They need to so they can transport others :)
For trade and warfare in an age without mechanical transport.
Many ancient Greeks became traders because unless you were rich or a slave there was no other job opportunity and sailors because their lives were dependent and surrounded by the sea and so this was an expected career for them.
Early Greeks lived by fishing, trading, and other things. They also herded goats and sheep.they were farmers ( of the little fertlie land they had) sailors, and traders
Athena wanted avenge the Greeks when Paris(from Greece) chose aphrodite to be the owner of the apple "For the Fairest".
He cooked up the scheme of the Trojan Horse which got the Greeks entry to the city.
Cuz they wanted to
For trade and warfare in an age without mechanical transport.
Fishers,Sailors,Perfacures --N00B
The Phoenicians were the group that lived in Canaan; skilled sailors and traders were among them.
Many ancient Greeks became traders because unless you were rich or a slave there was no other job opportunity and sailors because their lives were dependent and surrounded by the sea and so this was an expected career for them.
The greeks became skilled at ship building ,Because their land consisted of rocky islands and a penninsula. Not too much could be grown or farmed there, so they took to ships to go out and trade with the rest of the world.
because they were good cool
Many Greeks became sailors and traded with other people.
Poseidon, ruler of the seas.
about 400 miles:):)
May be, it is compass.
Because they were by water and the Greeks became skilled shipbuilders and sailors.