Harvard Outline For Research Procject

1. Religion
a. Greeks are polytheistic which means they believe in more than one god.
b. They created the gods to explain mysterious things that occur in nature. (example) lightning Zeus.
c. The Greeks are supposedly not traditional towards their gods anymore.
d. The Greeks today are Orthodox christians, Muslims, Roman Catholics and Jews.

2. Culture
a. The Greeks created many sports that we use today.
b. Their cuisine is similar to the the meals we eat today.
c. They wore chitons, tunics and togas.
d. The greeks had very similar jobs to us except the fact that they specialized in wizardry and witchcraft as job.

3. Art and Sculptures
a. Michael Angelo got some of his ideas in arldingst from the Greeks.
b. They used lime stone, marble and stone the same materials we use today to make buildings.
c. There were time periods of art in greek. The most famous and earliest was the mycenaean period.
d. The Greek sculptures long ago was most likely used to represent a story.

4. Geography (Athens)
a. Athens is the symbol of freedom, art and democracy in the conscience of the civilized world.
b. It took it's name from the Greek goddess Athena whom had the power of wisdom and knowledge.
c. This is where the marvel of architecture was created, The Parthenon.

5. Olympics
a. The Greeks held this festival in honor of the twelve Olympian gods.
b. The Isthmos game took place every two years and the Pythian games took place every four years.
c. The festival was celebrated for almost five days and took place close to the years around 427 B.C.
d. They played wrestling, boxing, races, athletics and more.