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The greeks have roman numerals as their numbers. In the trojan war the ancient greeks were on the trojans side. In the greek culture the gods would try to outdo each other. Some gods were specifically associated with a certain city. The greeks started the olympics to honor zeus which then became a worldwide event. The greeks believed in the underworld where the spirits of dead went after death. They the greeks believed that if a dead person did not have a proper funeral they would not go to the underworld and would stay as a ghosts forever. Do you think that the greeks are crazy or smart?   

Living a Dependent Life

Greece has many important land marks and one of them is there there mountains. The mountains are nice, big, bold, and beautiful, but isolate thousands. The worst thing is being a parent and having about 3 kids and wondering if there going to have a meal or not. Food was really scarce because there was no good soil. Almost 1/5 of Greece if good for growing crops and that's mostly there food supply. The worst part is that they depend on others to keep them alive. Food was really scarce for these large community's. But can you believe how much these people have gone through.

Seperated by Mountains

We know the mountains are a major landform of Greece. Mountains separated the people and forced them to live in small communities.  These communities were completely separated from each other.  Only about 1/5 of Greece is good for farming.  As a result, the Greeks had to trade food to areas that couldn't grow any and they had to use the water to do it because the mountains separated them. How do you think the Greeks felt that lived in the areas without farmland and were forced to rely on importing food for their survival?  Do you think that some of the Greeks felt completely isolated and dependent on others? 

Slaves of Ancient Greece

You may think you have it hard, but think about the slaves!  These slaves in Ancient Greece work very hard. These people had to provide labor on farms, dig silver, make pottery, and construction build. Household slaves had it easier though. They only had to do work around houses, and they would get treated for their work and sweetness. I think having a slave is wrong. How do you feel about the slaves?

You spent our money how?

We all know that today the Parthenon is one of the great architectural achievements of ancient Greece, but back then it made Athens'allies pretty mad. While the city states under Athens had to pay tribute to them Athens was using their money quite recklessly. For example to build opulent things such as the Parthenon. That's when things got ugly and Sparta came in and conquered Athens. So my question is do you think our government has ever spent our tax dollars unwisely? Do you think our government may be heading in the same direction as ancient Athens?If you want to learn more about the Parthenon's history Click here!

Aphrodite, Artemis, and Athena

    I love learning about the Ancient Greeks, especially the Greek gods. I love them all, but I have to say my favorite Greek gods are the three A’s; Aphrodite, Athena, and Artemis. Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty, always trying to look her best, and find true love for mortals everywhere.

    

Artemis is the goddess of the moon and hunt, being the brave and loyal of the bunch, ready for action. She is supposedly a very skilled archer, and one of the fastest gods in a footrace.

    

Athena is the goddess of wisdom and war, and gives out advice and consequences. Athena is also said in Greek myths to be the creator of olives, and praised for it, for in the Ancient Greek era, olives were very useful for both the oil, and as a food. Most people still like them today. I for one, don’t like olives, but am fascinated with Greek mythology. Are you?

ancient Greek myths

I am a Greek geek but the first thing I knew about ancient Greek myths was that the ancient gods were eaten by their father and they all grew up in there [their father’s stomach]. Their dad had a reason and that reason is he didn't want them to over throw him. If I was him I would have figured out a different way than eating them but I still would be nervous if they tried to overthrow them. So where was I , oh yeah but when Zeus was born the  mother didn't show the father because he knew what would happen the dad would eat him. Zeus grew up and over threw his father. Read more myths at http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html. Which is your favorite?

The Olympics

In Ancient Greece the Olympics were a big deal. The Olympics were so important to them that they called a truce for all the wars so everyone can make it. I don’t understand why they don't just end the wars because they would be more powerful as an entire country than they are when they're all in wars with each other. If you want some more facts about Greece check this out! What’s your opinion on this post?