Thursday, January 18, 2007

Greek Culture

1. How is the religion of the ancient Greeks different from that of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims?

The religion of the Greeks are different from the Jews,Christians, and Muslims because the ancient Greeks had no sacred writings and no commandments.

2. How are the olympian gods like human beings and how are they different?

They are alike because they both loved, hated, and had jealousy.

3. What are some features of Athenian democracy?

The Athenian democracy was that any citizen could be a part of the assembly and could submit a law for the assembly to debate.

4. Who are the three greatest thinkers of ancient Greece?

The three greatest thinkers of the ancient Greece are Socrates,Plato, and Aristotle.

5. What were some of the events included in the Olympic Games?

Some of the events were boxings, wrestling,the jalevin,discusthrows, and races of all kinds.

6. What made the Greek language easy to use?

The Greek language was easy to use because the modern we use today is the Roman version of the Greek alphabet,which the Greeks had developed from the Phoenician alphabet.

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