Classical Studies 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thraex, Megalithic Architectural Elements, Falx

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2300
• Professor: Charles Stocking

Document Summary

What romans do on the their free time. Leisure: historical construction not historical constant: leisure activities are not constant throughout the ages, e. g. Modern world cooking is leisure but in the past cooking was done by slaves. Leisure definition: activity that you freely choose or psychologically pleasant: some scholars say that the concept of leisure was not on until industrial revolution. For roman"s leisure is class based: upper class/lower class. Indulge in dicing, gambling, drinking but in a different way than the lower class. Inspiring leisure or thought provoking leisure: music making takes place in private. Roman"s had prejudice with working with your hands: look down on manual labor, puts obstacles in intellectual things. Lower class is middle linked more towards the animal world and elite: shout, loud, rowdy, fickle, violent, mistreated of body, drunkard, violent and uncontrollable threat (physical) Upper class is the same but does it in a different way which makes it okay for them.