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To get to Ancient Greece,

stefanie_m_hick — 2013-09-06 12:41:31 UTC

we have to go waaaay back!

MAP IT 1

stefanie_m_hick — 2013-09-06 12:42:24 UTC

Find a few maps. I'd like one of Ancient Greece, one that shows Ithaca and Troy, as well as one that shows the trail of Odysseus during his wanderings.

TIME PERIOD 2

stefanie_m_hick — 2013-09-06 12:44:44 UTC

Add information related to the time period of Ancient Greece. When did it form and how did it change?

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY 3

stefanie_m_hick — 2013-09-06 12:46:29 UTC

Add information about:

importance of gods/goddesses to the ancient Greeks.

who the Olympians are and where they reside.

why "The Odyssey" doesn't introduce the gods and goddesses.

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HOMER 5

stefanie_m_hick — 2013-09-06 12:50:10 UTC

Not Simpson. The Ancient Greek one. Add pictures, information about who he was, what he did, what we know about his life.

THE ODYSSEY 6

stefanie_m_hick — 2013-09-06 12:50:47 UTC

What is "The Odyssey"?

What is it about?

Why is it so important to us now?

ART 4

stefanie_m_hick — 2013-09-06 12:51:33 UTC

What kind of art did the ancient Greeks create?

Include pictures.

SOMETHING COOL

stefanie_m_hick — 2013-09-06 12:54:49 UTC

Why the Odessey doesn't introduce Gods/Godesses

2013-09-06 13:50:43 UTC

They do not bother to introduce the gods and goddesses who are their main characters because readers and listeners would already have been familiar with them.

Group seis

2013-09-06 13:58:34 UTC

Odyssey is a major Greek epic poem. It is a sequel to the lliad. It is about a Greek hero Odysseus. The odyssey is a lost sequel and is love by many people.

Katie, Emily, Alyssa, Santiago

2013-09-06 13:58:36 UTC

Ceramics

Storage Jar with Herakles Attacking a Centaur, Greek, Athens, about 530–520 B.C.

Katie, Emily, Alyssa, Santiago

2013-09-06 14:01:22 UTC

Architure

Parthenon

Katie, Emily, Alyssa, Santiago

2013-09-06 14:02:22 UTC

Sculptures

The Titan Atlas

Group

2013-09-06 14:03:29 UTC

The Greeks were once farmers. Traced by Stone Age hunters, and preceded by theGreek Dark Ages which were period of wars and invasions.

guy jack and brice

2013-09-06 14:04:23 UTC

Who the Oly

2013-09-06 14:05:01 UTC

The twelve main Olympians are:

Zeus (Jupiter, in Roman mythology): the king of all the gods (and father to many) and god of weather, law and fate
Hera (Juno): the queen of the gods and goddess of women and marriage
Aphrodite (Venus): goddess of beauty and love
Apollo (Apollo): god of prophesy, music and poetry and knowledge
Ares (Mars): god of war
Artemis (Diana): goddess of hunting, animals and childbirth
Athena (Minerva): goddess of wisdom and defense
Demeter (Ceres): goddess of agriculture and grain
Dionysos (Bacchus): god of wine, pleasure and festivity
Hephaistos (Vulcan): god of fire, metalworking and sculpture
Hermes (Mercury): god of travel, hospitality and trade and Zeus’s personal messenger
Poseidon (Neptune): god of the sea

Other gods and goddesses sometimes included in the roster of Olympians are:

Hades (Pluto): god of the underworld
Hestia (Vesta): goddess of home and family
Eros (Cupid): god of sex and minion to Aphrodite

They live

guy brice jack

2013-09-06 14:05:32 UTC

2013-09-09 13:33:08 UTC

Homer

2013-09-09 13:34:12 UTC

Homer was ancient greek musican.

Importance of Gods and Godesses

2013-09-09 13:34:59 UTC

Greek life centered around religion, and every problem had a god or goddess to fix it. The great majority of the Greek oral tradition was about the gods. Vv

Group 2

2013-09-09 13:36:09 UTC

The Bronze Age is from the architecture, burial styles, and lifestyle.

Homer

2013-09-09 13:36:38 UTC

Homer was an acient greek author. Many cities claimed he was born there. Therefore no one knows where he was born.He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.

So Much History!

stefanie_m_hick — 2013-09-09 13:40:34 UTC

Greece goes from the stone age hunterst o being broken up into city-states thousands of years later. Greece is still a country today. So.... TONS of history!