Culture
- The temples of Athens show how important religion was to Greeks.
- The Greeks worship many gods and goddess,
- The Greeks told colorful stories about gods, called myths.
- The olympian gods were part of the everyday life of the ancient Greeks.
- Greeks asked gods for help when setting out on journeys by land or sea.
- Each god or goddess had power over a particular area of life.
- People called ask Apollo question through a priestess who was called oracle of Delphi.
- Twelve of the gods and goddess were particularly important
- They created the olympic held 776 B.C.E
- They were held to honor the Greek god Zeus
- Pentathlon was in the first olympic
- Sculpture in Athens was often set up a workshop near the site where the finished statue would go.
- Metalworkers attached any bronze pieces that went in the statute like spears and shields.
- Created life-like statues and was one of the great achievements of Greek sculptures.
- One of the most famous sculptors in Athens was a man name Phidias.
- Going to the theater was a regular part of Athenian life.
- Greek plays grew out of the songs and dances that the Greeks performed at harvest time.
- As Greek playwrights developed their art, they began to write plays that told stories