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By Kira Smith • This is Athens the capital city of Greece. In Athens the most important thing was music and art, but in the enemy city of Sparta the most important thing was war! The name for the Marathon running race comes from the legend of Pheidippides who was a Greek runner, sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon. It is said that he ran the whole distance without stopping, but moments after delivering the good news to the city, he collapsed from exhaustion! • Life in ancient Sparta was different to any other of the ancient Greek city's. The Spartans were proud, fierce, capable warriors. No great works of art came from Sparta. But the Spartans, both men and women, were tough, and the Greeks admired strength. • Sparta's government was an oligarchy. The people were ruled by a small group of warriors. The Spartans spoke Greek, wrote Greek, thought of themselves as Greeks, but they were different. • In most of the other Greek city-states, the goal of education was to create a strong citizen of that city. In Sparta, the goal of education was to make a strong warrior. • In 490 BC the Persians decided to invade all of Greece. The Greeks and Persians fought a great sea battle at Salamis. Fun facts: *Army wagons carried shovels, axes and grain for food. *In battle orders were given by blowing horns and trumpets. *The Spartans didn’t join the Greeks because they were having a religious festival The Olympic games started over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in South West Greece. People from all over the Greek world came to watch and take part. Gods Apollo - Atlas - Eros Hades Zeus - God of light & the sun, the arts, music & poetry, healing & medicine The Titan who held heaven on his shoulders The God of love The God of the dead The ruler of all the Gods Goddesses Aphrodite Athena Hebe - Hera - Persephone - Goddess of love Goddess of wisdom Goddess of youth (daughter of Zeus & Hera) Goddess of marriage & women (Zeus’s wife) Goddess of the underworld • Centaur - half man half horse. He had the legs and behind of a horse and the body and head of a man. • Chimera - a fire-breathing female creature, made of the parts of lots of animals: the body of a lioness with a tail that ended in a snake's head, the head of a goat coming out of her back in the middle of her spine • Medusa – she had snakes for hair and those who looked at her face would be turned to stone • Minotaur - was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man These two girls are playing knucklebones You probably wouldn’t believe this But this is a rattle made of clay • On this vase the Greek's are picking olives for them to eat. • The Greek's use olives to make olive oil A Greek theatre would usually have 15,000 seats. At the front there were seats which had a back to them because the important people sat there. The seats were made from rock people brought their own pillow to sit on. Greek quiz!!!! 1) Which one of these are not a Greek city? Athens B) Troy C) Glasgow 2) What colours are on the Greek flag? A) Blue & White B) Red & White C) Green & White 3)What are Greek vases made from? A) Copper B) Clay C) Wood 4) What did Greek children use to count? A) Calculator B) Abacus 5) What was not an Olympic sport? A) Running B) Jumping C) Skating 6) What material were Greek homes made out of? A) Mud-brick B) Olives C) Wood Answers 1) Glasgow 2) Blue & White 3) Clay 4) Abacus 5) Skating 6) Mud-brick