ENTERTAINMENT

Kids played with toys in ancient Greece, they had toys like dolls and wooden horses. They also played many games. Story telling played a great role in ancient Greek entertainment. They also enjoyed poems.

Theater started in the classical period. Theatres were built outside.The Athenians loved theater and held regular competitive festivals. Tragedy was thought of as a high art form with its mythical tales retelling the fall down of a hero. Painted back drops and elaborate costumes were what the Greeks used in theater. Public entertainers were people who performed on the streets. Entertainment was both mild and vicious.

Two of the ancient Greek instruments were the lyre and flute. The double flute was made of 2 pipes with holes. The lyre was a hand held harp.

At a symposium they would dance or they would tell stories. An Iliad was a poem acting the final year of the Trojan war. The Odyssey was a poem from the famous poet Homer.

In ancient Greece there were 2 main types of entertainment, track and field and theater. The ancient Greeks also liked giving parties, hunting and fishing. They used pipes,harps and other hand made instruments.