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By BETIY DEBNAM

Building on Great Ideas from The Mini Page by Betty Debnam ® 1998 Universal Press Syndicate

j Ancient Greece Many of the things we do and

think about today come from the ancient Greeks. We are still building on the ideas they first had more than 2,500 years ago.

Modern science, art, theater, politics, math, medicine, language, government, architecture, sports and literature can all be traced back to the ancient Greeks.

The sciences The Greeks were

some of the first people to believe there are laws in nature.

• Archimedes (ahrkuh-MEE-dees) invented the lever and pulley. He also

discovered many laws of mathematics.

• Euclid (U -clid) gave us geometry, the mathematical study of shapes.

• Hippocrates (hih- C== PAHK-ruh-teez) taught that diseases are not caused by the gods, but

~ by the natural world; how to set bone breaks; and that a healthy diet and good habits keep people well.

Greek scientists thought that ... • everything is made up of tiny moving pieces called atoms. • the moon gets its light from the sun. (Before the Greeks, people had thought the sun and moon were gods.)

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the sun. (Most people thought everything moved around the Earth.) • the Earth is round.

Art Ancient Greek

artists created the first lifelike statues of humans. These statues greatly influenced the history of art.

This marble statue of Alexander the Great was created about 310 B.C.

Government We owe

many of our ideas about democracy to the Greeks. In 508 B.C., the people of Athens overthrew a tyrant and set up a government of the people. (Women and slaves had no vote.)

"Democracy" comes from the Greek word meaning "rule of the people."

Sports Athletic

games were very important. Greeks held the first Olympic Games in 776 B.C.

Literature The Greeks were

the first people in Western Europe to write modern types of poems, plays, stories and biographies.

One of the most famous poets was Homer, who wrote the great adventure poems the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey." The writings of philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle are still studied today.

Architecture

The Parthenon in Athens, Greece, shows one of the ancient Greek building styles that have greatly influenced architects in America.

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Ancient Greece Fact-a-Roonies The Greek Alphabet

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Our words Many of our words have a Greek origin.

Greek Ene'lish AiTPONOM I A Astronomy >< 0 POI. Chorus .A PA MA Drama M E. T E.. c:2 P , T ~ L Meteorite \ 2. TO P I A History B I OAO r I A Biology A E I NO I.AY POI.. Dinosaur

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Mini Spy. • •

The Trojan Horse

The Greek poet Homer made the story of the Trojan War famous. In the story, a beautiful woman, Helen, was married to a Greek king, but she fell in love with a Trojan prince.

When she ran away to Troy, the Greek armies fought for 10 years to get her back. A Greek leader, Odysseus, built a big wooden horse. Greek soldiers hid inside, and the horse was left outside Troy.

The Trojans thought it was a gift and took it into their city. Greeks sneaked out and let in the rest of their army, winning the war.

About 100 years ago, scientists found the ruins of Troy in what is today Thrkey. This proved the story was based on fact.

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Famous Greeks Socrates (SOCK

ruh-teez) taught that if people have enough knowledge they will be good. But people in power didn't want their actions questioned and they forced Socrates to drink poison and kill 469?-399 B.C. himself.

Plato (PLATE-o), Socrates' student, imagined a perfect community. He founded the Academy, perhaps the world's first university.

427?-347 B.C. Aristotle (AIR-uh-stot-l), Plato's pupil, wrote about the ideal way to govern. He

taught Alexander the Great.

384 -322 B.C.

Homer (HO-mer) was one of history's greatest poets. He wrote the

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"Iliad" and the "Odyssey." Sappho (SAF-o) was a great poet who also was one of the few women who could read and write. 610 ?-580? B.C.

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Q: Why did the rooster cross the road? A: Because the chicken was on

vacation! (both jokes sent in by Kathy Bowling)

Q: Why did the barber move to Hawaii?

A: He wanted to be a beachcomber! (sent in by Dillon Clark)

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Ancient Greek food

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The main foods in ancient Greece were porridge and bread. The bread was made from barley, which was cheaper then wheat.

Breakfast was usually bread soaked in wine .

Lunch might be bread and cheese with olives and figs. Dinner was the main meal of the day. A typical meal

might be porridge or bread with vegetables. Meals might also include cheese, fish, vegetables, eggs,

fruit and meat. Many families kept bees for honey, their only way of

sweetening food. Wealthy people ate more fish and meat than poorer

people. They also ate bread made from wheat .

Ancient Greek entertainment Songs and music were part of

many events such as a birth or a death. There were also songs for workers, athletes and religious festivals.

The lyre was played a lot. So were cymbals and harps.

Poetry was also popular. It was usually sung or chanted in front of groups of people. Music was played while the poems were read .

Art was important to Greeks. They made beautiful pottery, statues and works of metal.

Many people went to the theater. Free plays were put on in large outdoor theaters. The actors usually wore masks.

