GREECE

Greece is a country that belongs to the European Union. It's situated in the south of Europe (Balkan Peninsula) next to Mediterranean Sea. At present, this country has 11 millions of inhabitants.

ECONOMIC CRISIS

Greece has had a lot of problems with other countries and the European Union because of his economic situation in last years. Also, this country received economic helps of other countries of the European Union.

FLORA Y FAUNA

The 50% of the Greece's area is covered by forests with vegetation. During the World War II were destroyed millions of hectares by several enemy troops and the Greek government conceived a plan to replant all the trees that were destroyed.

Seals and turtles live in the seas around Greece, meanwhile in forests there are brown bears, lynxes, grey wolfs…

CULTURE

ESCULPTURE

Talking of culture, in Greece, some of the most famous sculptures of all the times were built. For example: Laocoön and his sons. 

ARCHITECTURE

On the other hand, the architecture also was very important; the best example of Greek architecture is The Parthenon.

GASTRONOMY

There isn't a typical food of Greece because they have the Mediterranean diet. This diet is very known in Europe, it's typical of the countries that are near of the Mediterranean Sea. The Mediterranean diet is composed by vegetables, olive oil, meat and fish. This is a very healthy diet!

MUSIC

The Greek music is not very known in the world, but this country won The Eurovision Song Contest in 2005. The composer of the winner song was Helena Paparizou that sang in English the song called My Number One.

SPORT

I can't forget to talk about the first Olympic Games. They were taken in Athens; in 1896 (they had a huge assistance). Also, The Olympic Games were taken in Athens in the year 2004 (some of the Spanish sporty people that still following actives went to those Olympic Games). A curious thing about the Greek history is that the Marathon was "invented" in honour to a Greek soldier that ran 42'195 kilometres from a city called Marathon to Athens to announce to all Athenian people that their troops have beaten to the Persians. The Marathons were Olympic Sport from the starts of The Olympic Games.

MYTHOLOGY

And I can't forget the famous Greek mythology! The Greek mythology tells us the great feats of the Greek gods and heroes that they did in the past. There are hundreds of stories, poems, sculptures, temples, etc. dedicated to gods and heroes like Zeus, Ares, Apollo, Hades, Athena…  

QUESTIONS

1. What is the capital of Greece?

2. You have to complete the following sentences:

·        _ _ _ _  is the god of all the gods.

·        Aphrodite is the goddess of  _ _ _ _ .

·        _ _ _ _  is the god of the war.

·        Poseidon is the god of the  _ _ _.

3. Say me three famous Greek sculptures.

4. In which two museums are the rests of the Parthenon? (The rests which aren't in the Parthenon)