History of Old Greece
We can detach Greek others deuses: Atena,
goddess of the arts, Apolo, god of the Sun, Ártemis,
goddess of the hunting and protector of the cities, Afrodite,
goddess of the love and the beauty, Démeter, goddess of the harvests, Hermes, messenger of deuses, among others. Mythology Greek also was very important in the life of this civilization, therefore through myths and legends the Greeks transmitted important messages and teachings. The civilization Greek
appeared between the seas Aegean, Jônico and the Mediterranean, for return of 2000 AC. The pólis, city-state, form that the life characterizes politics of the Greeks, had appeared for return of century VIII a.C. Some migrations of Greek peoples to some points of the Mediterranean Sea happen, as consequence of the great population growth, the internal conflicts and the necessity of new territories for the practical one of agriculture. In the region of the Thracian, the Greeks establish colonies, in the south part of the Italic peninsula and in the region of Lesser Asia. Society of Old Greece. The economy of the Greeks was based on the culture of oliveiras, wheat and vineyards. It was in Old Greece, in the city of Olímpia, that had appeared the Olímpicos Games in homage to deuses.