Wednesday 19 October 2011

The Golden Age: A day in the life of an Athenian


The Golden Age in Ancient Greece was a time after the Persian wars when they were rebuilding they're city and extending trading routes, roads, and many more. The Greeks and historians call this the Golden Age.
I work as a Great Military Navel Officer. The Golden days have servered me well, we have conqueror many nations and city-states but today we are sailing home to celebrate our victory! Its early morning and i can here the men already at work rowing toward our home, Athens. We are still several weeks away and we can't even see its on the horizon yet but that does not down our hopes. The day is dull we have not seen anything but the vast blue sea, once we get closer to shore im sure that we will see other ships and hopefully no attacks but we could easily beat them with our flourishing navy.
By the end of the day my arms are soar from working on the deck and rowing i collapse into my hammock and fall asleep quickly as the boat rocks back and forth its a calm night. 3 weeks until we return i thought as a drifted to sleep dreaming of home.

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