
100 Facts About Ancient Greece
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- Leonidas King of Sparta who led the defense at the Battle of Thermopylae and more (00:23:26)
- Military Spartans were known for their military prowess and strict society and more (00:13:21)
- Aesop Famous for his fables and more (00:13:15)
- Diogenes A philosopher and one of the founders of Cynicism and more (00:17:32)
- The Academy Founded by Plato, one of the first institutions of higher learning and more (00:12:17)
- Ecclesia The principal assembly of the democracy of ancient Athens and more.mp3 (00:12:38)
- Gymnosophists Ancient Greek philosophers who practiced asceticism and more (00:14:53)
- Athletic Competitions Besides the Olympics, other games included the Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian Games and more (00:15:06)
- Gymnasium A training facility for athletes and a place of socializing and learning and more (00:16:55)
- Phalanx A military formation used by Greek hoplites and more (00:15:26)
- Theseus Hero known for slaying the Minotaur and more (00:14:35)
- Hades God of the underworld and more (00:16:55)
- Homer The epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey are attributed to Homer and more (00:16:42)
- Apollo God of the sun, music, and prophecy and more (00:18:54)
- Greek Pottery Known for its black-figure and red-figure techniques and more (00:16:54)
- Sappho A famous female poet from the island of Lesbos and more (00:13:22)
- Delian League An alliance led by Athens for mutual protection against the Persians and more (00:14:11)
- Olympian Gods Twelve main gods who resided on Mount Olympus and more (00:15:32)
- Mycenaean Civilization An early Greek civilization known for its palatial states and more (00:17:36)
- Hippocrates Known as the father of medicine and more (00:15:16)
- Greek Alphabet The basis for many Western alphabets, including Latin and more (00:15:20)
- Aristotle’s Lyceum Aristotle founded this school in Athens and more (00:12:32)
- Science Greeks made significant contributions to science, with figures like Archimedes and Hippocrates and more (00:15:39)
- Philosophers Famous Greek philosophers include Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and more (00:13:47)
- Origin, City, Democracy, and the Olympics (00:14:10)
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