How did people in ancient Greece dine?

Answer 1

Meat was very scarce - the land was too poor to sustain large numbers of animals, so people ate chickens and fish with their staple diet of bread. At festivals, animals were sacrificed - ploughing oxen too old to work, and some rich men donated some animals too. After the animals were sacrificed, the guts were burnt for the gods (the clever Greeks claimed they preferred it!) and the meat was barbecued and apportioned to those attending the religious festival.

Answer 2

They ate off plates sitting at a bench or table. They ate mainly bread, with meat or fish sauce and vegetables and fruit.