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    Life in Ancient Athens

    What did Shakespeare learn at school?

    We know that Shakespeare went to a


    grammar school where students studied for
    very long hours. They studied a lot of
    maths, including arithmetic, algebra and
    geometry and they had an extensive Shakespeare’s grammar school
    religious education.

    Shakespeare would also have learnt a lot


    about ancient Greece and Rome when he was at school. The ancient Greeks and
    Romans lived about two thousand years before Shakespeare was even born. The
    Elizabethans really admired the ancient Greeks and Romans, even though they
    lived such a long time ago. The Elizabethans made their children learn about the
    ancient Greeks and Romans in school.

    Who were the ancient Greeks?

    The ancient Greeks and Romans were famous for lots of


    things. They had lots of great writers who wrote
    wonderful stories. The stories that they wrote about are
    not always true. They are myths. Myths are ancient
    stories about magical and fantastical events. Greek and
    Roman myths are still popular today. Lots of them have
    Theseus battling the
    minotaur in a famous myth been turned into films. For example, you might have
    from Ancient Greece.
    seen the films ‘Hercules’, ‘Troy’, ‘300’, ‘Clash of the
    Titans’, ‘Immortals’ or ‘Percy Jackson and the
    Olympians’. All of these films are based on Greek and Roman myths.

    As well as important writers, they had clever


    mathematicians who made important discoveries.
    They had amazing artists who made striking pots.
    These pots often show everyday people creating
    things as a pastime. They thought that education was
    very important. In ancient Greece, men would A part of a painting which
    regularly meet in grand buildings to discuss shows the famous
    mathematician, Pythagoras,
    Philosophy. writing down his theories.
    What was life like for people living in ancient Greece?

    Women were generally not educated and were expected to obey men. Society
    was very ordered and there were very harsh punishments for people who broke
    the rules. They put some criminals in a bronze statue of a bull and lit a fire
    underneath the statue so that the person burned to death!

    The bronze bull used to


    burn people to death.

    How did the ancient Greeks influence Shakespeare?

    Shakespeare must have paid attention when he was at school, because he was
    influenced by the writers of ancient Greece and Rome. Some of Shakespeare’s
    plays are about real things that happened in ancient Greece and Rome and
    some of his plays are about myths from Greece and Rome.

    His play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ is set in one of the most famous ancient
    Greek cities called Athens. It was known all around the world for its wealth and
    grand buildings. The people who lived in Athens were called ‘Athenians’. When
    we read the play, you will be able to see how Shakespeare presents Athenians
    and their culture.

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