Greek Culture Quest

Created by Hannah Smith

Ancient Greek Art, Architecture, and Writing

Doric:

This style is very sturdy

and has a plain top.

The Doric was used in mainland Greece and in parts of Italy and Sicily.

Architecture:Ionic

This style is thin, elegant, and has a top that looks like a ram’s horns. These were found in eastern Greece and on the islands.

Corinthian

The Corinthian style was not found as much in the Greek world, but in Roman temples. The top is very fancy and decorated with leaves.

Ancient Greek Art, Architecture, and Writing

(cont.) Art:

Korai and Kouros statues were an important part of Greek art. These works of art were very detailed for their time period.

Ancient Greek Art, Architecture, and Writing

(cont.) Writing:

The Greeks traded with the Phoenicians and saw them writing things down. The Greeks thought this way of communicating was very clever and useful. Once the Greeks had a language they started writing fables, myths, and legends.

Map of Ancient Greece

Major Greek gods • Aphrodite: goddess of love,

romance, and beauty.• Apollo: god of the sun,

light, medicine, and music• Ares: dark god of war• Artemis: goddess of the

hunt, forest, wildlife, and moon

• Athena: Daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts

• Demeter: goddess of agriculture.

• Hephaestus: god of fire and the forge

• Hera: wife of Zeus• Hermes: messenger of the

gods• Poseidon: god of sea,

horses, and of earthquakes• Zeus: lord of the gods, god

of the sky

Trojan War Basically, the whole

beginning of the war started because Helen and Paris fell in love. They then eloped and were on their way to Troy. The problem was that Helen was already married to Menelaus, king of Sparta. When Menelaus found out he was very angry. He then asked his brother, Agamemnon, to help get Helen back from Troy. After all this, the war began.

Throughout the journey, the gods did their justice. The war raged on and lasted for over 10 years. When the time had come, the Trojans were very happy because they thought the armies had left. Unfortunately, that was not the case. At night, the armies came out and attacked the Trojans. To end it all, the Greeks burnt down the city of Troy.

Famous Heroes•Hercules:beat the odds time and again, performed amazing,

often helpful tasks

•Achilles: The Greek’s best warrior in the Trojan War

•Theseus: the hero of Athens

•Odysseus: the hero of Greece who came up with the Trojan Horse

Famous Monsters• Argus: as many as one-hundred eyes• Cyclopes: were gigantic and had a

single eye in the middle of their forehead

• Cerberus: huge, powerful three-headed dog

• Hydra: massive, poisonous serpent with nine heads

Sources:http://greece.mrdonn.org/alphabet.html

Mrdonn .Webpage article.

3 January 2012

http://www.ancient-greece.org/art.html

2003-2011 Ancient-Greece.org. Webpage Article. 3 January 2012

http://www.greeka.com/greece-maps/ancient-greece-map.htm

greeka.com. Picture from Webpage. 3 January 2012

http://ses.westport.k12.ct.us/hine/diriv%20wpages/greek.htm

westport.k12.ct.us. Webpage Information. 3 January 2012

http://flightlevel390.blogspot.com/2010/02/zeus-in-737.html

flightlevel390.blogspot. Zeus in a 737. 2 February 2010. Picture. 3 January 2012.

Sources: (cont.)• http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/heroes/tp/TopHeroes.htm 2012 About.com. Top 10 Heroes of Greek Legend.

N.S. Gill. Webpage Article. 3 January 2012

• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/story-of-the-trojan-war.html 2000-2011, 2012 Buzzle.com. Story of the Trojan

War. Webpage Article. 3 January 2012.

• http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0881992.html2000–2012 Pearson Education, publishing as Fact

Monster. Webpage Information. 3 January 2012