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[|Greek Mythology]

Greek Mythology been, and still is a huge influence on society. Greek Mythology affected the Greek's art, and helped shape their religion.Greek art is riddled with symbols and pictures from their mythology. Vases and sculptures are usually portraying some myth. Greek mythology also told and explained some parts of Greek religion. People made myths of how everything came to be, and the origins of the gods. Most stories also include the Greek gods interfering, or helping in some way or another. Greek Mythology has also played a large role in modern day western culture. Many paintings and poetry, especially during the renaissance were affected by Greek mythology. Some very famous people, such as Shakespeare, Leonardo Da Vinci, and Michelangelo were affected by Greek mythology. Romans also took on Greek mythology, and shaped it to belong to them. Even today, evidence remains of influences from ancient Greek mythology.

The people of Ancient Greece had a good amount of free time, and were able to enjoy music, make art, and play games during this time. Ancient Greeks loved telling stories. They told stories of tragedies, great battles, and struggles. This soon turned into the Ancient Greek Theater. The ancient Greeks, especially the Athenians, told many tragedies and comedies. Greeks also played sports and competed against each other. Men would train for the games, and then the best would be picked to compete against each other in championships like the Olympic Games. They also played games that weren’t active, such as dice, marbles, and checkers. There isn’t a way to know what Greek music sounded like, but some of their art depicts them playing instruments like the flute, harp, and an early version of the guitar. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/games/ http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/greece/entertainment/index.shtml http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greeceart1.html

The Pelopennisian War http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.1.first.html http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.2.second.html The Pelopennisian War started with individual city-states starting wars against each other, then gaining allies and each city-state's allies fought together, then more allies joined until almost all of Greece was involved. The war started when Corinth and Corcyra started fighting. Corcyra asked Athens for help, and Athens helped them, but strictly for defense. Athens ordered one of its allies, Portadea, to help, but Portadea was hesitant on joining so they revolted. Soon the Pellopenesians and the Athenian allies were grouped, but a peace treaty was made that would last thirty years. However, after 15 years, the Thebans snuck into the Patean town. The Plateans fought back and drove the Thebans out. Athens was misinformed of what had happened, and began sending troops to aid the Plateans. The Thebans requested help from the Pelopennisians, and the real war began.

Nike http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Nike.html Nike was the Greek goddess of victory. She was considered the goddess of both victory in battle and in [|sportsmanship]. In Greek mythology, she was depicted as one of the four children of Styx. She is shown in Greek art and [|sculptures] as being a woman with wings. She is sometimes shown carrying a wreath or sash to be given to the victor, or a lyre which she will play a victory [|song] on. She is depicted as being very similar to the Greek goddess Athena. Sometimes Nike is just considered an aspect of Athena.