can u give me 6 interesting faqs about ancient greeks plzz really good answer?

Answer 1

Sorry, is that 6 interesting FACTS, or 6 interesting Frequently Asked Questions?
If you update your question, I will try to answer

Answer 2

Invented the Olympic Games: "The Greeks invented athleti contests and held them in honour of their gods. The Isthmos game were stagedevery two years at the Isthmos of Corinth. The Pythian games took place every four years near Delphi. But the most famous games were those at Olympia, a town in south- western Greece. These took place every four years. The ancient Olympics seem to have begun in the early 700 BC, in honour of Zeus. No women were allowed to watch the games. Pottery dating from around 550 BC shows men taking part in the games naked or wearing only a thong. "

Had some of the greatest Dramatists of all time such as Aeschylus, Euripides and Sophocles.

They were a polytheistic (more than one deity) society with a wide range of gods/goddesses.


***I know this is only 3, but they can easily be expanded upon in whichever direction you choose. Each area has a realm of possibilities.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

i, they are the founders of Western Philosophy.
ii, they were not a united nation, they were instead a group of city states that shared a common language.
iii, they are the founders of Olympic games.
iv, Alexander the Great WAS Greek, although Macedonia was outside the perimeter of Greece, they were still considered Greek.
v, the Greeks founded the Phalanx, a military unit, which was an effective unit until the Romans.
vi, the founding history of Rome is identical to the Greeks except the names are changed.

Answer 4

Did the Greek civilization influenced the roman civilization and the western civilization in general? (the answer is yes)
Are there any negative aspects in the Greek civilization? (the answer is yes, slavery, women status, intolerance for "barbarians")
Why did the Greek civilization declined? (the answer is because of the civil war in ancient greece)

Answer 5

Started the Olympics

Answer 6

founded basic democracy
basis of Western civilization
defeated the then world power (Persia)
Alexander was not Greek - he was Macedonian
Ancient Greece was not a unified "nation" but a collective of small warring city states.
their golden age saw the philosophy of the world flourish....

Answer 7

Is the "faq" for (frequently asked questions) or is it "facts" you are seeking and made an error on your spelling??~! You must make your question clearer- for I am confused!

Answer 8

Founded Democracy

were great philosophers.

extensive trade routes and colonization all the way out to the atlantic ocean as well as the mapping therof.

Answer 9

Loved little boys.