User:Trezise

Bestiary

 * Bees
 * Cattle
 * Goats
 * Pigs
 * Sheep
 * Slaves

Greek Gods
Sacrafices to please the gods - food gifts for the gods are left on altars. The best gift was an animal. A bull was the greatest; a sheep was the most common.
 * Aphrodite - goddess of love and beauty.
 * Apollo - god of the sun, truth, music, poetry, dance and healing.
 * Ares - god of war.
 * Artemis - goddess of the moon, wild animals and childbirth.
 * Athena - goddess of war, wisdom and art.
 * Demeter - goddess of grain and fertility.
 * Dionysus - god of wine and vegetation.
 * Hephaestus - god of fire, volcanoes, blacksmiths and craftsmen.
 * Hera - goddess of women and marriage.
 * Hermes - god of travel, business, weights, measures and sport.
 * Poseidon - god of the sea, earthquakes and horses.
 * Zeus - god of the weather and ruler of the gods.

Professions

 * Blacksmithing
 * Bronze breastplate - chest protector.
 * Bronze helmet - flared out at the back to protect the Hoplite's neck.
 * Greaves - shin guards.
 * Hoplon - large, round shield about 1m across and made from wood and bronze.
 * Metal-pointed spear - used for jabbing, not for throwing. About 6.5, long.
 * Cooking
 * Barley bread
 * Cakes - made from barley?
 * Cheese - expensive.
 * Eels
 * Fish - expensive.
 * Fruit - expensive.
 * Honey cakes
 * Meat
 * Olive oil
 * Porridge - made from mixed grains.
 * Quail
 * Wine - diluted with water.
 * Crafting
 * Bracelets
 * Earrings
 * Ivory
 * Mirrors - made from polished bronze.
 * Necklaces
 * Papyrus - a kind of paper.
 * Pottery
 * Statues - made from stone (marble) and metal (bronze). Marble statues are brightly painted.
 * Vases - made from clay. Black-figure or red-figure.
 * Harvesting
 * Apples
 * Barley
 * Figs
 * Flax
 * Grapes - some are kept for eating. Workers tread on the rest to squeeze the juice out. The juice is stored in tubs to ferment. Kept in large pottery jars called pithoi. Wine is mixed with water in a large pot called a krater.
 * Green beans
 * Honey
 * Millet
 * Nuts
 * Olives - eaten or squashed for oil. Olive oil is used for cooking, washing, as lamp fuel and as treatment for injured athletes. Knocked from trees with sticks.
 * Pears
 * Peas
 * Pomegranates
 * Wheat
 * Fishing
 * Octopus
 * Sardines
 * Sponges
 * Squid
 * Swordfish
 * Mining
 * Amber
 * Copper
 * Lead
 * Silver
 * Tin
 * Tailoring
 * Broad-rimmed hat
 * Chiton - basic loose fitting garment usually made of wool or linen.
 * Hair ribbon
 * Himation - cloak that is worn over a chiton.
 * Lace-up leather boots

Travel and Transport

 * Donkeys
 * Horse-drawn carriages - carry passengers and their goods.
 * Merchant ships - carry passengers and goods, and can sail up to 160km per day.

Combat

 * Infantry
 * Hoplites - Greek foot soldiers. They were named after their shields, which were called holpons. The symbol of each soldier's family or city was shown on their hoplon.
 * Mounts
 * Cavalry
 * Indian elephants - used as 'living tanks' to frighten enemies, especially their horses.
 * Ships
 * Trireme - supreme fighting ship of the Greek navy. Powered by 170 oarsmen. The rowers sat in three rows. Archers fired arrows at enemy ships from the falt deck. Had a bronze-covered post fitted to its prow to ram and sink enemy ships.