Greece

Wada, Tetsuya Gerald L. 10-A

Gods

Poseidon Zeus Hades

-Greek gods are the entities worshipped by the Greeks-The following gods are the three main gods found in Greek Mythology

God of the SeaGod of Sky and Thunder

God of the Underworld

Popular Cities Sparta

-A dominant military land-power in ancient Greece

Athens

-Capital and largest city of Greece- One of the oldest cities in the world

- Given its military pre-eminence, Sparta was recognized as the overall leader of the combined Greek forces during the Greco-Persian Wars

-Ancient Corinth was one of the largest and most important cities of Greece, with a population of 90,000 in 400 BC.

Corinth

Philosophers

Aristotle Plato Socratesa Greek philosopher and scientist born in Stagirus, northern Greece, in 384 BCE.

a philosopher, as well as mathematician, in Classical Greece and an influential figure in philosophy, central in Western philosophy.

 a classical Greek (Athenian)philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy. He likes to ask questions.

Wars

Trojan Greco-Persian Marathon

 a series of conflicts between the Achaemenid Empire of Persia and city-states of the Hellenic world that started in 499 BC and lasted until 449 BC.

took place in 490 BC, during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea, and a Persian force commanded by Datis and Artaphernes.

A war between the Achaeans and the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus king of Sparta.

References

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Corinthen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athensen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeusen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poseidonen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratesen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotusen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marathonen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Waren.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Persian_Wars