The World of the Greeks

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The World of the Greeks

• Computers Social Studies
• Sasha Quinga
• and
• Camila Montenegro
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The Three Styles of Greek Architecture
Doric
The top of the Doric is plain. The style of the
Doric is sturdy. The Doric was used in mainland
of Greece. The Doric was also used in the
colonies of southern Italy and Sicily.
The style of the Ionic is more thinner and
elegant. The capital of Ionic was decorated with
a scroll-like design. This style of the Ionic
was found in eastern of Greece and the islands.
Ionic
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Corinthian
The Corinthian style is used in the Greek world.
But often seen on Roman temples. The capital of
Corinthian style is very elaborate and is
decorated with acanthus leaves.
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FASHION
In the fifth century, the Greeks got more
involved in fashion. They wore himations,
peplos, and chitons. Himatations are clothes
made from woven wool. Peplos is a piece of woven
material about 3 meters wide and the length of
the person wearing it. It was extremely firm at
the waist and it was lifted up at the shoulder.
Peplos usually had designs of checks, wavy lines,
stripes, or flowers. The chiton came into
fashion after the Persian invasions. They the
same as the peplos, but the size was much larger.
The colors the Greeks commonly used on clothing
were violet, green, and gray.
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GREEK FOOD
Greek soil was not very fertile, but the Greeks
used irrigation and crop rotation to provide
food. They also used the Mediterranean Sea to
their advantage and started fishing. On the
coast the grew olives, grapes and figs. They
kept goats for milk and cheese. The soil was more
rich on the plains. There they grew wheat to
make bread. Fish, seafood, and home-made wine
are very popular. Meat was rarely eaten and were
mostly used for religious sacrifices.
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Daily Life
Both men and women enjoy using mirrors and hair
brushes. The hair style was curled, arranged in
interesting and carefully designed styles. It
was held in place with scented waxes and lotions.
The women had long hair, in braids, arranged on
the top of their head, or also wore as a
ponytail. The headbands were made of ribbon or
metal. They were very popular at the time. The
blond hair was rare. The Greeks admired the
blonde look, that many tired to bleach their
hair. Greek men cut their hair short unless they
were soldiers, wore beards.
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Greece is located at the Mediterranean Sea and
on the east of Greece you can find the Bakan
Peninsula,to the south Europe, and Turkey. To
the north of Greece theres Albania, Bulgaria,
and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Greece is also surrounded by Ionian Sea and the
Aegean Sea. Greeces area is 131,957 sq. km.(50,
880 sq. mi.).
Greece has a different type of climate than we
do. Its usually temperate the summer is hot and
dry and during its mild and wet. Spring is hot
and the fall is long and warm. The lowest
temperatures recorded are in December and
January. Greece enjoys over 250 days
of sunshine annually.
The natural resources are bauxite, lignite,
magnetite, petroleum, and
marble. Greece is a country with a lot of
mountains and is very stony. Greece is filled
with 9,841 islands and has 10 regions. The
lowest point is the Mediterranean Sea ( 0 m) and
the highest point is Mount Olympus ( 2, 917 m).

THE LAND
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Gods and Goddesses
Zeus was the king of the Gods and Goddesses.
Zeus married Hera. Zeus was also considered the
father of the mortals. Zeuss weapon was a
thunderbolt. His bird is the eagle and his tree
is the Oak. He had a daughter named Athena and
was his favorite. One of Zeus great feast was
during the Olympic games. Zeus brother was
Poseidon and he was also the god of sea. Under
the ocean, Poseidon had a marvelous golden
palace. The other daughter of Zeus was Demeter.
She was the goddesses of harvest. Zeus had
another son. His name is Ares. He is the god of
war.
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GREEK FIRE
In the seventh and eighth centuries A.D, the
Greeks used a secret war weapon for winning wars.
This secret war weapon was fire. The Byzantine
Greeks used it to defend their capitol,
Constantinople, against a series of Moslem
attacks. The Moslems then learned about the fire
weapons and used it against the Crusaders. Greek
fire was a commonly used in firepots thrown at
the enemy with a catapult. They would also throw
them in a bronze tube called a Siphon and the
fiery substance was pumped and shot. They
principally used naphtha, sulfur and quick lime
to make the fire.