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Ancient Greece
By Jamie Dobson
Contents
o Introduction
o Greece
o Greek beliefs
o Greek Gods
o The Olympics
o Theatre
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Introduction
o I chose to
do my PowerPoint on
Greece because its exciting and
would like to know more about how
they made all the cool pottery and
statues with so little things to make
them from.
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Greece
o The biggest Greek island is Crete
o Greece is next to Italy underneath
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Macedonia and Bulgaria.
Greek food uses olive oil, vegetables,
herbs and cheese
Greek Beliefs
o The Greek's made stories called myths
o One of the myths was that 12 gods lived on
Mount Olympus and 2 gods live in the
underworld.
o There are 15 Greek gods.
o Along with gods and goddesses
the be mythical creatures too.
there had
Greek Gods and Goddesses
o Zeus
,Poseidon ,Hades,
Hestia ,Hera , Demeter,
PERSEPHONE, Aphrodite,
Apollo, Ares, Artemis,
Athena, Dionysus, Hephaestus
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Olympics
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o The Olympics originated in Greece
o The capital of Greece is Athens, Where
the
first Olympics where held.
o They were
held until the roman emperor
,Theodosius I
banned them in 393AD.
o The Olympics where held to honour Zeus.
o Only Greek speaking men where allowed
to paTticipate
Theatre
D Ancient Greek theatre has been
fascinating millions of people.
D The actors used to wear masks that
covered their face for the whole
performance.
D Only men where allowed to perform.
D Theatre was made and performed in
Athens and Tray.
Greek Temples
D Built to house big statues for people
to pray sacrifice things.
D They are now the main tourist
attractions for Greece.
D Each temple is different. They all had
a different patron saint.