When a
baby was born in ancient Greece,
the father did a ritual dance, holding the newborn baby. There
were
many differences in the lives of boys and girls as they grew up. One main
difference was that girls didn't go
to
school and boys did. Girls helped their mothers with chores in the house or in
the fields, they stayed home
with
their parents until they got married .Boys stayed home until
they
were six or seven years old. They helped grow crops in the fields and they learned
to sail boats and to fish. Boys started
their
formal education at age of seven. They went to school and learned reading,
writing and mathematics. They
memorized
the poetry of homer. At the age of eighteen, boys went to military school for
two years. Children
played
with many toys, such as rattles, yo-yos and clay animals. Children also had
pets, such as birds and goats
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