Haralambos Rouliskos, a 60-year-old economist who was out walking in Athens, described the deal as "misery, humiliation and slavery".

Katerina Katsaba, a 52-year-old working for a pharmaceutical company, said: "I am not in favour of this deal. I know they (the eurozone creditors) are trying to blackmail us."

But, Katsaba added: "I trust our prime minister -- the decisions he will take will be for the best interests of all of us."

xhe outline deal thrashed out between the 19 eurozone nations in strained overnight talks calls for Greece to push through a range of reforms to secure a bailout worth up to 86 billion euros ($96 billion). Without it, the country's economy will collapse.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will have to rush key measures on tax hikes, pension reforms, and a debt repayment fund through parliament.

- Life will be 'very hard' -

Many ordinary Greeks were sceptical that the deal would bring about any improvement to their lives.

"It would be better not to have a deal than the way it was done because it will certainly be worse for the years to follow," said Lefteris Paboulidis, who owns a dating service business.