The Greeks

1. Why did many Greeks go to the oracles?

   - they went to the oracle to seek advice and know more about the future, but the prophecy made

     most times more questions then answers

2. What was the oracle at Delphi?

   - Pilgrims to the oracle at Delphi descended a staircase into an underground vault in the temple of

     Apollo, where a priestess. Sulfurous gases bubbled up from the crack in the earth beneath her

     chair, swirling around her as the pilgrim asked a question. Priests then translated the answer into a

     verse for the pilgrim to recite and try to understand

3. How, in the worship of the Gods, were the Greeks different than earlier groups of people?

   - Unlike everyone else , the Greeks believeed in theire own value, the Greeks had a great deal of

     self respect. Also they placed importance on the worth of the individual. The Greeks build temples    

     to honor their god and in every temple the statue of the god. Nobody entered the temple,

     because the Greeks believed, that the gods live in the temple.

4. Name six Greek gods and what they controlled.

   1) Zeus = ruler of mount olympus, king of the gods, god of the weather

   2) Aphrodite = godess of love and beauty

   3) Ares = god of war

   4) Poseidon = god of the sea and earthquakes, giver of horses to mortals

   5) Demeter = godess of crops, giver of grain and fruit

   6) Hera = protectress of marriage, children and the home, wife of Zeus

5. The Olympic Games where held where and to honor who?

   - According to legend, King Pelops founded the Omlympics to repay Zeus for helping him win a

     chariot race and gain Hippodameia, a rival king's daughter. Hippodameia then began the Heraia,

     a festival honoring Zeus's wife Hera. The Heraia, held at the same time as the Olympics, gave 

     woman a chance to complete in foot races.

        

6. List four events, with descriptions, held during the Olympic Games.

   1) Charriot Racing = involved riding a small cart in a race between others across 9 miles

   2) Boxing = a brutal sport, were people fought against each other with they bear hands until the

       Oppunent was down, no eye gouching was allowed

   3) Pancratium = anoother fighting match, were the opponent couldn't use holds or grips on the

       Opponent

   4) Pentatlon = made up of five events: running, jumping, throwing discuss, wrestling and hurl a 

       jawelin

7. When was the 1st Olympic Games held?

   - 776 B.C.

8. Who were the three great writers of tragedy?

   - Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides

9. What were comedies originally about? 

   - Greek comedies were about the present and it usually had happy endings