Ancient Greece

Worn over the head to protect the men in battle. Protection from blows and projectiles.

One very popular game was buzz-bones. This was a length of cord threaded through holes in an object (originally a small piece of bone such as the metacarpal or metatarsal of a pig, later disks of lead or pewter with serrated edges, like cog wheels). The cord formed a loop which could be pulled by both hands, spinning the bone or disk which made a rhythmic humming sound. Such objects have been found in Late Roman, Saxon, medieval and post-medieval contexts.

Boys would play with small bows and arrows, play various ball games, or they enjoyed mock jousting using plantain flower spikes for spears - the boy whose flowers were knocked away lost the game.

Girls had dolls, danced and made garlands of wild flowers which they would wear as crowns.

They established city-states on the coastline of southern Italy (eg today's Naples came from Neo Polis = New City in Greek). Many upper class Romans became enamoured of Greek culture as evidenced in their architecture and entertainments.

The main weapon used by the Persians in 490 BC was the bow and arrow. Arrows were accurate weapons, however, they could not penetrate heavy armor or battle shields. They could, however, inflict bad wounds on unprotected parts of a soldiers body.

Hades lived in the architecture of the Underworld and raped Persephone.

A great number of English words is derived from Greek ones. To quote Wikipedia, "In a typical English dictionary of 80,000 words, which corresponds very roughly to the vocabulary of an educated English speaker, about 5% of the words are borrowed from Greek directly, and about 25% indirectly" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_words_of_Greek_origin). A wide variety of words like cudos, philosophy and butter are used in the everyday English, as well as the science fields.

=The Hippocratic Oath as follows:=I SWEAR by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and Health, and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation- to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance with him, and relieve his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine, but to none others. I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion. With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons laboring under the stone, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves. Whatever, in connection with my professional practice or not, in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot!

The earliest Greek people were the Minoans. They lived on the island of Crete 3000 years ago and their civilization lasted for 2000 years. Greece is a peninsula that is easily accessible by boat. This feature made it an ideal place to settle and because the Minoans were trading with other countries, Greece was well known.

They were dedicated to their gods

There are several Greek cities with S as first letter. To name some we start Serres capital city of Prefacture Serrae, Sami port city of Kefallonia and of course the most famous ancient greek city of Sparta.

Artemis is not evil or good; she protects a mother giving birth, and girl children - yet at the same time, can kill the girl children if there is need for it; she goddess that represents a force of nature.

The Mountains influenced Greek history, because they seperated Greeks from each other.

They used to eat bread, butter, veggies, and they drank water. I'm pretty sure they just basically ate what they grew on their land, and when they had the money, would ocasionaly buy bread, or something quite expensive. Rich people often snacked on grapes, meat, olive oil, bread, fruits, etc. Hope I helped! :)

The Greeks believed in all of the gods and goddesses, while everyone had their own god that they worshipped the most. Farmers worshipped Demeter in hopes of a bountiful harvest. Warriors would worship Athena or Ares, so they could be great in battle.

direct democracy

A very second rate position. They were virtually in purdah at home doing housekeeping and domestic takss and child raising and home manufacturing (eg weaving) They got out only for the odd womens' religious ceremony.

1050-900 bc

Ancient Greece is located near Italy and is a peninsula. Its in Europe.
Europe, just like the modern Greece

Krepis, or Crepida was a type of sandal in ancient Greece.

The Persian Empire contained hundreds of Greek city-states, many of which had revolted aginst Persian rule, encouraged by the mainland Greek city-states. Persia realise that this would continue unless the external Greek city-states were brought under control, so it decided to bring them all under control of Persian provincial governors and appoint local tyrants to keep them quiet.

Some characteristics about Ancient Greek sculptures are to colour the sculptures, make one foot stepping more forward than the other *left usualyl in front of right), left leg larger than right leg, body positioned different compared to way head is facing and feet are facing, details of hair, eyes, mouth and chesr are exactly alike on both sides of the figure.

Athems was in continuous wars through the 5th and 4th Centuries BCE. Its prosperous period came after the war ended against Persia, but having converted the anti-Persian Delian League into an empire of its own, it came into continual conflicts with these 180 citiy-states each year, colecting the annual funds by force. The records of Athens show losses each year in these enforcement battles.

With these enforced funds, Athens was able to become prosperous, but continued to engage in warfare with other city-states, keeping 100 warships at sea each year. As a result of its interference with other cities outside its empire, it became engaged in the devastating 27-year war against the Peloponesian League led by Sparta. It lost this war, was stripped of its empire and the easy money which it brought.

It had a period of peace when it was incorporated into the Roman Empire, but never the level of prosperity that warfare had brought it.

the acropolis

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Ancient Greece was not a country, the Greek world comprised over 2,000 independent city-states spread around the Mediterranean and Black Sea littorals. There were several forms of government, which city-states each adopted at different times - Monarchy, where the king and his council ruled; Oligarchy where an aristocratic elite governed; and Democracy where the adult male citizens meeting in assembly decided.