Ancient Greece

*You walked out of your brick, looking at your familiar hometown, same as always. Down the corners, there were the same pastry shops, baking pastries for the most outrageous price ever. And then there were the same big, crowded markets that you go to get fish and wine and pots of honey for reasonable prices. You also heard the big-brained, talented statue sculptors carving a whole marble block into a new statue of the king.*