A Greek Potter (Everyday Life Series)

Observes a potter and his family living in Athens in 420 B.C., a time of the Olympics, a great festival to Athena, and the construction of many temples, and describes the potter at work making and decorating pots. Includes illustrations of tools and equipment he and his family might have used in their daily lives.Integrating facets of history, anthropology, archaeology, and social science, this unusual study follows a year in the life of a Greek craftsman potter and his family, who live in fifth-century B.C. Athens