Greece

Travel Warnings
By Mya lewis

If youre a girl then you have to get

married in your teens get controlled by
your spouse when you get married. You
wouldn't know your husband because
your father had to choose for you.

Description

Women could not own property in their

If you like individuality,beauty,and freedom then this

own right. If they were married,

is the place to go. We value art and beauty we have

complete control went to their

lots of beautiful sculptures like the Acropolis.The

Temple Of Olympian Zeus and the Agora are only a

few.We have hot climate in the summer and we live

near the Aegean sea, so it's fun at the beach!

husband. If they divorced, control and

rights over any property went back to
their father or nearest male relative.In
ancient Athens women had very little

the Greeks built places for Gods and

Goddesses These show the greeks idea
for beauty . How they were built were
rows of tall columns using an example of
the Doric columns which had no base and
got slimmer toward the top , the Ionic
column sat on a base and had scrolls
carved into the top ,and the Corinthian
column which had carvings that looked
like leaves at the top. The most beautiful
temples in ancient greece was the
Parthenon and more beautiful were the 3
temples in Acropolis to honor Athena.

choices and were not that educated .

The highest position we had is a
courtesan.Women also don't go to
theaters and stay home caring and

Cultural Activities

cleaning up the house.All born men

What people did in Athens were really fun and

were considered citizens.If you're a

extraordinary, like watching people fight and

baby born in Sparta you have to be

watching plays. Government activities include,

drenched i wine and if you don't pass it

Assemblies that make it open for citizens to make a

decision but there's only room for 6,000 people.We

you have to be thrown of a mountain

Religion

The

ancient greeks were polytheistic. They

worshipped different Gods and
Goddesses even every City-State
worshipped one! The greeks believed

also have a council of 500 that had more impact but

Famous Figures

you have to be 30 years or older.The most important

*Solon- Solon was a very popular

of life.They worship them by placing

thing was the Olympics, ancient Athens was the

lawmaker and statesman

statues in their honor like the one in

birthplace it was celebrated every year .If you come

*Pericles- was one of the most

athens worshipping Athena ,a temple in

influential people in the city of Athens

the city of Delphi having a temple of

*Plato- the most successful student of

asking the god Apollo for advice .They

Socrates

also tell these stories of the gods and

here youll get to participate in it all!

Advantages: The government is ruled by us the

citizens! 500 people are selected to get more impact

on the city-state but only the age of 30 and higher.

that each god had power over an area

Assemblies every 10 days if not 6,000 people they

where they lived.

get slaves and other people to come.These

Conclusion

assemblies voted on laws proposed by the council.

In conclusion ancient Greece is the best

Sites /Landmarks

Places to visit are

place to go! This ancient greece is the

birthplace of the Olympics!,
Architecture is booming! Great and
beautiful sites like the Theatre of
Dionysus, famous people like Solon and
Plato ,having fun and having a say in
the rules Then this is the place to go!

*Library of Hadrian

*The Acropolis

*The Herodion Theatre

*Philopappou Hill

*Theatre of Dionysus

Architecture
Architecture boomed in greece!
Temples were an great example of this.