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  2. Ancient Greek crafts - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek crafts (or the craftsmanship in Ancient Greece) was an important but largely undervalued, economic activity. It involved all activities of manufacturing transformation of raw materials, agricultural or not, both in the framework of the oikos and in workshops of size that gathered several tens of workers.

  3. List of Greek inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The ancient Greeks first used the word thalassocracy to describe the government of the Minoan civilization, whose power depended on its navy. Theatre: Theatre, in its modern sense, involving the performance of pre-written tragic, dramatic and comedic plays for an audience, first originated in Classical Athens in the 6th century BC. [79]

  4. Ancient Greek technology - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek technology developed during the 5th century BC, continuing up to and including the Roman period, and beyond. Inventions that are credited to the ancient Greeks include the gear, screw, rotary mills, bronze casting techniques, water clock, water organ, the torsion catapult, the use of steam to operate some experimental machines and ...

  5. Economy of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Much of the craftsmanship of ancient Greece was part of the domestic sphere. However, the situation gradually changed between the 8th and 4th centuries BC, with the increased commercialization of the Greek economy. Thus, weaving and baking, activities so important to the Western late medieval economy, were done only by women before the 6th ...

  6. Heron's fountain - Wikipedia

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    Heron's fountain is not a perpetual motion machine. [2] If the nozzle of the spout is narrow, it may play for several minutes, but it eventually comes to a stop. The water coming out of the tube may go higher than the level in any container, but the net flow of water is downward.

  7. Heraean Games - Wikipedia

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    The Heraea took place every four years. Some scholars have suggested that the games took place around the time of the ancient Olympics, but there is no ancient evidence for when the Heraea occurred and Donald G. Kyle argues that due to the ancient Greek custom of secluding women from unrelated males, the event was more likely entirely separate from the Olympics.

  8. Olive wreath - Wikipedia

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    The olive wreath, also known as kotinos (Greek: κότινος), [1] was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was a branch of the wild olive tree [ 2 ] Kallistefanos Elea [ 3 ] (also referred to as Elaia Kallistephanos ) [ 4 ] that grew at Olympia , [ 5 ] intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe.

  9. Episkyros - Wikipedia

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    Episkyros, or episcyrus (Ancient Greek: επίσκυρος, epískyros, lit. ' upon the skyros '; also eπίκοινος, epíkoinos, lit. ' upon the public ') [2] [3] was an Ancient Greek ball game. The game was typically played between two teams of 12 to 14 players each, being highly teamwork-oriented. [4]

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