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Democracy
Democracy is when we have a election because the people who goverment or a queen or king don't get to decide what is going to be the law it is also used for different forms of goverment.

Democracy usually called direct democracy. The people who make the decisions are chosen or more or less random. People elect there leaders. Sometimes people can propose new laws or change old laws. After people hold an election the democracy. As time went on the most powerful cities into confederations known as leagues. This applied to many of the Greek. During the 3rd century BC the political centre of gravity in Greece shifted from individual city states to leagues.

Myths
A myth is any traditional story consisting of events that are ostensibly historical explaining the origins of a cultural practise or natural phenomenon. The word myth is is derived from the Greek word 'mythos' which simply means story. Mythology can refer either to the study of myths or to a body or collection of myths. Myth can mean sacred story/traditional narrative or tale of Gods. A myth can also be a story to explain why something exists. Human cultures usually include a cosomogonical or creation myth, concerning the origins of the world or how the world came to exist. The active beings in myths are generally gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines or animals and plants. Most myths are set in a timeless past before recorded time or beginning of the critical history. A myth can be a story involving symbols that are capable of multiple meanings. A myth is a sacred narrative because it holds religious or spiritual significance for those who tell it. Myths also contribute to and express a cultures system of thought and values such as the myth of Gremlins invented by aircraft technicians during World War Two to avoid apportioning blame. Myths are often therefore stories that are currently understood as being exaggerated or fictitious. (GM,AS)

Greek mythology is known today primarily from Greek literature and representation on visual media dating from the Geometric period c.900bc-800BC.

TBM
It was fought between the Athenians and Persians. The battle took place in September 490BC on the plain of Marathon. Athens was supported by a small force from the city of Platea. The battle of Marathon was a watershed in the Greco-Persian wars, showing the Greeks that the Persians could be beaten. The eventual Greek triumph in these wars can be seen to begin at Marathon. The Persian invasion was a response to Greek involvement in the Ionian Revolts. Then, Athens and Erethia had sent a force to support the cities of Ionia who were trying to overthrow Persian rule.(I,P,R,M,L)

Gods/Goddesses
Hades is the Greek god of the underworld. Poseidon was the protector of the seafarers. His weapon was a trident. Hermes is the messenger of the Gods. He is the god of travellers and shepherds. Athena is a Greek goddess of wisdom. Hebe is the Greek goddess of youth. She is the daughter of Zeus. Ares is a god.

Hercules
Hercules was half god and half man. His father was the king of all gods - the mighty Zeus. Hercules completed 12 tasks known as the labours of Hercules. One of the tasks was killing the Nemean lion which everyone was scared of. After completing the tasks Hercules was made immortal.

Orpheus
Orpheus was a gifted musician and was the son of Apollo. Orpheus travelled to the underworld to rescue his wife who had died. The god of the underworld (Hades) agreed to let Orpheus take his wife back to Earth as long as he didn't look back on the journey home. However Orpheus was worried and looked back and lost his wife forever.

Pandoras box
One day the giant Prometheus made a beautiful girl called Pandora. When she got sent to Earth she fell in love with Prometheus' brother - Epimetheus. She begged him to open the box convinced that the box had jewels in. She crept in when he was asleep. She took the box and opened it. Out came every danger and diseases. Luckily he had also put hope in it.