athens Info]  __ The site talks about different parts of Athens like the slaves they kept that were part of household life. They explain the power the people had in their democracy. It also talked about the courts in the city. The site also gave information on the yearly festivals they had. There were also some fun facts about different things about Athens on the site.
 * __[|Athens History]__ It talks about the history of Athens and were it is located. This site talks about the creation of their democracy. Also, it gives you information on the city in different time zones. It talks about the Persian War. Not only that but it gives you a timeline to see the events that happened in the city.
 * __[|Athens Aspects]__ This site tells about the different time periods of ancient Athens. It talks about the city's history and gives pictures as examples of art found in the city. Another part the site talks about is the wars that happened there. It also talks about the athletics and important monuments there. The site gave useful facts.