1) To seek advice. the advice was generally given
in the form of a prophecy or a statement of what might happen in the future.
2) The most popular
oracle was a priestess in the temple of Delphi. The Greeks believed that Delphi
was the center of the world, and they bulit many temples and other public
buildings there.
3) Most
ancient peoples feared their gods. They believed that people were put on Earth
only to obey and serve the gods. The Greeks were the first people to feel
differently. They placed importance on the worth of the individual. Because
they believed in their own value, the Greeks had a great deal of self respect.
This allowed them to approach their gods with dignity.
4) Name six Greek gods and what they controlled.
Zeus: Ruler of Mount Olympus; king of the gods; god of the weather
Aphrodite: goddess of love and beauty
Apollo: god of the sun; patron of truth archery, music, medicine,
and prophecy
Ares: god of war
Poseidon: god of the sea and earthquakes; giver of horses to mortals
Hera: protectress of marriage, children, and the home; wife of
Zeus
5. The Olympic Games
were held in Olympia to honor Zeus.
6. Olympic Games
included chariot races where a chariot was pulled by four horses around a
track, boxing where the men slapped each other instead of punching, pancratium,
a combination of boxing and wrestling, and pentathlon, where the athlete ran,
jumped, threw the discus and javelin, and wrestle.
7. The 1st Olympic
Games was held in 776 BC.
8. Three great
writers of tragedy were Aeschylus, who wrote about power and its effect on
people, Sophocles, who showed that people because of their mistakes and it made
them better people, and Euripides who showed that people suffered because they
did bad things.
9. Comedies were originally about the present.
They made fun of politicians and polis leaders who were in the aud
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