In Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks by Robert Garland, he provides information on different periods of Greek history, from the Mycenaean period to the Hellenistic period. This period lasted from 1600 BC until 31 BC. Garland attempts to inform the reader about the different lifestyles of people in each period based on their socioeconomic status. It chronicles the daily lives of children, middle adults, slaves, the elderly, the poor, as well as the rich and powerful and how each class plays an important role in Greek society. Garland achieved his goal by describing various topics related to this period such as landscapes, the alphabet and literacy, the daily lifestyles of people belonging to different social classes, and what these people did in their private lives. Garland provides numerous maps in this document to help readers better understand the geographic layout of the area at that time. For example, Garland helps the reader imagine what Athens and surrounding cities would like by providing a visual aid to the reader in the form of a map of the city. (P.25) Garland establishes this information by giving the reader a geographic overview of the area in which he is describing. For example, when Garland describes community life in Athens, he describes it as "a country town rather than a city." I understand this to mean a rural type community, much like my hometown, Henderson, North Carolina. Garland then goes into more detail describing the city of Athens by creating an image (P.27) showing what would be included in what we today call a town square, such as features like a courthouse and private stores. At the beginning of the book, Garland also provides maps of the middle of the paper. Something enjoyed by the less wealthy, it was a game similar to our game of darts. This game was called “kottabos”. In conclusion, I believe that Garland achieves what he set out to do, which was to inform readers about different aspects of the daily life of a Greek. It helps the reader get this information by providing images as visual aids and dividing the chapters into different sections and subheadings. Garland also helps his readers deepen their learning by providing a short handout translation of each Greek word he used in this paper. I think this helped the reader understand how communication worked in those times. I think Garland could have made some minor improvements to this work, such as placing the maps in more strategic locations so the reader didn't have to flip through to find the location Garland was talking about..