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Ancient Greece is called 'the birthplace of Western civilisation'. About 2500 years ago, the Greeks created a way of life that other people admired and copied.The Romans Copied Greek art and Greek gods,for examples. The Ancient Greek's lived in mainland Greece and the Greek islands, but also in what is now Turkey, and in colonies scattered around the Mediterranean sea coast.
Ancient Greece had a warm, dry climate, as Greece does today. People lived by farming, fishing, and trade. Some were soldiers. As you can see on this chart it shows that July and August are the hottest times to go there.Many Greek's were poor. Life was hard because farmland, water and timber for building were all scarce. That's why many Greek's sailed off to find new lands to settle.
This is Hercules/Heracles the son of Zeus his farther and Alcmena his mother. Hercules was the greatest of all heroes in Greek mythology. Hercules was the strongest man on earth. Hercules was called (Heracles by the Greek's) his bravery made up for any lack of cunning.Hercules grew up with Pegasus, his cute and flying horse. Hercules was put threw 12 labours to do from his farther for forgiveness.
-Zeus was the king of the gods.
-Hera was the wife of Zeus and the queen of the gods. 
-Athena is the goddess of war and cunning wisdom.
-Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty. 
-Hermes was the god of travel, business, weights and measures and sports. 
-Dionysos was the fun loving god of high spirits, strong emotions and wine. 
Dionysos, who was drunk on wine, was captured by a gang of pirates. Dionysos awoke to find himself far out to sea. He tried to convince them of who he was but the pirates jeered and laughed at him.Dionysos finally lost his temper. He filled the boat with wine. Vines went shooting through the masts and broke the sails on the boat. The pirates were terrified and hurled themselves into the sea. The god turned them into dolphins, all except for the pirate who believed what Dionysos said.
All three goddesses appeared before Paris. All three goddesses promised Paris different prizes if he picked them. Aphrodite promised him the most beautiful woman in the world. This woman was Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta. Aphrodite made Helen fall in love with Paris. The couple ran off together. Menelaus called together his allies in Greece. They set off to recapture Helen. The resulting war lasted for ten years.
On the day he was born, Hermes stole and hid Apollo's cattle. When Apollo came to retrieve the cattle, the baby Hermes jumped back into bed and pretended to be an innocent child.Apollo was very angry. He complained to Zeus about how he had been treated. However Zeus found the incident very funny.
Hermes
Aphrodite
Dionysos
Hercules
Pegasus
Zeus

Actaeon was a hunter. In the woods one day he accidentally came upon Artemis and her nymphs bathing. The goddess became angry that a mortal had seen her naked. In revenge she turned Actaeon into a stag. His hunting dogs did not recognise him in his new form, so he was hunted and eventually killed by his own dogs.
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