The thing the Greeks are best known for, is their gods, and stories about them. The stories explained how things became. For instance, one story said that before the earth was made, there was a fight between a god, and a giant. The god killed the giant, and the parts of the giant became the earth. His teeth became the rocks, and his hair became the grass. His hands and feet became mountains, and his toes and fingers became trees.

Some of the gods were Zeus, who was the ruler of all the gods, Hera was his wife, and Hermes was his messenger. Artemis was the goddess of the moon, and Apollo was the god of the sun. Poseidon was the god of the sea, Loki, the god of mischief, and, Dionysus, the god of wine.

The Greeks, made sacrifices to the gods, so that the gods would honor them, and help them in times of trouble. They sacrificed animals, and other things that were special to them.

The Greeks built temples, where they worshipped the gods. Each city had several temples, because each temple was used to worship one god. In each temple, there was a statue of a god th

The Greeks thought that education was very important, so they sent their sons to school at age 8. They quit school at age 14. There, they learned music, math, and writing. The older boys were taught politics. The boy's teachers were male Greeks. The boys were taught outside in a field or under a tree in a forest.

The Greeks are also known for their creativity, and knowledge in arts, such as making sculptures, music, and paintings. They made statues out of clay, gold, silver, and bronze. For instruments, they used harps and flutes.

Any work The Greeks did not want to do, they left for their slaves, if they had any. For slaves, they used prisoners of war, such as other Greeks, and Romans. They had the slaves do housework, build buildings, harvest crops, and row ships.

The Greeks had many laws. All citizens (free men over 20) could vote, offices of government were filled by elections, and killing a Tyrant was excused. If somebody murdered someone, stole something, or disobeyed some other law, they could be punished by going to jail, being whipped, or death. War was often fought in Greece. Greek cities attacked other cities to gain more power. The wars were fought by brave, courageous, and strong young men. Here are some of the weapons that they used-daggers, catapult, spears, bows and arrows, and, swords. The Greeks ate about three meals a day. In a day, They ate fish, fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese, a cake made mostly from flour and honey. They drank juice, wine, and water.

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