Portal:Ancient Greece/Did you know

...that Crete, although now Greek, had its own civilization well before Ancient Greece in the

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...that

, and then the assassin was killed by some of the other bodyguards?

...that Tsakonian language, a dialect of Greek that is found on the Peloponnese, is actually descended from the Dorians?

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... that the

of 480 BC.

...that the ancient Greeks admired ancient Egyptian medicine?

...that together with his teacher, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the philosophical foundations of Western culture?

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...that the historical origins of the Ancient Olympic Games are unknown, but several legends and myths survive?

...that the Ancient Greeks had many words to describe slaves?

...that the Colossus of Rhodes was a huge statue of the Greek god Helios, erected on the Greek island of Rhodes?

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• ... that by the time of his death, Alexander the Great had conquered most of the world known to the ancient Greeks?

• ...that the Acropolis of Athens was also known as Cecropia, after the legendary serpent-man, Kekrops or Cecrops, the first Athenian king?

• ...that the Temple of Zeus housed one of the
  Seven Wonders of the Ancient World — the monumental statue of Zeus by Phidias
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• ...that around 600 BC, the wooden
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• ...that although of Greek origin, the Corinthian order was seldom used in Greek architecture?

• ...that Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their own culture?
  
  

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