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HELLAS, OUR COUNTRY by the pupils of Year 4. Α NCIENT GREECE. THE SACRED TRIANGLE. ATHINA. THE ACROPOLIS . THE PARTHENON. THE TEMPLE OF ATHINA NIKI (VICTORY). PNYKA HILL ASSEMBLIES WERE HELD THERE . PNYKA HILL. THESEION (TEMPLE). GODS : ATHINA - HEPHAESTUS.
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GODS & GODDESSES They lived in mount Olympus but they were everywhere and always near people
People believed that the Gods lived like them as they had the same habits
THE ORACLE OF DELPHI • Delphi was an ancient Greek town where there was the most important oracle of the ancient world. • The town is mentioned from the Homeric Ages known as Pytho. • In the beginning of the historic ages it was a town of the ancient Phocis but later it became the panhellenic centre and a sacred town of the ancient Greeks. • It was also the centreof the Delphic Amphictiony. • Delphi held an important position until the end of the 4th century A.D. when the oracle closed by the decree of the emperor Theodosius I. • In the next centuries the town declined and it was abandoned during the period of the slavic invasion.
Pythia, a priestess, would go into a trance and give a reply which had to be interpreted by priests.
THE LION AND THE GIANTHERA AND ATHINA IN THE GIANTS’ BATTLE MUSEUM OF DELPHI
OLYMPIA • Olympia was a town in ancient Greece well known for the Olympic Games which were compared to Pythia held in Delphi. The Olympic Games date back in 776 B.C. and they were held every four years. In 394 A.D. the Byzantine emperor Theodosius I forbid the games as a fact of paganism. • In Olympia there was the gold and ivory statue of Zeus created by Phidias known as one of the seven wonders in ancient times.
THE OLYMPIC ANTHEM It was written by our poet KostisPalamas in 1889 http://youtu.be/hHYt4MJxh2s
«KOTINOS» A WREATH MADE FROM A BRANCH OF OLIVE WAS THE PRIZE FOR THE ATHLETES