THE ANCIENT GREEKS

WHAT WAS THE GREEK ALPHABET LIKE?

• over 2,500 years old
• first alphabet to have vowels
• first two letters were alpha and beta meaning alphabet
• Vowels are α, ε, η, ι, ο, υ, ω

WHAT MEAT DID THE GREEKS EAT?

• pork, lamb, beef, goat, chicken, veal and rabbit
• meat was eaten perhaps twice a week and usually with vegetables, pasta or grains
• meat was expensive
• pork was the most popular type of meat
• feast would involve meat sheep and or goats if special occasion cattle and pig

WHAT EFFECT DID DANCE HAVE ON THE GREEKS?

• dancing played a major role in religion
• there were many dancers from beginners to moderate
• dance was done for many things one is prepare for war
• celebrate weddings
• overcome depression and to cure physical illness

NAME THREE GREEK GODS!

• Zues
• Apollo
• Demeter

ZUES

• Zeus was responsible for the weather and shaped it according to his temper
• Zeus was the "Lord of Justice"
• He punished anyone who lied or broke an oath
• Zeus had his golden throne on the highest summit of Mount Olympus

APOLLO

• God of the sun, music, and art, one of the most versatile gods
• He invented the lute, a plucked string instrument with a body shaped like a pear
• Apollo excelled in important music contests

DEMETER

• Goddess of the harvest and mother of Persephone
• source of all growth and life
• provided all nutrition on the earth

SPARTA WOMEN RIGHTS

• Girls were given a good education in both the arts and athletics
• Women owned more than a third of the land
• Mothers reared their sons until age 7 and then society took over.
• Fathers played little or no role in child care.
• Sparta women had more rights then Athenian women

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