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You must locate geographically Greece in the Antiquity

You must locate geographically Greece in the Antiquity. We are going to do a visit to the Acropolis. You must locate the most important buildings. These sculptures correspond to what period and author.

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You must locate geographically Greece in the Antiquity

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  1. You must locate geographically Greece in the Antiquity

  2. We are going to do a visit to the Acropolis. You must locate the most important buildings

  3. These sculptures correspond to what period and author

  4. THE TIMELINE SHOW DETAILS OF THE PERIOD FROM 800 BC UNTIL THE END OF THE GREEK EMPIRE IN 146 BC.776 BC    The first Olympic games.     about 750 BC   Early Greek culture. Homer writes the epics 'The Iliad' and the 'Odyssey'.650 - 580 BC   Corinth is ruled by the tyrant Kypselos and then his son Periander.      508 BC    Democracy begins in Athens 490 and 480 BC   Greeks defeat Persian invaders at the battles of Marathon (490 BC)and Salamis (480 BC).      by 450 BC      Athens becomes a very powerful city, and controls an empire.   472 - 410 BC   Greeks theatre thrives in Athens. Many of the most famous Greek plays are written during this time.   462 - 429 BC   Perikles is the popular leader at Athens as the general of the Athenian army   432 BC   The Parthenon in Athens is finished being built.      431 - 404 BC      War between Athens and Sparta (the Peloponnesian war)428 BC   The revolt of Mytilene      404 BC   Sparta defeats Athens.338 BC   Philip, king of Macedonia, takes control of Greece.      336 - 323 BC   Alexander the Great, son of Philip, conquers most of the known world as far east as India.146 BC   Rome conquers Greece - Greece becomes part of the Roman empire.  

  5. Glossary On this page you can find out the meaning of certain words. You can click on them in the list below, or just scroll up and down the page. [In brackets under most of the Greek words there is a guide on how to pronounce them.] Acropolis ,   Aristophanes ,   Aspasia ,   assembly ,Athena, Athens ,   Attika ,   aulos ,   citizen ,   city state ,   CorinthDelphi ,   democracy ,   Hera ,   hoplite ,   isthmusKypselos ,   lyre ,   Mytilene ,   oligarchy ,   Olympic Gamespankration ,   Parthenon ,   Perikles ,   Persia ,   sacrifice ,   slaveSophokles ,   Sparta ,   trireme ,   tyranny ,   Zeus

  6. ACTIVITIES                              Rewiew of key concepts: 1. Is there any country called Greece nowadays? Yes. 2. What continent is Greece in? Europe. 3. What sea do you think the ancient Greeks used for their expansion? The Mediterranean sea. 4. What are the Olympic Games? When? Sport competitions held in Olympia during the summer as a tribute to Zeus. The first games date back to 776 BC. Every four years. 5. Who is considered to be the first historian? Herodotus. 6. What periods is the history of ancient Greece divided into? Archais Age, Classical Age and Hellenistic Age. 7. What was the Athenian political system called? Democracy ( the power belonged to the people). 8. Who was the traditional enemy of the Greeks? The Persians 9. Why was shipping so important for the Greeks? Because one of the main activities was trade in the Mediterranean sea. 10. Who is the autor of the Odyssey? Homer 11. What did the Athenians do for a living? Citizens, in trading and industry and peasants, in dry farming agriculture. 12. What building were located inside the acropolis? The Propylaeum, the Erectheion and the Parthenon. 13. Why is it said that the Greeks were polytheistic? Because they believed in the existence of many gods. 14. What three rooms was the Greeks temple divided into? In the naos, pronaos and opisthodomos.

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