Groovy Greeks - Softcover

Deary, Terry

4.07

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590031554 ISBN 13: 9780590031554

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1996

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Introduces lesser-known facts about daily life in ancient Greece, such as why some Greek girls ran about naked pretending to be bears and why some doctors tasted their patients' ear wax

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Apparently the Greeks (we are talking about the Ancient variety) were a rather groovy bunch. The boys didn't start school until they were seven and girls didn't have to go at all. Greek children invented all manner of cool games just for something to do, and the grown-ups invented the Olympic Games and made the men run naked.

As Terry Deary points out, though, in his Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks, things were not always quite as jolly and some of the more disturbing facts unearthed in this funny and clever alternative to the history book are actually quite, well, horrible.

Illustrated by the talented Martin Brown, Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks adds a certain edge to the study of Ancient Greece by getting down to the nitty-gritty of Greek life and letting rip with the kind of nasty, revolting facts that any kids would kill to get their hands on.

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