Leon and Meliti are two siblings who grow up in 5th Century B.C. Ancient Athens. Their everyday pursuits - playing, homework, sports activities - come to life through the stories the two kids star in.&nbsp;

TIME TRAVEL | COMICS | GREEK VERSION

BOOKS FOR KIDS

The Museum of Cycladic Art has created a series of art books for children and for children with learning and other difficulties. Each book of these series refers to a different collection or section of the museum, and aims to get children acquainted with Cycladic and Ancient Greek Art through visual arts activities.

ART FOR ALL - THE MUSEUM'S VASES | GREEK EDITION

The book presents the toys and games that children played in Ancient Greece. 

Many of the toys and games we play today, like dolls, the yoyo, jacks, ball, blind man’s buff, hopscotch, hide-and-seek, and statues, resemble the toys and games of antiquity&mdash;only the names differ. Through descriptions, illustrations, and images of ancient toys, now in Greek and foreign museums, the reader learns about the toys and games enjoyed in ancient Greece. Each section of this book includes suggestions and ideas for creating toys using a variety of materials and a lot of imagination.

TOYS AND GAMES IN ANCIENT GREECE | ENGLISH EDITION

BOOKS

The book Leon and Melite: Daily life in ancient Athens was written to accompany the exhibition Scenes from Daily Life in Antiquity at the Museum of Cycladic Art. It describes ancient Greek daily life through the tale of the two children Leon and Melite living in fifth-century BC Athens. Leon's narration animates the everyday activities of women and men, the children's playthings and education, various sports, and martial training.&nbsp;

The book is illustrated with drawings and photographs of objects displayed in&nbsp;the Museum and most of them dating to the Classical and Hellenistic periods.&nbsp;

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