Ancient Greece

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They threw rotten food or any other items they can find but they this only if they were not scared of the gods

The Olympics started and originated in Greece. There are many Greek myths and legends that surround the idea of the Olympic games. Among them was the legend that it revolved around Hercules and his father, Zeus. In the legend, it said that Zeus held sporting events in honor of his defeat of Cronus, and his succession to the throne of heaven. Hercules, his oldest son, defeated his brothers in a running race and was crowned with a wreath of wild olive branches. It was Hercules who called the games the Olympics and established them to take place every four years. And then the legend branches off into several other versions at this point. One version said after Hercules completed his twelve labors, he went on to build the Olympics stadium in honor of Zeus. After finishing the stadium, he walked two hundred strides in a straight line and then called this distance a "stadion", which also later became a unit of measurement. Another myth associates the first games with the ancient Greek concept of Olympic truce. And in 776 BC, the ancient Olympic games began. In modern times, though, the Olympic games were brought back in 1894 when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was founded in the initiative of a French nobleman, Pierre Fredy, Baron de Courbetin. He had a vision to bring together amateur athletes from around the world to compete in a variety of events. The IOC has become the governing body of the "Olympic Movement". Every nation is represented in the games. It is a tradition to start an Olympic game by the lighting of the Olympic torch that would travel from Greece (the place where they first light it, seeing as Greece was the foundation of the Olympic games) and would be sent off to all over the world on foot and different modes of transportation, but mostly on foot, in honor of Hercules' race with his brothers in which he won and was crowned with the wreath of wild olive branches. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games

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Phillip II defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE.

Classical Greece form because after the Archaic period, Greek art, architecture, literature and philosophy boomed. The Classical Period lasted from 480 to 323 BCE and was a time of great cultural development.

Greek Art laid the foundations of what we today regard as classical art. Many of today's designs, particularly in the West, are based on the legacy left by the Greeks, such as in columns and architecture of public buildings like those in Washington D.C., such as the White House and the Capitol Building.

Hatshepsut was chief wife to the pharaoh, Thuthmose ii, and he was also her brother.

He had a son and heir by another wife (thuthmose iii). Thuthmose ii died, leaving thuthmose iii , a child, as heir . Originally, Hatshepsut was supposed to be co-regent, but she soon claimed the throne for herself by claiming to be the daughter of Ra. She had wide spread support. She died of natural causes and was succeded by Thuthmose iii.

It is difficult to ascribe moral values to war. The best that can be said is that war is often a necessity in genuine self defence.

Thermopylai provided morale to the Greek side, that the Persian army of 2 or 3 hundred thousand could be held up for three days by a force of about 5,000. This was counterbalanced by the failure of the naval action in the nearby strait (which the Thermopylae defence was desighed to precipitate) to deliver the Greeks from the threat of amphibious invasion of their home cities.

The city-state of Elis in southern Greece began the games at Olympia in its territory as part of a midsummer religious festival to honour Zeus, reputedly from 776 BCE. The early games consisted solely of a foot race of about 200 metres, but later expanded progressively to a much wider range of sports, some of them very brutal. When the Games grew in popularity in the Greek world and attracted entrants and audiences from far and wide, a truce was called in the incessant wars between the city-states for the period of the games, and in some cases brought on negotiated peace.

if i can remember my 6th grade s.s correctly, yes

well if i can remember Greece has a lot of mountains and it contains many little island and they did have a great water supply so they just broke into city statess

Ancient Greek theatre was designed as an art form: Tragedy--the stories of the deaths of heroes and gods, the wars that were fought, and romance.

And of course, comedy--the tellings of funny, and humorous events and made-up stories and myths.

Myths, in general, were made up to explain why certain things work the way that they do and are the way they are. They also tell stories with morals behind them, such as King Midas..he had The "GOLDEN TOUCH"...the moral behind this particular story is be careful what you wish for .because he wished he was wealthy and that everything he touched would turn to gold, he could not hold his brand new baby, and when he did , he turned it to gold.

anywho, that is why greek theatre was designed how it was.

