Central Ideas and Description in The Ancient City Life in Classical Athens and Rome
Question 10 of 16 • FL-1001010-M/J Language Arts 1 A-CR
Read the excerpt from The Ancient City.Middle and upper class [Athenian] girls learned to read, write and probably play the lyre from a female tutor at home. They only performed physical exercises at festivals, and probably never in public as Spartan girls did. But the Spartans regarded physical health in girls as an important factor in producing future generations of warriors.