Ancient Greece

1
Ancient Greece

• Heather Parton

2
Contents
Theatres Olympics Vases Myths Gods
Greek alphabet
3

• Theatres
• The theatres were very big and also saved seats
  for very special people . The stages were not
  very big but there were not a lot of actors.
  Sometimes only one person acted all the parts in
  the play.

Back to content
4
Olympics
Back to contents

• The Olympics were held in honour of Zeus, the
  king of the gods. The Olympics are held every
  four years. They were only boys and men who were
  allowed to take part. In the Olympics they had a
  challenge which was called the pentathlon and in
  the were boxing, wrestling, javelin, discus
  throwing, long jump, sprinting and horse racing.

5
Vases
Back to content

• Greek vases were one of the most famous things
  about Greece. In those days they didn't have
  paper so and told stories they put them on vases.
  Most of the pictures of people on the vases were
  naked.

6
Myths
Back to content

• Greeks were also known for their myths such as
• Perseus
• Hera
• Medusa

7
Gods
Back to content

• In Greece there are twelve gods such as
• Artemis, the virgin goddess.
• Ares, the god of war.
• Dionysus, the god of wine. Hera, the goddess of
  marriage.
• Poseidon, the god of the seas, earthquakes and
  horses.
• Demeter, the goddess of agriculture.

8
Greek alphabet
Back to content

• The Greeks were the first Europeans to learn to
  write an alphabet, and from them writing was
  brought to the rest of Europe, eventually leading
  down to all modern European alphabets. Many words
  that we use today come from Ancient Greek words.
  They are made from parts of Greek words, called
  language roots . Using a dictionary lots of
  English words can be found like octo (which means
  eight) photo ( which means light) and tele( which
  means far off).