Did you know that the great Athenian playwright Aeschylus died from a blow from a tortoise that fell from the sky? And that his death was predicted by an oracle? Or that the penalty for theft in a public place was death, while in a house it was punishable by paying double the value stolen? That Greek women, despite criticism, shaved their hair, even using methods as painful as embers?
Did you know that not even a god like Apollo could defeat Fate to prevent the death of Hyacinthus, whom his spilled blood transformed into a flower for his eternal memory? Do you know the Greek origin of the expression "having donkey ears"? Or that Calipatira was responsible for the trainers being naked when she replaced her husband as trainer in the Olympic Games where women were banned?
The alluring ancient Greece is an inexhaustible source of wisdom and colossal stories. In this work, Dámaris Romero masterfully traces everyday situations of life in Greece: superstitions, oracles, love, science, mythology... She will make us travel in time and space to the world of Pythagoras, Homer, Socrates or the famous oracle of Delphi. Throughout its absorbing pages we will feel like a member of this fascinating society; we will discover how some of the most extraordinary episodes of the greatest Greek biographies were created, we will learn about the importance of women, and the large amount of information we have preserved about them, the importance of hygiene in society, or the presence and meaning of ghosts and demons in dreams and in everyday life. A rigorous and informative work to learn about the society that has most influenced our culture.