1. ! People should visit Greece for
many reasons. When they go, they
can learn and understand
Ancient Greece more than they
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have ever done before. Also they can
see many interesting sights that
will take your breath away. Greece
is the full of wonderful things and
I would hope to go soon.
Greece
! Greece is located in both
Europe and the Asia Minor. It is
primarily located on the Balkan
Peninsula in South Eastern
Europe. There is one part in
Southern Greece where there is only
a small strip of land connecting it
to the mainland.
! Greece is big on mountains.
Seventy-five percent of mainland
Greece is covered in mountains.
Between the mountains there are
narrow valleys and small plains.
Greece also has very many
islands. Greece is surrounded by
2,000 islands.It is not very
pleasant for farming, but it is
good for raising animals like
sheep and goats.

2. Greece is full of many
interesting sights. These include
where the Olympics first took place.
They first took place in 776 B.C.
in the valley of Olympia. People
from all the city-sates near and
far would come and interesting
every four years to get the honor of
winning. Olympics were very
small and they only had one race.
This was the foot race. All though it
was small, it was the biggest thing
to the Greeks.
! One interesting fact about
Greece is the ancient poet Homer.
Homer had written two epic poems.
These were the Iliad and the
Odyssey. He was blind and still
he could recite 28,000 verse of the
poems from memory. Now, some
historians believe that Homer did
not write the poems himself, but ! When in Greece you can also
with several other writers also. see many other Although sights.
Another one of these includes the
! One other person is Hesiod. Parthenon. This temple was built to
Hesiod would teach the ancient honor the goddess Athena in 438
Greeks about the gods, their special B.C.. It had required 22,000 tons
skills, their appearance, and how to of white marble and much hard
honor them. This would draw people work. You can see it today, but
apart because they had different now part of it is missing because
ways to honor the gods. Hesiod of a war. It is partially crumbled
never stopped though. He worked to and the beautiful temple we knew
teach people the religion and to back then is now not its full self.
stay believing.
Riley Coonan