3. Geographical Places In Greek mythology Olympus was regarded
as the "home" of the Twelve Olympian gods of the ancient Greek
world. It formed itself after the gods defeated the Titans in the
Titan War, and soon the palace was inhabited by the gods. It is the
setting of many Greek mythical stories. Athens was the Crete had
always played an important part in the history of The Mediterranean
Sea largest city in Greece, and Sparta had two kings. One king
might stay at home, Greece and it is worth to was controlled a
region called Attica. Athens mention that the island had madewas an
important part while the other was away fighting battles. Fighting
a beautiful and its appearance vivid in many aspects of the
Mediterraneanof the Greeks because busy city. People came to
battles was what the Spartans did best. Greeks said the city from
all and the Greek culture, even in the Greek mythology. over
Greece, and from other the were known as that in a battle one
Spartan was worth several other They developed a great countries,
to study and to trade. The city'surban planning system with traders
and the men. The Spartans spent so much time training for cisterns,
paths, walls and sewage system. Their kings would Mediterranean sea
was most famous building was the temple called battle that they
would have starved live a luxurious life hill called the Parthenon.
It stood on a rockyin nice palaces and would frequently the most
important way without slaves called helots. The helots worked on
organize festivals. All citizens the Acropolis. Inside the
Parthenon stood a participated in these festivals, of trading for
them. the Spartans' farms. They grew the food for the which also
included shows with bulls. That is why the bull is statue of the
city's protectorSpartan soldiers and their families. the goddess
Athena. symbol of the Minoan civilization.
4. Compass Rose Greece is located on the southeast end of
Europe. It was on land near the Mediterranean Sea. Greece is
located among mountains and hills, surrounded by Mediterranean Sea
and limited rich soil. In our map Greece is the center of
everything. Mainland Greece is a mountainous land almost completely
surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. Greece has more than 1400
islands. The country has mild winters and long, hot and dry
summers. Greek cities were founded around the Black Sea, North
Africa, Italy, Sicily, France and Spain.
5. Scale The equivalence of the scale is to 100 km, but this
logically depends on the size of the map.
6. Icons and Technology Pegasus is part of the mythological
story of the Greeks. Pegasus was son of Poseidon and Medusa. A lot
of legends revolve around this mythological creature. Zeus, in the
Greek mythology, was the greatest god of them all. He was consider
the gods of gods and he lived in the Olympus.
7. People Socrates was a classical Greek Athenian philosopher.
Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, he is an
enigmatic figure known chiefly through the accounts of later
classical writers, especially the writings of his students Plato
and Xenophon and the plays of his contemporary Aristophanes.
8. Flora One of the main characteristics of the countries that
are around the water area of Mediterranean Sea is the presence of
olive-trees. In ancient Greece, olive-tree was well known for its
benefits and useful nesses as it arises from pot and wall paintings
in Crete and mainland Greece. In the Greek mythology olive-tree is
met as an extremely useful tree not only for its fruit but also for
its wood.
9. Fauna In Greek society, horses were highly valued for
several reasons. The main reason rested with the fact that horses
represented wealth. With good pasture so expensive, horses remained
a symbol of wealth throughout all of Greek history. They were used
mainly for the essentially upper-class pastimes of hunting and
racing in peacetime and for cavalry service during wartime.
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