When you look at Ancient Greek pottery, a story is being told. Whether a mug, a pitcher, a bowl, a pot, or a vase, it had to be created impeccable. Pottery was very important to the ancient Greeks because it was used in all aspects of their daily life. It was used for drinking, cooking, storage, transportation, and decorations to name a few. It held value because of its importance, and the ancient Greeks took pride in themselves as perfected artists. Pottery came in many shapes, sizes, patterns and intricate designs with pleasing red, black, and yellow colors. Whether it was religion, a death, art, or for eating purposes, pottery was everywhere and used by everyone. To begin with, a variety of pots were made by hand, but most were created on a wheel. The individual specialists, the artist and a potter, would sign the piece and bake it in a kiln. The shape of the pot and the scene painted on it could tell us a lot about their daily life. For instance, the kylix, (a cup with a shallow bowl and tall stem) was a special wine cup which leads us to believe what they drank out of it, and that they had access to grapes. The photo shows men …show more content…
Some were treated very well, others were not so lucky. Poor families were the only ones that didn't possess a slave. If you look and study an oil flask called a lekythos, you can clearly see it was used for a bath. The body of this pottery had a narrow neck, a long body, with a loop-shaped handle. The scene on the bottle clearly shows a woman giving her slave/maid a stack of cloth to wash. Another piece of ancient greek pottery was the hydria. This was used as a water jar with three handles, two were small for carrying and one large at the neck for pouring and dipping. It shows a description of a mother handing her baby to a slave/nurse. Some masters would even have their slave feed or breastfeed their