ABSTRACT
This chapter surveys material and iconographic evidence for aspects of children’s lives in Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Greece. There was no typical child’s “daily life” for any particular time or place: expectations and lived experiences were shaped by class, gender, and the realities of rural, village, and palace life. Focusing on both the cultural and archaeological visibility of children reveals diverse evidence for their nurture, education, and gendered socialization. A central question is the extent to which the changing political role of families and household units over these centuries and across regions directly impacted the lives of the young.