Phillip II of Macedon was assassinated by one of his bodyguards, an man named Pausanias of Orestes. Pausanias was then killed by other bodyguards.

The reason for the assasination is debated by historians, there are many theories; but none of them have much historical evidence to support them.

One was Socrates, a philosophically ingenious man who taught children in Athens, and was eventually imprisoned and killed by his enemies. Another was Lycurgus, who reformed the constitution of Sparta to make the populace less idle and capable of amazing military achievements. A third was Achilles. Achilles was the Greek hero of the Trojan War. He didn't fight for a long while during the war, but when he did, he killed masses of Trojans, finishing with Prince Hector. As retribution for his brother's death, Prince Paris shot Achilles with a poisoned arrow, which killed him.

We don't know. The best estimate includes the Spartans lost about 2,300 and the Thespians 1,400 in their last ditch stand to let the other Greek contingents escape. There were other Greek losses.

The Persians lost about 20,000.

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There was no main sport thay just played all the sports that existed.

The modern Olympic Games were started in 1894 when Pierre Fredi, Baron de Coubertin wanted to have an international understanding through sporting competition. I think the olympic games are cool to watch.

I am a differrent person then the ones who mad and edited it. The Olympics are dangerous, someone died in training. And training is usually so much work. What's wrong with just watching sports?

Also the olympic games was made up to train the army for war.

There are two forms of modern Greek; one is the language spoken by Greeks everyday, the other is a more "formal" Greek, still used for formal occasions, which is closer to ancient Greek - although not the same.

So no, neither forms of modern Greek is the same as ancient Greek.

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I' m afraid i have to correct you, my friend. This doesn't occure anymore in Greece. It used to happen too many years before, but not now. Modern Greek is one language and it' s the language that modern Greeks speak and write either in formal or informal occasions.

Now to answer to the main question, i have to say that the ancient Greek language have changed so much during the centuries that a modern Greek have to study it in order to understand it. Of course, one can read it and understand many words, but in order to conceive the exact meaning of the ancient texts, some studies are needed.

He was the first person to discover the existence of atoms in the 4th century B.C.

the Parthenon in the acropolis. it had a massive golden-plated statue of her (as Athena Nike) inside

They were made as a sign of honor and remembrance. Most of the busts and sculptures were of men/women who did a great thing or were connected to a powerful family.

They were made as a sign of honor and remembrance. Most of the busts and sculptures were of men/women who did a great thing or were connected to a powerful family.

They were made as a sign of honor and remembrance. Most of the busts and sculptures were of men/women who did a great thing or were connected to a powerful family.

They were made as a sign of honor and remembrance. Most of the busts and sculptures were of men/women who did a great thing or were connected to a powerful family.

They were made as a sign of honor and remembrance. Most of the busts and sculptures were of men/women who did a great thing or were connected to a powerful family.

They were made as a sign of honor and remembrance. Most of the busts and sculptures were of men/women who did a great thing or were connected to a powerful family.

They were made as a sign of honor and remembrance. Most of the busts and sculptures were of men/women who did a great thing or were connected to a powerful family.

They were made as a sign of honor and remembrance. Most of the busts and sculptures were of men/women who did a great thing or were connected to a powerful family.

They were made as a sign of honor and remembrance. Most of the busts and sculptures were of men/women who did a great thing or were connected to a powerful family.

Immediately after development, Delphi became one of the most reliable software programs that could be used to accurately evaluate the electrostatic potentials of macromolecules. As input, Delphi accepts Pdb files.

The two types of theater are comedy and tragedy. In general the comedy has the hero live at the end and tragedy has the hero die at the end.

The Pelopnnesian War weakened the major Greek states and ruined any possibility of cooperation among them. Later after the war, Macedonia took used the Greek states weaknesses to their advantage.

Alexander III of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia also known as Alexander the Great.