2. The Occupations in Ancient Greece
Our knowledge about the professions in Ancient Greece comes from many
inscriptions referring to past work-which is not much different from the
contemporary one – which is offerings of craftsmen seeking the assistance of
Athena Ergane, patron of crafts and manual labor.
It is worth noting that according to Pausanias, the first ones they called Athena Ergane
was the Athenians. Pausanias also mentions that sacred bird of Athena Ergane was
the rooster, because he woke croaking those who were working.
Illustration of Athena Ergane; clay tile,
ar.13055, Museum; the Acropolis. Height:
0,218m.
3. The Occupations in Ancient Greece
In an effort to meet these professions here is a table that will inform us.
The Occupationw in Ancient Greece
Astrologer-astronomer
bookseller
Geometris- Mathematician
Agronomist Herbalist
bridging
statuary
dithyramb
olive
Elaiopolis
dealer
Woollen
courtesan
Zoologos- Veterinarian
reaper
The doctor's profession
Theopompus
potter
Agrotis-
farmer
alfitopoiias = prepare meat
offering, barley flour.
Moneychanger = Services change
foreign currency to local currency
provided by the money changers.
dyer
Shepherd or pastor
Rainmaker
grammarians
teacher
Arboriculturalist Gardener-dendrology
Daktyliourgos
Leather-sellers, -Who
Diftheropolis = dermatopolis
weighing silfiou
painter
actress
chaplain
Ischadopolis = figs Vendor.
Growing grain
monger = peddler. engaged in retail
trade monger.
Kerameus
guitar player
Knafefs, tanner, Tampakis.
barber
Koskinopolis
butcher
hunter
rower
stonemason
logographers
cook
diviner
apiculture
Memvradopolis = seller anchovies
smith
engineer
smith
Mystriopolis
Boatswain = Owners and masters of
merchant ships were the boatswain
sailor
shipwright
Nafsikydis boatswain
Monetize, coiner.
Coin production techniques
Exomidopoiias
Building-builder
Financial, economic.
gunsmith
educator
Paidonomos
Paidotrivis
wrestler
Production,
laundress
Shepherd, see and shepherd
Civil and political
Ambassadors, embassy
boxer
Orator, rhetoric
addles, saddlery,
harness
skytotomon = tanner,
shoemaker
Spermatopolis =
spermatemporos seed
merchant
author
counsel
Postman, messenger
Mason-architect-builder.
tectonic
craftsman
bankers
nurse
Trochadariou
Yalas
aqueduct
Logger-woodcutter
weaver
philosopher
Freorychos
Cheirogastor
Chlamydourgia,
Chlanidopoiia
dancer
Goldsmith-jeweler
Psaras- fishmonger
coppersmith
4. The Occupations in Ancient Greece
The best known of these are:
• Baker
• Olive cultivator
• Trader
• Doctor
• Paidotrivis - Trainer
• Tutor
• Actor
• Transcriber
• Craftsman
5. Baker
Greek sailors and traders brought the Egyptian flour in Greece. Most popular was
the white bread and between cities there was a strong competition for the best
bread. On the 2nd century AD the first bakeries appeared, with the most dominant
that of Theariou of Athens, whose name was written on many scripts.
6. Transcriber
The occasionally libraries in ancient Athens and the rest of the ancient Greek
world contributed essentially to the dissemination and preservation of Greek
literature from antiquity. During the wars of the Greeks among them, a class of
educated slaves was created, who often did the work of a secretary or were forced
to produce copies of important books, thus multiplying their number.
The books were a commodity from the 5th century. B.C. Originally booksellers
manufactured their own copies for sale, and later they gradually began to use
slaves for copying. .
7. Olive cultivation
Olive cultivation is the one that deals with the cultivation of olives. The olive tree in
ancient Greece was considered a symbol of peace, fertility, purification, power,
victory and repentance, playing a key role in ancient society.
8. Trader
Merchant is the person who, for profit, buys and sells natural or artificial products.
In antiquity a dealer was someone carrying products of his work in the city to sell
them. On the contrary, people who resold goods at the market were called
mongers. The merchants of antiquity brought goods to the city in large quantities,
as today the merchants.
The ancients considered unworthy of the profession, which is why the “big
trading” was usually conducted by settlers
9. Doctor
The Greeks had the great temple of Asklepios at Epidaurus and many other
churches across the country who were called `` Asclepiea (essentially serving as
nursing places) the most important of which was on the island of Kos. Such areas
were attended by patients. There, the priests of the god gave various herbal
medicines and recommended proper diet. Patients were purified and offered their
gifts to the temples. When the night came, each one was at his room resting, when
supposedly, the god transformed – usually into a snake – appeared and healed
them. In fact the treatment was done by the priests who were using natural
medicines and often did surgeries.
Ιπποκράτης (460 – 377
π.Χ.) είναι ο πατέρας
της ιατρικής.
10. Trainer
He was an expert trainer who guided the children and adolescents in their
various physical exercises and supervised their proper conduct. It was about what
currently the professor of physical education is nowadays except that they lacked
theoretical knowledge of anatomy, physiology, hygiene, etc. at least before the 5th
century. B.C.
There were private paidotrives with their own palaestrae and public ones
working in state gymnasiums. Usually paidotrives were occupied and taught all
sports and could have assistants and servants.
11. Tutor
In Athenian family, treatment was undertaken by his father who was the head of
the family. However, treatment could be entrusted to others. Up to 7 years their
boys and girls grew up together in the women's chambers and played various
enjoyable games. At the age of 7 ,though, the boys accompanied by the teacher,
went to school. The teacher was an old and trusty servant of the family.
Parents were required to pay a teacher who would take over the education of
their children. The courses were not at a school, but at the house of the teacher.
Something like a small in number special tutorial!
12. Actor
In ancient Greek theater, the actors were called hypocrites. The first hypocrite and
the first to introduce this innovation which caused the birth of tragedy and of
theater in general, was considered Thespis, when in the middle of the 6th century.
B.C. during religious festivals dedicated to Dionysos,he interrupted dithyramb
dance and responded in prose. Initially there was only a hypocrite, who conversed
with Dance and then due to the evolution of ancient drama, Aeschylus added a
second and Sophocles a third. In ancient times, the roles were interpreted using
mask and was exclusively done by men, tradition which was followed later.
13. Craftsman(1)
In Athens, in the area of Ceramics, they set the famous workshops
of potters who manufactured jars, cups (cups), vases of various
shapes, lamps etc.
The painters usually followed the red-black-figure rhythm, adding
several times other colors too. Most vessels manufactured served
purely practical purposes. The few who had decorative character
were the pride of the workshops. The latter were usually signed
together by the potter and the painter of the vessels or one of the
two.
Pottery Workshop: Red Crater.; (Oxford,
Asmoleiano Museum).
14. Craftsman (2)
The skins of animals given by the villagers or butchers were
received by the tanners to be processed in their laboratories and
then delivered to the skytotomous (shoemakers).
In fabrics, mainly originated from the rocket and the loom of the
women , painters undertook to give the desired
color and gnafeis to be taken care of. The rest belonged to the
tailors.
Butcher Tanner
