You should know what this is by the title...

1. αρχαία Ελλάδα
(That’s how you say “ancient Greece” in Greek)
by: Carson Been

2. Fun Food
• The Greeks used many types of fish all the
time in their cooking and rarely ever used
meat besides chicken.AAAHH!AAAHH!AAAHH!AAAHH!
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3. Greek gods
• Greek gods video
ENJOY THIS VIDEO!!!
(gods of Olympus)

4. Greek clothes
• “Ancient Greek clothing consisted of two
main garments-a tunic and a cloak.”(
www.ancientgreece.com/s/Clothing/)

5. Greek Fire
• It’s not real fire, until it hits water (or
human skin)... it’s a dangerous weapon and
no one knows the exact formula that the
Byzantine-Greeks used.

6. GreekYogurt
• Greek yogurt is yogurt which has been
strained in a cloth or paper bag or filtered to
remove the whey, giving a consistency
between that of yogurt and cheese, while
preserving yogurt's distinctive sour taste.

8. Greek Architecture
• Greek architecture has influenced much of
the architecture of the US such as the
White House, as shown below.

9. Greek Easter
• Greek kids play an egg game on Easter in
which they try to hold one egg, and break
other childrens eggs.The kid with the last
egg standing is really lucky and they, unlike
the other children, will not be in serious
need of a shower.
• Greek Easter=Breakfast

10. Trojan War
• The Trojan War was a war
between the Mycenaeans
(Greeks) and the Trojans
over the king’s wife.The
Greeks won because of
Odysseus’s idea to hide in a
giant wooden horse. I have
no idea why the Trojans
brought the thing into the
city, but they were stupid
enought to do it.

11. The Olympic Games
• The Olympics
originated in
Greece and were
haeld in honor of
their god Zeuz.

12. The Greek Flag
• The Greek Flag is based on
nine equal horizontal stripes of
blue alternating with white.
There is a blue canton in the
upper hoist-side corner
bearing a white cross; the
cross symbolizes
Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

13. The Sicilian War
• The Sicilian war Sicily
was attacked by Syracuse
in 416 BC. Under the
able guidance of
Alcibiades. Alcibiades
was held for crimes
against religious
statues (hermai).
Alcibiades was
allowed for the Sicilian
expedition but on
arriving called back to
Athens for trial. He fled
to Sparta and Nicias
was the new leader.
Alcibiades became a
Spartan messenger.
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14. The Parthenon
• The Parthenon was built in 438
B.C. as a temple for Athena, the
goddess of war. Today it is the
most popular tourist attraction in
Greece.
(A Greek Temple)

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The Greek Alphabet!
• The Greeks modeled our English alphabet

16. Greek Art
• Greeks drew and sculpted a lot of
people. Mainly heroes and their gods.

17. Perseus
• This guy’s daughter married Zeuz
and had Perseus.An oracle told that
Perseus would overthrow his
grandpa, so his grandpa put Perseus
and his mom in a trunk and threw
them into the sea. SOMEHOW,
they landed on and island.The king
got mad at Perseus, so he told
Perseus to go kill Medusa.When
Perseus actually succeded, he
turned the king into stone...With
Medusa’s head.Then Dionysus killed
Perseus (idk why).

18. Perseus

19. More Pics
Of Food

20. Bibliography
• www.google.com (info+pics)
• www.wikipedea.com
• www.youtube.com
• www.ancientgreece.com/s/Clothing/
• www.oocities.org
• www.roanokegreekfestival.com
• www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Heroes/Perseus/perseus.html

22. I’m Sorry, But
The
Slideshow Is
Over......