Project part 2

Before the Video

-       The mortality rate was very high, so babies were not given a name until they were between 7 or 10 days old.

-        An infant with any imperfection, was often killed or abandoned.

-       Until age six, boys were taught at home by their mother or a male slave.

Main Thing

-       Age six to 14 was primary school. 

-       Once the youths were 16, their 'basic education' was complete. 

-       Athenians wanted their sons to have a well-rounded education so that they would know a variety of things and appreciate lots of things.  

-       Boys' education in Ancient Athens consisted of three main courses: Grammata , Music, and Physical Education. 

-       Grammata included reading, writing, and arithmetic. 

-       music ,consisted of singing, playing the lyre and the flute, reciting, and musical performance of poetry. Through this, students learnt history, geography, and ethics. 

-       physical education, was when the children practiced wrestling, jumping, running and throwing of discus and javelin. This was to make their body 'strong and courageous.' 

After

-       The boys who didn't have to work could now study the sciences and philosophy. 

-       From the ages of 18 to 20, able bodied young men had to take military training for the army or the navy. 

-       The aim was not to produce athletes, or soldiers like in Sparta, but young men who were graceful, fit, and attractive, and it was hoped they would develop habits of fitness that they took with them their whole lives.