Ancient Greece: Economy, Food, and the Environment

Question 1

How often did the average Greek consume meat at the time of the Peloponnesian War?

Answer 1

Most households restricted their meat consumption to family or municipal celebrations. The latter were common, but meat portions were not equally allocated.

Question 2

This part of the Athenian economy employed a significant number of metics:

Answer 2

Education

Question 3

Between 10,000 and 30,000 enslaved men, leased by private owners to the state, worked under horrific environmental conditions at this single enterprise in Attica, near Athens:

Answer 3

The silver mines at Laurion

Question 4

All the areas mentioned below were parts of the Athenian economy where significant
numbers of metics found work except

Answer 4

Banking