Category: DAILY LIFE
Censorship, Greek style
With oligarchy, a few power took power and so all poets lived in fear. It became impossible to openly make fun of anyone, they could take you to court. Eupolis…
Extreme party games
Some people in Thrace hang themselves as a game during drinking parties. They make a noose above a stone that is easily overturned if you stand on it. The…
Bad to the bone
In places like Sparta women are treated badly. This means that half the population lives without happiness. Rhetoric – Aristotle
Coin in the mouth
We know that the dead had to have a coin in their mouth to pay for their trip to the Underworld. What we forget is that in the 5th century…