Ancient Greece Strange Facts by https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs look up some strange facts about Ancient Greece! en-us 2018-11-28 05:03:59 UTC 2024-10-15 22:08:06 UTC hello@padlet.com An an an https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310726889 Yes]]> 2018-12-04 02:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310726889 Em emie_norton https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727150 In Ancient Greece, throwing an apple at somebody meant to declare your love to them]]> 2018-12-04 02:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727150 Em emie_norton https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727291 In Ancient Greece and Rome, they encouraged bisexual- and homosexuality, especially amongst their soldiers, as they believed that if their soldiers were in relationships with each other, they'd fight harder to protect each other.]]> 2018-12-04 02:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727291 The Greek alphabet was the first to use vowels. liviasugar13 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727311 - Liv

]]> 2018-12-04 02:59:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727311 Finding a coin in your slice of the New Year cake is lucky. bingoman2001 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727483   Greek gods were the superheroes of the universe.
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]]> 2018-12-04 03:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727483 In the month before the ancient Olympics, no wars were permitted so that spectators could travel from across Greece unharmed har00792 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727507 2018-12-04 03:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727507 between 40% and 80% of the population of Athens were slaves bau0012 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727532 2018-12-04 03:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727532 The saying “taking the bull by its horns” comes from the Greek myth of Hercules saving Crete from a raging bull by seizing its horns.[5] bingoman2001 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727865 -Jordan]]> 2018-12-04 03:02:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727865 THERE ARE MORE THAN 2000 ISLANDS liviasugar13 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727888 - Liv]]> 2018-12-04 03:02:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727888 In order to advertise their services, prostitutes in ancient Greece wore sandals that left the words “follow me” imprinted in the dirt as they walked. har00792 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727955 2018-12-04 03:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727955 Em emie_norton https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727970  There’s an ancient Greek play where the women of Greece end a war by withholding sex until the men of Greece agree to peace. ]]> 2018-12-04 03:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310727970 vol0009 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728021 The Ancient Greeks exercised naked.

]]> 2018-12-04 03:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728021 A Spartan specialty was a black soup made from salt, vinegar, and blood. No one in the rest of Greece would drink it bingoman2001 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728053 -Jordan]]> 2018-12-04 03:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728053 this is greece bingoman2001 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728254 2018-12-04 03:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728254 The Greeks used to wipe themselves with stones liviasugar13 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728262 -Liv]]> 2018-12-04 03:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728262 Probably fake but idk vol0009 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728296  
The word "school" comes from the ancient Greek for "free time." 

]]> 2018-12-04 03:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728296 Boys in Sparta were sent to Military camps at the age of 7!! rees_jennifer_e https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728357 2018-12-04 03:04:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728357 Older Men Would Trade Roosters For Sex With Boys liviasugar13 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728393 -Liv]]> 2018-12-04 03:05:12 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728393 -Jordan bingoman2001 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728453  Greeks do not wave with an open hand. In fact, it is considered an insult to show the palm of he hand with the fingers extended. Greeks wave with the palm closed ]]> 2018-12-04 03:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728453 vol0009 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728459 The word "Dinosaur" comes from the ancient Greek which means "terrible lizard."

]]> 2018-12-04 03:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728459 Ancient Greeks wouldn't eat beans as they thought that they contained the souls of the dead bau0012 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728510 2018-12-04 03:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728510 Hayely vol0009 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728550  
Ancient Greeks and Romans often bought slaves with salt. 

]]> 2018-12-04 03:06:13 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728550 Sneezing Was Promoted As An Effective Birth Control Method liviasugar13 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728617 - Liv]]> 2018-12-04 03:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728617 ost0004 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728691  At the age of 7 Spartan boys were taken from their mothers and trained in the military and were not allowed to live with their families until they left their active military service at age 30. ]]> 2018-12-04 03:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728691 vol0009 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728701  
The word "music" comes from the Muses, goddesses of the arts in Greek mythology. 

]]> 2018-12-04 03:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728701 They Used Crocodile Dung As Skin Cream liviasugar13 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728885 - Liv]]> 2018-12-04 03:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728885 bingoman2001 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728937 Greece has one of the lowest divorce rates in the EU.e Greece traditionally also has the highest abortion rates

]]> 2018-12-04 03:08:20 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728937 Would play soccer with an inflated pigs bladder har00792 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728942 2018-12-04 03:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728942 ire0005 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728996 2018-12-04 03:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310728996 Greek god Dylan https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729189 2018-12-04 03:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729189 Believed a womans womb could wander about the body during pregnancy har00792 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729249 2018-12-04 03:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729249 The tradition of greeting another person by shaking hands dates at least as far back as the Ancient Greeks. One column at the Acropolis even shows the Greek goddess of marriage, Hera, shaking hands with the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena. liviasugar13 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729286 - Liv]]> 2018-12-04 03:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729286 bingoman2001 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729310  An old Greek legend says that when God created the world, he sifted all the soil onto the earth through a strainer. After every country had good soil, he tossed the stones left in the strainer over his shoulder and created Greece ]]> 2018-12-04 03:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729310 Women with a unibrow were considered intelligent and beautiful har00792 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729388 2018-12-04 03:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729388 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729447 2018-12-04 03:10:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729447 vol0009 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729481  The theory that planets orbit the sun was first proposed by the ancient Greek Aristarchus of Samos in the 3rd century BC. ]]> 2018-12-04 03:11:07 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729481 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729576 2018-12-04 03:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729576 Male prostitutes were just as common as female ones har00792 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729619 2018-12-04 03:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729619 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729667 2018-12-04 03:12:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729667 In the ancient Greek mythology, there was an Unknown God, a placeholder for those gods not yet known to the ancient Greeks. liviasugar13 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729773 -Liv]]> 2018-12-04 03:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729773 vol0009 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729874 The act of using the middle finger to “flip off” someone in a crude and rude gesture originated in ancient Greece.]]> 2018-12-04 03:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310729874 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310731060 2018-12-04 03:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310731060 Wow ire0005 https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310734944 2018-12-04 03:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rees_jennifer_e/ftuy2kp4asjs/wish/310734944