The way of life in Greek city-states remained mostly the same for a long time. People in the (36) center lived in low apartment buildings or single-family homes, depending on their wealth. Dwellings, public buildings, and temples were situated around the place where people (37) for conversation and to buy food and crafts at dally markets. Citizens also lived in small villages or farmhouses (38) around the city-state’s countryside. In Athens, more people lived outside the city’s wall than (39) .
Houses were simple, (40) bedrooms, storage moms, and a kitchen around a small inner courtyard, but no bathrooms. Waste was dumped in a pit outside the door and then collected for (41) in the countryside. Most families were nuclear, meaning a household (42) of a single set of parents and their children, but generally no other relatives. Fathers were (43) for supporting the family by work or by investments in land and c0rrnnerce. Mothers were responsible for managing the household’s supplies and overseeing the slaves, who fetched water in jugs from public fountains, cooked, cleaned, and looked after babies. Fathers kept a separate room for entertaining guests, (44) . Wealthy men would frequently have friends over for a dinner and drinking party. Light came from olive oil lamps, heat from smoky charcoal basins. (45) .
Food was simple, too. The poor mainly ate barley porridge flavored with onions, vegetables, and a bit of cheese or olive oil. (46) . Bakeries sold fresh bread daily, and small stands offered snacks.
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