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There was one other event that united the Greeks, for a while.
The Olympic Games began in Greece to honor Zeus in 776 BC. If city-states were at war, they declared a truce so athletes could be able to participate in the games at Olympia. The Greeks gave us democracy, the theater, philosophy, mathematics, art, trial by jury, architecture and even the yo-yo. |
Doric Ionic Corinthian
Types of Greek Columns |
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Look at your ANCIENT CIVILIZATION WEBQUEST PACKET. Go to the section on Greece. Fill in the blanks with the correct vocabulary word on your worksheet.