different from ours. Today it seems that morals, family values, and marriage are not much

of a concern in todays lifestyle. The Greeks on the other hand, valued very highly things

such as: social class, family and kinship, and marriage. These were the basic things to

live by in ancient Greece, and are shown very strongly in their history.

Social- Pertaining to a society; living in communities. This is the definition of the

work social. When adding the word class to it, it has a different yet similar meaning. The

term social class refers the to a group of people that are bound together by a certain

characteristic or trait. These social classes when talking about a few of them living

together form a hierarchy. This means that one social class is higher up on the scale than

another one. This is true in the ancient Greek society.

In the Athenian society, all citizens that lived in Athens had the right and duty of

governing their city. This was one of the first ever democratic governments in the world.

This would lead one to believe that everyone in the city was of equal importance; but that

Marriage- The act or ceremony of marrying; matrimony; wedlock. This is the

Odysseus, who at the time the story starts is not at home, so this leaves his son

Telemachus in charge. The suitors of Penelope in the story are the landowning farmers,

Slaves did posses some protection by the laws of Greece, and were eventually able to buy

in ancient Greece. All the social classes functioned in just the way they would have in

To this Odysseus answered fully her question, and she knew that it was him. The wedding

Some topics in this essay:
Social- Pertaining, Odysseus Penelope, Athena Telemachus, Penelope Odysseus's, Family Values, Odyssey Homers, Kin- Race, Telemachus Telemachus, Penelope Telemachus, Odyssey Homer, social classes, odysseus penelope, social class, ancient greece, son telemachus, social class family, family kinship, class family, ancient greek, wedding bed, kinship marriage, class family kinship, family kinship marriage,