Friday, December 19, 2008

Humanities assignment on Nov. 14th, 2008-FAT questions

Humanities assignment-Nov. 14th, 2008-FAT questions (Greece, Rome)


1.What sports/ games do people enjoy?

Many of the games played in the Olympic Games of ancient Greece are still included in the

Olympics today. Three of these games are boxing, weightlifting, and the pentahalon. All of

those events are still included in Olympics today. As for ancient Roman, they had Gladiators,

Roman games (Field & Track), Ball games, and Board games. 

(http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/greecerome/Greecesports1.html)


2. How do people dress?

Generally, Roman men wore two garments, the tunica and the toga. The tunica was a short woolen

under garment with short sleeves. But actually, to wear a long tunic with long sleeves was considered

effeminate and was generally avoided by society as a whole. 

(http://www.unrv.com/culture/ancient-roman-clothing.php)


3. Did Greece fight with other country? Why?

Wars were very common in ancient Greece. The Greeks lived in little city-states, each one like a small town in the

United States today, with more than about 100,000 people in each city-state, like Athen, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes-

were always fighting each other over their borders. Often they would get together in leagues, a lot of city-states

together, to fight as allies. (http://www.crystalinks.com/greekwars.html)


4.What are the religion in Greece or Roman?

Greek religion-encompasses the collection of beliefs and rituals practices in ancient Greece in the form of both popular

public religion and cult practices. Moreover, Greek people all recognized the 13 major gods and goddess: Zeus,

Hera, Poseidon, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Ares, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Athena, Hermes, Demeter, and Hestia.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_religion 

Roman religion - encompasses the collection of beliefs and rituals practised in ancient Rome in ancient Rome in

the form of cult practices. It's therefore the practical counterpart of Roman mythology.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_ancient_Rome)


5.Why Olympic are from Greece?

The ancient Olympic Games, part of a major religious festival honoring Zeus, the chief Greek god,

were the biggest event in their world. They were the scene of political rivalries between people from

different parts of the Greek world, and the site of controversies, boasts public announcements and

humiliation.(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/spirit.html)

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