Blog Post #5 A day in the life of...

    Choose the life of a person who could have lived during the Golden Age in Athens.
    Examples: wealthy merchant, seafaring trader, military, government, slave, metic, woman,
    child, etc. Recount one day in that person’s life using many details. You can include
    dialogue and other characters. Must be believable and realistic.

A Day in The Life of A Slave

The population of Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries was divided into three groups. The citizens, the metics and the slaves. Slaves were very important to the ancient Greek way of life. Slaves cleaned and cooked, worked in the fields, factories, shops, in the mines and on ships. Most slaves lives were not that different from a poor Greek citizen's life. 

One day a slave called Alfred. He was really poor and had a wife. Alfred life was really difficult. He was a field slave. He worked in the fields from sunrise to sunset and at harvest time he worked 18 hours a day, just for bringing food for him and his wife. Alfredo was lucky this day because this was the day he received clothes. Slaved only received clothes one time a year. He received two linen shirts, two pairs of trousers, one jacket, one pair of socks, one pair of shoes, an overcoat and a wool hat. He thought he was saved for the rest of the year. After that he went to find some food. He got some cornmeal salt herrings, and eight pounds of pork or fish each month. Today was not the day for the eight pound meal. Him and her wife only ate cornmeal salt herrings in their house with wooden shacks with dirt floors. Near the night the slaves stored there food somewhere safe so they were sure that they wouldn't lose it after. The day was over. Alfred saved another day in the life of a slave.