Greece is a great place to visit with its warm weather, beautiful beaches, and rich history. It has many historical landmarks like the Parthenon in Athens to see. Visitors can enjoy taking walks around the wonderful sightseeing mountains and beaches. With its fascinating history, warm climate, and natural and cultural attractions, Greece offers much to see and do.
Greece: A Warm Place with Rich History and Culture
1. Come to
The climate in Greece is very dry,
so it is pretty warm. This and the
fact that the land is rocky make it
Greece is a great place to visit.
It is full of fascinating history. It has
many historical landmarks, statues,
and monuments, like the parthenon,
to come see. The weather there is
Greece!
hard to farm. In the winter, it is
very windy. This makes the pretty warm, and it has beautiful
weather cooler in the winter. All in beaches to go and play in around the
all, the weather is nice in Greece. coast. Taking walks around the
wonderful sight-seeing mountains is
something you will never forget.
There is so much to see and do in
Greece. Why wouldn’t you come?
2. The agora was basically a big place Did you know we got the idea of
to meet with friends, do some shopping, the olympics from the greeks? Well we
discuss things, put on shows, sell things, did. Every forth summer, in the city of
find work, and more in Ancient Greece. Olympia, for four days they would do
Most agoras were located in the center of the olympic games. In the games they
town with many government buildings competed in running races. Then later
surrounding them. Women were rarely on they would do longer runs, long
seen in them unless they were poor. jumps, wrestling, spear throwing,
Around 1924, more modern buildings were boxing, chariot racing, and more.
built over agoras. Now there aren’t any. Women, slaves, foreigners, and
Greece is located on the Balkan dishonored persons couldn’t compete:
Peninsula in southern-eastern Europe. The Acropolis in Athens as an women couldn’t even watch it. Since
It is very mountainous; so much that ancient, holy site with many statues and times have changed, the Olympics have
over three-fourths of mainland Greece. temples inside it. One temple inside it, in too.
Between the mountains lie valleys and the center, is the Parthenon. Another
small plains. Around the coast, the temple in it is the Erechtheum, which is Did you know we got the idea of
land is jagged and is cut by many inlets dedicated to the god Poseidon and a hero tragedy, comedy, and drama
that are surrounded by over 2,000 Erechtheus. There is an outdoor statue of performances from the ancient greeks?
islands. The seas that surround Athena Promachos, who is the goddess Believe it or not, we did. They made
Greece are the Mediterranean Sea, who protects the Acropolis and the rest of these big and marvelous theaters,
Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Sea of Athens. A small temple called Nike is also called theatrons, in which they came up
Marama, and the Black Sea. inside the Acropolis and is dedicated to with the idea to do all different kinds of
the goddess of victory. Lastly, the performances. They also had an
Propylaed is a grand gateway guarding the orchestra that performed in the
entrance into the Acropolis. Even though performances as well. They didn’t
the place has been burned and destroyed allow women to perform, and they
many times, the remains are very popular normally only had three actors.
to see. By: Lucy Milne