AR104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Silphium, Coitus Interruptus, Pederasty In Ancient Greece
6 Apr 2017
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Agrarian (agricultural) society: most adult male citizens owned some land, and most farms in attica were managed by whole families with slaves handling the heaviest labour. Sheep and goats common, cows less so. Pictured beside: slaves doing olive picking, antimenas painter, 520 bce. Metics : slaves and non free citizens who staffed a number of professions like education. Upper class prejudice against anyone who worked with their hands- banausic labourer was a common slur. Rise of banking in 4th century bce: There was social stigma against earning money from any source other than inheritance, so bank managers were often trusted slaves. These bank managers sometimes earned their freedom and athenian citizen through their job. Some evidence of economic growth between archaic and hellenistic periods. Food preparation= typically responsibility of women and slaves. Stoas : buildings with long colonnades where men could shop, discuss, and pass time, women were not allowed here unless accompanied by men or slaves.
