GREECEBy Lucía and Andrea

1 HISTORY OF ART2 GEOGRAPHY3 MITHOLOGY

INDEX

1 HISTORY OF ART

This story starts when the Greeks, who were a pirate tribe, inhabitated one island in the Mediterranean Sea.

They started a new life as peasants and fishers.

They attacked some villages and got their money.

After many years of evolution,one city started to gain fame:Athens.

Greek jar Greek jar

In the beginning, the Greeks made simple jars based in geometric forms and Egyptian techniques.

THE GREEK ARTISTS DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ABOUT HUMAN ANATOMY.

The sculptors started to master the draft and the painters to master the space.As time passed the Greeks became more daring.

So increasingly they used less Egyptian techniques.And this is the end of our story of the Greek Art.

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2.GEOGRAP

HYThis is a map of the Ancient Greece.It was a dense country. Greece had lots of mountains and it sorely lacked farming land, so it decided to become a naval power.

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Greece had a very small mainland and lots of little islands. It was composed of several city-states, the main of which was Athens.

Because of its mountain ranges and powerful fleet, Greece had little to fear from its enemies.

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Greece won a very important battle against Persian invaders in the city of Marathon.

A Greek soldier ran the 42,195 meters between Marathon and Athens to report the unexpected victory. Right after giving his message, he died of exhaustion.

In his honor, many cities in the world organize a race called Marathon, with the same exact distance.

3 MITHOLOGY

Zeus Poseidon Hades

The greater gods

These are the main Gods in the Greek pantheon. Zeus controls lightning; Poseidon is master of the ocean; Hades rules in Greek hell. They are brothers.

Hephaestus

Hermes

Athena

Aphrodite

Hermes is the messenger of the gods; Hephaestus is a master smith and he crafts Zeus’ bolts; Athena is the goddess of wisdom; Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty.

Some lesser gods

MOUNT OLYMPUS

The Greek gods lived atop Mt. Olympus, where mortal men couldn’t enter.

The Greeks considered Mt. Olympus a sacred place.

Zeus was supreme ruler of the place.

Greek gods used to interfere a lot in mortal affairs.

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By Lucía and Andrea, may these great thinkers light our way in the darkness of

ignorance.