It is important to define what a peasant is in the sense of the peasants of Classical Greece. Peasant is often used as an unflattering term, where the person is somehow weaker and less efficient. However, most of classical Greece was made up of peasants. Peasants denoted the rights they had, which placed them above slaves and far below the higher echelons of society (Croix, 1981: 110). In the terms of Greek society, peasants consisted of agricultural laborers (Croix, 1981: 110). They worked mainly as family units and upon the death of the father the children inherited the plots of land. With the exception of Sparta, women were not allowed to own land and their main purpose in life was to work on the family farm and then make a good marriage for the benefit of the family. Greek peasants had little additional wealth beyond their land and produce, so these were often gifts of land that they gave as dowry to their husbands (Croix, 1981: 120). Advancement as a farmer was a possibility. If one crop did well, the farmer could choose to acquire the land and plant a different crop (Zenker, 2009). If they had a profitable year, they might even acquire more wealth or even advance into higher society. Geographical conditions made it possible to have a good or bad year. If a farmer's competing neighbors suffered from bad weather, the supply of staple foods was almost entirely local, giving the lucky farmer an immediate advantage in terms of urban demand (Croix, 1981: 125). Even though subsistence-based demand was low, crops were valuable commodities for foreign trade. A farmer's work differed depending on the landscape. As well-located land has been claimed, other farmers may be forced to move to less desirable land. L...... in the center of the card ......in many different ways. The Greek goddess Demeter was the goddess of agriculture (meter means mother and de perhaps means corn). Although animal husbandry was scarcer than crops, both were used in religious ceremonies and festivals (Zenker, 2009). Greek farmers owned plots of land, and landowners selected the farms that were responsive to them primarily based on the proximity of the farmers. It was difficult to be spaced too far apart, which increased transportation costs. Sometimes the peasants brought their goods to the city, but often it was the landowner who not only came to the city with the crops, but also set the prices and wages of the peasants. Landowners often committed to storing large quantities of agricultural products, rather than selling them all at once. Since demand was highly seasonal, they could sell it at a much greater profit at later times of the year (Zenker, 2009).