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    final battle in 405 B.C.E., which was located near Hellespont. Sparta required Athens to give up their battleships and naval forces, surrender their city and territories to Spartan rule and monitoring, and allow their walls leading to the port at Piraeus to be knocked down. The dominance of Sparta in ancient Greece was now clearly

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    Many moons ago, in the golden and radiant town of ancient Greece lived an amiable boy named Eartha and an alluring girl named Ersa who were both integrally and deeply in love. They had seen each other for some time now, and Eartha was contemplating whether he should propose to her. He finally built up enough courage to do so and contacted Ersa’s dad Zeus, who was the king of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus and asked for his daughter's hand in marriage. Zeus never admired Eartha, because he thought

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    like this one. At this point in time you need to go immediately to Achilles for details. Good Luck. Hector.” I immediately head to Piraeus just outside of Athens where Achilles is. I stumble across Hercules on my way to meet Achilles. I tell Hercules my quest. He tells me that he will help me. Hercules and I head Piraeus to meet Achilles. Once we arrive at Piraeus we meet with Achilles he

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    Perama – an area near Piraeus • The unemployment rate in the Perama is approximately 80% Germany’s stance in Euro Crisis: • Michael Portillo argues that weaker countries in the Eurozone benefit Germany, by making the Euro currency weaker and thus increasing exports. • People

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    anxiety, eagerness, … and it gives us expectations about the country or city we are visiting. The two travelers have felt similar feelings as what we might feel. They both were eagered to find what Athens was like. Firstly, the two travelers came from Piraeus, but had different opinions about the city. They started the journey with different mentality. The traveler who first met the doctor, a thirsty man near a little stream, was gloomy and pessimistic. On the other hand, the second traveler was forward-looking

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    Sparta became very jealous and skeptical of Athens. After disagreements over the city of Corinth, Sparta had declared war on Athens. Since Athens controlled most of the sea, they decided to build walls that would go from the city to their seaport, Piraeus. This made it easier so they could stay in the city, and they still get the supplies they needed. Since Athens decided to stay put because they were secure behind the walls, this allowed Sparta to surround Athens. WAR UPDATE! A few months have

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    land routes, thus preventing resupply to Athens. By 404, Athens capitulated. Sparta offered Athens reasonable terms, given the time. No soldiers were slaughtered, and no temples were razed. The Athenian Long Walls, as well as the defenses of the Piraeus, were demolished. These two structures had long been a thorn in the side to Sparta. The Athenians acknowledged Spartan rule just for a single year, until a democratic faction was able to regain control of the city because of the injustice of the Sparta-backed

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    processed by a watermill. Your sense of direction is based upon maps, all of these things were created in Ancient Greece, and without them, your daily life would be completely different. “The first lighthouse was built by Themistocles at the harbor of Piraeus, which was connected to

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    Poseidon has a very interesting history. There are a lot of different things about him. He has a weird history. Cool different appearances. A really big family. And many different celebrations. These are the things about him. Poseidon had a big family. His mom and dad were titans and they were Cronus and Rhea. He had five siblings who were gods, and their names were Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, and Zeus. Poseidon had seven children: Theseus, Polyphemus, Belus, Agenor, Neleus, Atlas. Amphotrite

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    The republic is a wonderful classic book. Book 1 has three levels of mythos (image), Eragon and logos (discussion). The narrator Socrates reveal the events that take place in cephalus house at the Piraeus (the port of Athens) on the festival day of god (artemis). Socrates has done many adventures, explorations and democrats that is essential to give power that drove Athens to empire and democracy. In book Socrates makes a tour of contemporary definitions of justice and shows the problem with each

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