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What greek god do megarians worship?
The Megarians primarily worshiped the goddess Demeter, who was associated with agriculture and fertility. They also revered other deities such as Poseidon and various local gods, but Demeter held particular significance due to the region's agricultural heritage. The worship of Demeter was often linked to rituals celebrating the harvest and the cycle of nature.
Why did the Megarians worship Demeter?
Many Mediterranean peoples of the ancient world worshiped Demeter or a similar goddess before Rome adopted Christianity.
What did the megarians eat?
Oh, dude, the Megarians ate food, like most people do. They probably had a mix of stuff like grains, vegetables, and maybe some meat if they were feeling fancy. I mean, they weren't ordering Uber Eats back then, so they had to make do with whatever was around.
During the Peloponnesian war did Megara go on the side of Athens?
Yes, in the year 427 BC Megara lost the port city of Minoa to Athens and this loss contributed to growing civil unrest caused by blockades and food shortages. Pro-democratic Megarians revolted against the Oligarchy and Megara became for a short time a pro-Athenian democracy.
Did the Athenians bring the Peloponnesian War to themselves?
The were expansionary and used their military and financial power to interfere in cities outside their empire. At the brink of war over Athens' treatment of the Peloponnesian League city of Megara, they were given the opportunity by the League to back off and refused. War ensued.
How did the peloponnesian war begin?
Athens used the power of its empire to intervene in the affairs of the southern Greek cities in the Peloponnesian Peninsula and their colonies. These incursions were principally in Corcyra and Potidaea and finally its trade rival Megara which Athens set out to bankrupt. The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, of which Megara was a member, demanded that Athens cease this; Athens refused and war broke out.
What languages were spoken in ancient Macedonia?
Correct answer: A north western Doric dialect of Greek.Livy wrote, "…The Aetolians, the Acarnanians, the Macedonians, men of the same speech, are united or disunited by trivial causes that arise from time to time …" (Livy, History of Rome, b. XXXI par. XXIX).On another occasion Livy writes "…[General Paulus] took his official seat surrounded by the whole crowd of Macedonians … his announcement was translated into Greek and repeated by Gnaeus Octavius the praetor…". The Romans clearly saw the Macedonians as Greek speaking people.Alexander gave an order that the inscriptions which were in a foreign language were to be explained in Greek, so that they would be comprehensible to his troops: - (Plutarch's Alexander, 69, 2)and he also ordered that the troop of Persians "should learn the Greek language and be trained to use Macedonian weapons" - (Plutarch's Alexander, 47,6)***The notion that the Macedonians needed translators is an entry found in livius . org that claims that "Eumenes needed a translator to address the soldiers of the Macedonian phalanx".At that time, Greeks spoke more than 200 Hellenic dialects or languages, as the ancient Greeks used to call them. Some of the well-known dialects were Ionic, Attic, Doric, Aeolic, Cypriot, Arcadic, Aetolic, Acarnanic, Macedonian and Locric.Nowhere in ancient sources can it be found that Eumenes needed a translator to communicate with Macedonians. Eumenes sent a Macedonian to speak to them in the Macedonian dialect, in order to win their confidence. In (Plut. Eumenes XVII.2-VIII.1) Eumenes has absolutely no problem to communicate with Macedonians. Or in (Eum. XIV.5) Macedonians greeted Eumenes μακεδονιστι τη φωνή. Therefore there was no problem of communication between Eumenes and Macedonians.The text that alludes to Eumenes requiring a 'special interpreter' has been misinterpreted and is out of context.________________It was a dialect - Macedonian - which was so far removed that when Alexander gave orders, the Macedonians had to have a special interpreter.
