<human>:  Who were the aristocrats in ancient Greece?
<bot>: The aristocrats were the upper class in ancient Greece. They were the landowners. The aristocrats owned the land, and they lived in the big houses. They had slaves to do all the work, and they had to pay them very little. The lower classes were the farmers, and they had to work very hard to make a living. The lower classes lived in small houses and had to pay their slaves a lot of money.