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Ancient Greece__** Location: is Greece. In the Mediterranean area of Europe.
 * __[[image:The-Beginnings-of-Historic-Greece-700-BC-600-BC-.jpg width="400" height="250"]]

**Brief biographical sketch of the culture:** They were a warrior nation that were into theatrics and politics. They had several forms of government in there separate states. Athens, Greece was the first democracy.


 * Use of art/music**: The ancient Greeks are famous for their architecture. They have three different classes Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. Also they were big into sculpture and theatrics. There are many famous play writes from the ancient greece times. Homere is one of the most famous.

Pics of there architecture: Doric Ionic Corinthian

Phoenician letter ||||||||~ Name ||||~  ||||~   ||~ Numerical Value || Greek ||~ Medieval Greek (polytonic) ||~ ModernGreek  ||~ Ancient Greek ||~ Modern Greek ||~ Classical Ancient Greek ||~ Modern Greek ||^  || γάμα || g || gh, g, y || [ɡ]  ||  [ɣ], [ʝ]  || 3 || (or [dz] ) later [zː]  ||  [z]  || 7 || γιώτα |||| i || [i] [iː]  ||  [i], [ʝ]  || 10 || κάπα |||| k || [k]  ||  [k], [c]  || 20 || λάμβδα |||| l |||| [l]  || 30 || μυ |||| m |||| [m]  || 40 || νυ |||| n |||| [n]  || 50 || (earlier [ʉ] [ʉː]) ||  [i]  || 400 || (see text) || Phi || φεῖ || φῖ || φι || ph || f || [pʰ]  ||  [f]  || 500 || wikipeda.org  Language continued: Most languages used today have many words derived from the Greek alphabet. Also mathematics uses the Greek alphabet to represent things in math like delta represents a change in something.
 * Language:** The greek had a unique alphabet
 * ~ Letter ||~ Corresponding
 * ^  ||^   ||~ English ||~ Ancient
 * Α α || Aleph || Alpha |||| ἄλφα || άλφα |||| a || [a] [aː]  ||  [a]  || 1 ||
 * Β β || Beth || Beta |||| βῆτα || βήτα || b || v || [b]  ||  [v]  || 2 ||
 * Γ γ || Gimel || Gamma |||| γάμμα || γάμμα
 * Δ δ || Daleth || Delta |||| δέλτα || δέλτα || d || d, dh, th || [d]  ||  [ð]  || 4 ||
 * Ε ε || He || Epsilon || ε ἶ || ἒ ψιλόν || έψιλον |||| e |||| [e]  || 5 ||
 * Ζ ζ || Zayin || Zeta |||| ζῆτα || ζήτα |||| z || [zd]
 * Η η || Heth || Eta |||| ἦτα || ήτα || e, ē || i || [ɛː]  ||  [i]  || 8 ||
 * Θ θ || Teth || Theta |||| θῆτα || θήτα |||| th || [tʰ]  ||  [θ]  || 9 ||
 * Ι ι || Yodh || Iota |||| ἰῶτα || ιώτα
 * Κ κ || Kaph || Kappa |||| κάππα || κάππα
 * Λ λ || Lamedh || Lambda || λάβδα || λάμβδα || λάμδα
 * Μ μ || Mem || Mu |||| μῦ || μι
 * Ν ν || Nun || Nu |||| νῦ || νι
 * Ξ ξ || Samekh || Xi || ξεῖ || ξῖ || ξι || x || x, ks |||| [ks]  || 60 ||
 * Ο ο || 'Ayin || Omicron || οὖ || ὂ μικρόν || όμικρον |||| o |||| [o]  || 70 ||
 * Π π || Pe || Pi || πεῖ || πῖ || πι |||| p |||| [p]  || 80 ||
 * Ρ ρ || Resh || Rho |||| ῥῶ || ρω || r (ῥ: rh) || r || [r] ,  [r̥]  ||  [r]  || 100 ||
 * Σ σ ς || Sin || Sigma |||| σῖγμα || σίγμα |||| s |||| [s]  || 200 ||
 * Τ τ || Taw || Tau |||| ταῦ || ταυ |||| t |||| [t]  || 300 ||
 * Υ υ || Waw || Upsilon || ὖ || ὖ ψιλόν || ύψιλον || u, y || y, v, f || [y] [yː]
 * Φ φ || origin disputed
 * Χ χ ||^  || Chi || χεῖ || χῖ || χι || ch || ch, kh ||  [kʰ]  ||  [x], [ç]  || 600 ||
 * Ψ ψ ||^  || Psi || ψεῖ || ψῖ || ψι |||| ps ||||  [ps]  || 700 ||
 * Ω ω || 'Ayin || Omega || ὦ || ὦ μέγα || ωμέγα || o, ō || o || [ɔː]  ||  [o]  || 800 ||


 * Religion**: The ancient Greeks were polytheistic with many different gods that they worshiped.

Zeus was the main god of the ancient Greeks. Zeus was the god of the sky. He was the leader of the rest of the Olympic gods. He is famous for his use of thunder bolts and his punishment that he dealt out.
 * Zeus:**

Was the god of the sea. He is known for his use of trident. He was widely popular god because there were a lot of sea men in ancient Greece. The sea men prayed to Poseidon for their protection. Hades: ** Hades is the lord of the underworld. He rules over the dead. He is also known as the god of wealth.
 * Poseidon: **
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Hestia:
Hestia is a femal god and is zeus' sister. She is known as the goddess of the hearth.

Athena:
Athena is the goddess of reason, intelligent activity, arts and literature. She is zeus' daughter.

Apollo:
Apollo intelligent activity, arts and literature. He is known as the archer. He is the son of Zeus.

Aphrodite:
Aphrodite is the goddess of love, desire and beauty.She represents sex, affection, and the attraction that binds people together.

Hermes:
Hermes is the messenger of the rest of the gods. He is famous for his winged slippers.

Queen of Heaven and goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires.
 * Hera:**

They ancient greeks diet consisted of fish and food easily found in the rocky terrien. Their major meal of the day was supper. They ate with their hands because they did not have utensils. Wine was the main beverage.
 * How They Produce Food**:

Men ran the government, and spent a great deal of their time away from home. The men spent time in the fields, overseeing or working the crops, sailing, hunting, in manufacturing or in trade. The men enjoyed wrestling, horseback riding, and the famous Olympic Games. With the exception of ancient Sparta, Greek women had very limited freedom outside the home. They could attend weddings, funerals, some religious festivals, and could visit female neighbors for brief periods of time. In their home, Greek women were in charge. Their job was to run the house and to bear children.
 * Sex Roles of the Males/Females:**

The Greeks used reciprocity in their wars. A good example of this would be the trojan war. Paris went to Sparta and took Helen away. Greece united its separate states to attack Troy to get back at Paris for taking from them. For a video of the movie go to @http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3237937433/
 * Use of reciprocity:**

Pictures from Troy




 * Work Cited:**
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Wikipedia.org

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http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi3237937433