Ancient Greece is the name that is used to describe the world in which people talked in Greek language in ancient times. That name relates to not only the area of today’s Greek state, but to areas populated by Greeks in ancient times. According to the traditions the period of ancient Greece begins with the first Olympic Games in 776 B.C., but most of today’s historians expand that term to about 1000 years B.C. Traditional date of the end of period of ancient Greece is considered to be the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.
Ancient Greece some historian consider as the foundation of western European civilization culture. Greek culture performed a strong influence on Roman Empire that transferred its shape over many parts of Europe. Civilization of ancient Greece immeasurably influenced the language, politics, educations, philosophy, art and architecture of modern world, especially during Renaissance in Western Europe, and later in America.
10FACT No 10
Competitors at the Ancient Olympic performed in the nude, although some wore penis restraints. Sheep testicles were eaten to enhance performance.
09FACT No 9
2.000 people still practice the Ancient Greek religion, with gods like Zeus and Poseidon. Until 1976, a form of Ancient Greek was the official language of Greece.
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The Brazen Bull was an execution device invented in ancient Greece. Victims were locked inside a metal bull, which was heated, roasting them alive.
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Columbus was not the first to suggest the Earth was round – the idea dates to 500 BC Greece. Mathematician Erathosenes even estimated the circumference of the Earth successfully.
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The first record of “Giving someone the finger” dates back to Ancient Greece, seen as a symbol for the phallus, the gesture was used to insult others.
05FACT No 5
The tradition of placing candles on birthday cakes can be attributed to the Greeks. Round cakes honored rtimis the moon goddess and candles symbolized the moon’s glow.
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Philosopher Diogenes rejected human norms and society. He urinated on others, defecated in front of people, gave the middle finger and pleasured himself in public.
03FACT No 3
Pythagoras had a cult and banned followers from eating beans, possibly seeing them as sacred. He was supposedly killed by a mob after refusing to enter as bean field.
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The Sacred Band of Thebes was an elite military force of 150 pairs of male lovers. They twice defeated the Spartans despite being outnumbered.
01FACT No 1
On wedding days, Spartan brides shaved their heads, dressed up like men and waited for their man in a dark room. Men lived in barracks until 30 and only saw their wives in secret.
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