Today was a fairly easy day. In the morning we returned to the Agora where Susan Rotroff showed us around the few homes that have been excavated and talked to us about the features of Greek houses. We then went back to the Agora Museum and got to see some more of the finds that are on display there. I got to see the "Rich Athenian Lady" burial things which was really cool. Last time we were at the Agora Museum we visited the archive part of the building and got to see the "Rich Athenian Lady's" bones, so it was cool to see all of the jewelry she was buried with and the actual container she was buried in.
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| Rich Athenian Lady Burial Materials |
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| Child's Potty |
We also got to see a lot of things related to the Athenian democracy and judicial systems. One cool thing we got to see was a device they used to select jurors. We also got to see a water clock and some ostraka pottery shards. After that we saw a bunch of things related to the everyday life of Athenians, including a child's potty. It was really interesting to see and it was one of my favorite pieces only because it was so humanizing. It's interesting to think that even the Greeks, thousands of years ago, where still concerned with some of the everyday things that we do today, like potty train our children.
After the museum we head back to Loring Hall to relax and eat lunch. In the afternoon we headed back to the National Archaeological Museum where Carol Lawton lead us around the sculpture galleries and told us about Greek sculpture from the Archaic period to the Hellenistic period. We will be going back on Wednesday to learn about and see sculptor from the Roman period.
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| Zeus or possibly Poseidon |
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