Greek homes were quite small, with a walled garden or yard in the middle. The house would've been made of sun-dried mud, and would have crumbled away in the boiling hot sun and you would have had to rebuild the home.

Most homes would of had a clay roof and small windows with no glass.

Married women stayed at home most of the time, at home Greek women spent much of there time spinning thread and cloth. They looked after the children and prepared food.

Rich women only went out with a slave to visit their friends. In Athens, only poor women went out alone. Rich women only went out with a slave or a male companion. Poor women went out more. They worked alongside their husbands, fetching water, and doing the family washing in the stream.

A Greek woman wore a long tunic that was called a chiton, made from a piece of cotton or linen material. Over it she wore a cloak which was called a himition.

Young men wore short tunics, but older men preferred longer ones. Many people walked barefoot or wore leather sandals, and for horse-riding high boots.

Breakfast might be bread dipped in wine ( made from grapes ), with fruit. Lunch would be bread and cheese. For dinner it would've been porridge made from barley, with cheese, fish, vegetables, eggs and fruit. For dessert they ate nuts, figs and cakes sweetened with honey. The olive tree was the most valuable tree in Greece.