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Ancient Greece: Gods, Games and Ideas

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The marble Parthenon temple standing on the Acropolis hill in Athens
📷 kevinpoh · CC BY 2.0

was one of the most in . Around 2,500 ago, the the , the , , and some of the . So many of our about , art, and in .

was not one like it is . it was made up of many , each like a with its own and . The two most were , which art and , and , where to , .

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The were in , , in 776 BCE. in , , and — all in of the god .

The ruins of the ancient stadium at Olympia where the first Olympics were held
📷 Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

🗂️ Sort each thing into the city-state it best matches.

  • Famous for art and learning

  • Children trained as soldiers

  • Birthplace of democracy

  • A tough, warrior way of life

The in many and who each of . was of the , was the of , and the . They these on the of , the in .

A marble statue of a Greek god from ancient Greece
📷 Gary Todd from Xinzheng, China · CC0

🔗 Match each Greek god to what they ruled.

  • Zeus

  • Athena

  • Poseidon

  • Apollo

The — about and . You know some of them: and his , and his , or the who a called the in a . These and for of .

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The of is after the . You can the — her — on a called the .

were . like , , and big about , , and . The ' 'the of . Their how we , of .

A marble bust of an ancient Greek philosopher
📷 Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania · CC BY 2.0
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The — a where could on . The from the ' () and ' ().

🃏 Flip each card to learn a Greek word or idea.

Tap each card to see the answer.

Quiz time! 📝

Ancient Greece Quiz

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