Interesting facts about ancient Athens.

[Efstathios]

There are some things that many people don't know about ancient Athens.

-Social: The men, mostly the older, would gather at the barber's shop and chit chat about everything. It was the meeting place.
Older people would walk slowly as they thought it was more fit to a man, and they would look at the young who would walk fast and thought of them as still immature.

-Clothing: The classic clothing and fashion for the men is the one portrayed everywhere, in vases, paintings e.t.c, the robe with one shoulder exposed, but they also had different types of clothing too, and young men would mostly wear something more casual.
They also didn't wear only sandals but they had boots too, but for more harsh and cold occasions.

-Weather and climate: Ancient Attiki's climate was not that different from now. There were some periods that it would rarely rain, and the rivers would have almost no water, and the climate was generally dry.

-The city and population: Athens was a big city. It wasn't only the part around Acropolis, but there were many individual districts. For example Pericles was born at Holargos which is around 6 km from Acropolis at a straight line. Most of the modern districts existed in antiquity too. Faliron, Alimos, e.t.c. And sometimes they would walk big distances to get to the center. In Plato's symposium we see the mention that Apollodoros that lived in Faliron would often walk to Athens.

The estimated population was around 300.000 during the 4th century b.c. including the metoikoi and slaves, and athenian citizens were around 100.000.

-The statues: The statues were painted in color, and were not white as we see them today. So were many buildings including the Parthenon.