https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw en-us 2021-11-19 14:19:54 UTC 2021-11-19 15:11:10 UTC hello@padlet.com jamesgorman222 https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902198487 Mt Olympus is the tallest mountain in Greece with an elevation of 9,570' and is part of Olympus massif in between Thessaly and Macedonia. In Greek mythology it is the home of the Greek gods.]]> 2021-11-19 14:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902198487 jamesgorman222 https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902227754 The Ancient Spartans are mainly known for there unbelievable military strength and rightfully so, they were a warrior society who studied war. All Spartan men were trained to become warriors. They fought in Phalanx formation they trained with this formation and have been known to hold a army 100 times bigger than them for 3 days. The Spartan men had to stay fit it to fight till the age of 60 they were believed to be direct descendants of Hercules.]]> 2021-11-19 14:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902227754 jamesgorman222 https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902251698 Mykonos, an island in the Aegean Sea. With 10,000 permanent residents gets millions of tourists due to its summer partying. Mykonos was named after the first ruler who is depicted as a descendant of the Greek god, Apollo. It is about 105km of area but despite this small size has about 600 religious buildings.]]> 2021-11-19 14:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902251698 jamesgorman222 https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902271580 Thebes was the largest city in ancient Boeotia. They were in major rivialry with the Athens and side with the Persians to invade Xerxes they also helped the Persians ending the Spartan's time of unconquerable military power. Thebes stayed an imminent threat to all until the Battle of Chaeronea which would have Alexander the Great win and mark the destruction of Thebes.]]> 2021-11-19 15:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902271580 jamesgorman222 https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902282570 Santorini is 120 miles from Greek mainland and is the largest island of it's archipelago it has an area of 28 square miles.The island hosted one of the largest eruptions in recorded history. Santorini has a population of about 15,550.]]> 2021-11-19 15:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902282570 jamesgorman222 https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902297116 Delphi is an ancient town it was considered by the ancient Greeks as the center of the world. They found this to be the place because Zeus had ordered to eagles to fly east and west and this is were they reunited. The temple of Apollo is where they supposedly found each other. Delphi is now considered a major archaeological site protected by UNESCO and has well preserved ruins.]]> 2021-11-19 15:11:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jamesgorman222/q66nx96d8z61jfcw/wish/1902297116