The Greeks

The Greeks followed mythology. Mythology was believed to have been run by three different groups of god. First came the titans, two of them were Gaea and Uranus. The next group was the Olympians; two of them were Zeus and Poseidon. Then after the Olympians came the lesser gods and two examples of them were Demeter and Eros. Lycurgus was a lawmaker and He created the senate. The senate made it difficult for a Tyrant …

…king of all gods. The Olympics were important and even wars would be stopped because the Olympics were taking place. Women were not allowed to take place or attend the Olympic games. Some of the Olympic games were chariot racing, which the opponents would race with horses connected to chariots. Another game was stadion witch was a 200yd foot race and the word stadium came from the word stadion. Also wrestling was a popular game.