Greek culture

1. Ancient Greeks had no sacred writings (such as the bible) and no commandments.
2. The Olympian gods showed human qualities for example love, hate, and jelousy. The Olympian gods were different from humans because they lived forever and had the ultimate power.
3. Some features of the Athenian democracy are that only one-fifth of the population could participate in government and only the assembly could pass laws and elected generals.
4. The three greatest thinkers of ancient greece were socrates, plato and Aristole.
5. Some events of the olympic Games were wresteling, the javelin throws and all kinds of races.
6. The simplicity of the letters to represent sounds in the greek language made widespread literacy a possibility for the first time in history.