Olympics The first Olympics were held in ancient Greece in 776

B.C. They were held every four years thereafter. For the first 13 Olympics, a single foot race of about

200 yards was the only competition. Up to 40,000 spectators watched from hills nearby. Other sports, including boxing, jumping and wrestling, were added later.

The Greeks believed that an Olympic victory was a gift from the gods. The winners received crowns of olive branches, a symbol of peace.

But athletes began to accept money. This made the Games dishonest and they were stopped in A.D. 393.

Women were not allowed to take part in or watch the Olympics.

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Ancient Greece From A to Z Alexander the Great

(356-323 B.C.) was a king and warrior who ruled the largest area ever conquered

up to that time. Bronze (a

r tfi_~~~\fU\ mix of tin and copper) was J'1lV"'W-" discovered by the Greeks ~1~D}.m in 3000 BC.1t was the

main metal for making weapons, tools and statues.

Clothing was made of wool or linen, and later, cotton and linen. Chitons (KIE-tuns) were simple, flowing gowns worn by women. Men wore tunics or loincloths.

Demosthenes (dih-MAHSthuh-neez) was a great political speaker. Th overcome a speech problem, he practiced talking with a mouth full

_ of pebbles.

Exercise was very important to the Greeks, who were proud

of being fit.

Flames in a torch r--~~ were passed from one racer to another, then used to light a fire in honor of the gods. This became a symbol of the Olympics.

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Greece in ancient times (shown as dark areas) was made up of a peninsula (land surrounded by water on three sides) and islands in the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. By 500 B.C., Greece had conquered so much territory that it went from what is today France to Turkey, and south into northern Africa.

Hippocrates is known as the father of modem medicine. He studied the body to learn how it worked.

Islands made up such a

A big part of Greece, and the peninsula was so

. . . . . . mountainous, that ships ~-=::--- were a necessary way to ~~ travel.

Jewelry of gold, silver and ivory was popular among rich women. Poorer women wore jewelry of glass, bronze, bones or lead.

Kilns were used to make pottery. Much of what we know about ancient Greece has been found on painted pottery.

Lyres were musical instruments made by fastening strings to a turtle shell. The strings were strung from an ox's hom.

Marathons are long foot races. The first was run by a

soldier who ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens. He died as soon as he delivered a victory message.

New ideas in art, literature, science and government spread from the ancient Greeks to the Romans and throughout the world.

Olympic Games were first held in Greece in 776 B.C. They were held every four years at Olympia until 393 A.D.

Plato was one of the most famous thinkers of all time. Students still study his writings today.

Quarries were the source of marble and limestone to make buildings, columns and statues.

Next week The Mini Page visits ancient Rome.

Racing in chariots pulled by two or four horses was a popular sport.

Spartans were fierce warriors. They led very harsh lives and hated weakness. For example, if babies didn't look healthy, they were left out in the mountains to die.

Theaters got their start at country festivals. Later, as many as 18,000 people might be in the audience. The actors

wore masks. Th U d Id e n erwor was where Greeks believed people went when they died. Two

of its main areas were the hell-like Tartarus, and the heaven-like Elysian Fields.

Voting was one of the main rights of the ancient Greeks. If a leader became too powerful, male citizens could vote to send him away for 10 years.

Water clocks were used to limit a speaker's time. A speaker spoke until all the water ran out of a hole in a higher pot into a ,~ lower one.

The ancient Greeks were eXtraordinary people. Modem people everywhere are still influenced by their ideas.

The Years of the ancient Greek civilization started about 3000 B.C.

and ended in 146 B.C. when the Romans captured the country and made it part of the Roman Empire.

Zeus was the Greek god who ruled over all the other gods.

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For use by teachers and parents at home and at school. For use with issue: Ancient Greece Main idea: This issue is about ancient Greece. The following is a list of activities I to be used with this issue. They are listed in order of difficulty, with the easier pre- ~ reader assignments listed first. Most of the activities are for younger readers. Ask ! the children to do the following: I

1. Draw a picture of the way you and your family might have looked if you ~ lived in ancient Greece. ~

2. Look through your newspaper for three pictures to show a child living in § Greece today what life is like where you live. I

: 3. If you were going to interview a Greek child about life in Greece, what five 0 questions would you ask? I

4. Pretend you are visiting Greece. Design a postcard to send to a friend back ~ hoprre. i

5. Discuss the following: What would it have been like to live in ancient ~ Greece? What are some ways life has changed since then? What do you think of t Greek architecture? For what can we thank the Greeks? If you were to visit Q,

Greece today, what would you most like to see or do? !~6. Find the following words in this issue: ancient, warrior, marble, peninsula,

literature, chariots, pulley, linen, democracy, limestone, architects, lever, torch. 7. Look through your newspaper for articles on Greece.

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