Athenian Society In The Time Of Pericles Summary

Married women no longer just tended to the children, they also worked from home weaving cloth and fastening buttons.5 (Endnote from Slater Book) Since the land was cheap, everyone wanted to own a farm, not work in the factory.6 (Textile Factories) Married men usually farmed, but not all men had the option to farm. Some would help their wives weave cloth, while others were mechanics in the factory.7 (Slater Book) Children and young women were the ideal choice for factory labor; women could work a few years before getting married.8 (textile

Pericles Pericles, name meaning "surrounded by glory" , was a statesman, orator, politician, and general of Athens during the Golden Age who lived between 495 and 429 BCE. He made Athens the political and cultural focus of Greece with the development of the Athenian democracy and empire in the late 5th Century BCE and is well known for the rebuild of the Acropolis which begun in 447BCE. Pericles successfully led a military campaign in Corinth and sponsored the formation of the Athenian province in Thrace and Black Sea coast in 454BCE before being elected one of Athens’ leading generals in 443BCE which he held for the remainder of his life. Pericles was born into one of the leading families in Athens; his father being a military commander for Athens in the battle of Mycale in 479BCE and his mother belonging to the culturally powerful Alcmaeonidae family. His father was Xanthippus who married into the controversial family of the Alcmaeonids before leaving their

Intro Pericles meaning ‘Surrounded by Glory’, was an influential member and a credit to the society that he lived in during the classical period within ancient Athens. Pericles affected his society in a number of ways, politically, socially and economically. Pericles’ actions and motives were also shaped by the society that he lived in as Athens at the time of Pericles was a place of “aggressive, self-assertive competition” where “Greeks made a clear distinction between friends and enemies”. Pericles’ impact on his society can be seen through works and moments such as the pantheon and the democratic reforms of Athens.. Paragraph 1 (How did the individual's actions shape their society?)

The soldier’s diet usually consisted of bread, known as "hardtack," cornmeal, salt pork and if they were fortune enough some fruits and vegetables that were scavenged during their travels. The North had a slightly better diet and more food available than the

Rather than women making stuff her job was rather than making stuff, their job was to enable their spouse to make stuff, by providing food, and a clean living space, but also by providing “non-market values” such as love, friendship, and mutual obligation.” The idea of true equality between genders was not embraced and despite the growth in new market economy women’s opportunities for employment were very limited. Women had very low paying jobs and in most states, women had no control over their wages if they weren’t married. Many of these women that found these jobs were in factories, or as domestic servants or seamstresses. Middle class women found work in teaching, but according to the cult of domesticity middle class women’s place was to stay at

Also they ate turkey, cornbread, deer meat, Indian pudding. Also clams and oysters potatoes pumpkin pie. Many tables are filled

The way the people in Elizabethan Era ate in the years of 1550-1600. The kinds of food eaten depended very much on wealth and status. Poor people, in general, had humble and unvaried diets, whereas the rich of Elizabethan England ate well. The upper class people of the Elizabethan Era ate many spicy and sweet foods consisting of expensive spices and ingredients. Poor people could not afford much red meat, like beef or pork, so tended to eat white meat, like chicken, rabbit or hare, and birds they could catch like blackbirds or pigeons.

It appears it was men, women and their children. Back then, they didn’t have the luxurious food that is present here today. Most of the food eaten back

Most women did not have real jobs, but stayed home cooking and

Many women took jobs as silk factory workers to get money for their families, but the low pay wasn’t very much help. Document C states that the average daily wage was about thirteen sen

Pericles was an Athenian Statesman born in 495 BC in a small town named Holoros, north of Athens. He came from a family of rich Aristocrats, and was deeply involved with changing the structure of Greek government. In 461 BC, Pericles was pronounced the leader of Athens. He created laws that allowed every citizen to be a part of the government, and laws that balanced the rich and the poor. Pericles strengthened Athens by creating and introducing direct democracy to them, and also by valuing their arts and literature.

This goes along with the gender inequality within the household. They brought that attitude into the workforce which helped transition the gender hierarchy that existed in the household, into the factories and other production facilities. Ideas of women’s placement in society were underpinned by legal, political, and social practices which subordinated women. They were seen as less important. One circumstance that made women seem less powerful was how poorly they were paid compared to men.

They would take on feminine jobs like cooking, caring for the children, and making sure that their husband is satisfied. The lowest part of the hierarchy consists of children, in which the boys were superior to the girls. Boys, when they were younger, would spend time with their mothers, staying in their huts and listed to stories

The meal that was more important than any other for the citizens of the early empire, and later, the rich of the late empire, was cena. Cena was the only meal which had the possibility of meat for those present, and only if it was a special occasion. In the early empire, it was the main meal and stationed at noon, but as time wore on cena shifted to being a luxury only the upper-class could enjoy and moved to the evening. It consisted in the late empire of family gathering in the triclinium for a multi-course meal. On occasion, multiple families would gather, changing the meal into a banquet.

Women who could afford slaves had a life of more leisure, but the less fortunate women in both regions had to prepare their own food, clean their houses, and wash their clothes (Watterson