Ancient Greece

By Lauren Martin

Contents

Why I chose the topic?

Gods and Goddesses

Olympic games

Greek Flag

Greek Money

Aegean sea

Myths and Legends

Quiz

Introduction

I chose this topic because I find everything about Ancient Greece really interesting, especially Myths and Legends.

Gods and Goddess’s

Zeus was king of all the gods and the god of weather.

Athena was the goddess of war and Wisdom. She also looked after Athens.

Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty.

Hades was god of the underworld and brother of Zeus.

Poseidon was god of the sea and earthquakes. He was also brother of Zeus and Hades.

Olympic games

The first Olympic games were held in Olympia in Greece

Only men were aloud to compete in the first Olympic games

The Ancient Greek Olympic Games thought to have begun in year 776bc inspired the modern Olympic games(which started in 1890)

Greek Flag

The Greek flag is made up of nine blue and white alternate stripes with a blue square in the top left corner with a white cross

The blue and white are thought to represent the sea and the waves

This is the flag of Greece

Greek money

Before 600bc the Ancient Greeks traded goods instead of money

By 500bc each city started minting there own coins

Merchants only took coins from their own city

Visitors had to find moneychangers to exchange their coins

The Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea surrounds Athens

King Aegeaus, the king of Athens, jumped off a cliff into the sea and from that day forward that sea is known as the Aegean sea

This is a map of the Greek Islands

Myths and Legends

Myths and Legends are usually based on a true

Story.

These are some Myths or Legends:

Theseus and the Minotaur

Pandora's box

Perseus and the Gorgons head

Arachne and the Spinner

The twelve labours of Hercules

Quiz

1. What colours are in the Greek Flag?

2. Who defeated the Minotaur?

3. Who jumped off a cliff into the sea?

4. Who was the God of the underworld?

5. Where do merchants only take money from?

6. Where did the first Olympics take place?

Conclusion

I have learnt the following from this doing this project:

What the Greek flag represents.

The key features of some Myths and Legends.

The names of some of the Gods and Goddesses.

Each city had it’s own coin.

Questions