What household pets did the ancient Greeks keep?

What household pets did the ancient Greeks keep?



What did they mean/stand for?What household pets did the ancient Greeks keep?Dogs, (caged) birds, goats, tortoises, ducks, quail, weasels, mice, polecats, and (yep) grasshoppers were all popular pets in ancient Greece.



Cats, however, were not -- they did not come to Greece until Alexander the Great came up from Egypt, conquering the place.



I'm not sure what you are asking by wondering what the pets "meant" or "stood for". They were, well, pets.



Some dogs were often used as hunting dogs, especially the hounds (and the Greek gods were often portrayed with hunting hounds beside them and serving them). Other dogs were companion dogs, and/or did household tasks like guard, protect livestock, escort children to school, herd (even were the flock just a few chickens or geese), kill mice and rats.



The goats did what goats always do -- turn garbage into fertilizer.

What household pets did the ancient Greeks keep?dogs goats aquatic pets ect....i think when you asked what they stand for ..your confusing it with the egyptians....greeks and romans mainly had human or human like gods/goddess ..egyptians on the other hand had human gods that many were represented as animals...