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Ancient Greece

Greek boys

Greek girls

Similarities

How are they alike?

The boys and girls learned to play musical instruments, helped with household chores, decorated the house for both of them when they were born, and they both had pets and toys as children.

Differences

How are they different?

When a baby was

Born in ancient Greece, the father performed a ritual. He danced holding the newborn baby.

For the baby boys, the family decorated the house with olive wreaths

For the girls, the family decorated the house with woolen wreaths.

They had formal education where they learned to

read, write and math

They went to military school for two years.

they learned about the arts and war