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believed that their gods and goddesses controlled everything and should be respected and honoured.\u003Cbr>• Templesand shrines were built as places of worship.\u003Cbr>• Festivals were held to celebrate the gods and goddesses and people would make offerings to them in the hope of being granted\u003Cbr>good fortune.\u003Cbr>• It is believed that the 12 most powerful gods lived on Mount Olympus.\u003Cbr>• Stories were told about the gods and goddesses and included heroic questsand scary beasts.\u003Cbr>Zeus\u003Cbr>|  |\n| • The most powerful of all the gods.\u003Cbr>• God of the Sky and the King of Mount Olympus.\u003Cbr>• His temper affected the weather, and when he was angry he threw thunderbolts.\u003Cbr>Hera\u003Cbr>• The sister and wife of Zeus.\u003Cbr>• She was powerful and beautiful but very jealous and vain.\u003Cbr>• Hera is an earth goddess and the goddess of family and marriage. | |\n\n\n| Battles and Wars |\n| --- |\n| Battles took place between different city states but when an outside enemy attacked, these city states would sometimes join forces.\u003Cbr>The Battle of Marathon\u003Cbr>• The Athenians were being invaded by the Persiansand needed more soldiers to help them fight.\u003Cbr>• Pheidippides was sent to run to Sparta to ask them to join forces with the Athenians. He ran 26 miles from Athens to Sparta which took him two days.\u003Cbr>• The Spartans said they would help but only after they had finished celebrating a festival.\u003Cbr>• Pheidippides ran all the way back to Athens to tell them they would have to wait.\u003Cbr>• The Athenian army couldn’t wait and unbelievably, with strong fighting strategies, they were victorious.\u003Cbr>• Pheidippides ran all the way back to Athens to tell them of the army’s victory but when he arrived after delivering the message, he died.\u003Cbr>The Trojan War\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>• The Trojan War is a famous story told by the famous Greek writer, Homer.\u003Cbr>• The Greeks had a plan to win a battle against the Trojans… they gifted a large wooden horse to the city which the Trojans thought was a sign that the Greeks had given up.\u003Cbr>• Hiding inside the horse, was a group of Greek soldiers, who, in the dead of night, climbed out and let the rest of the Greek army into the city to fight.\u003Cbr>• Finally, the city of Troy was destroyed.\u003Cbr>|\n\nView more Ancient Greece planning resources. visit [twinkl.com](twinkl.com)","cbCaiuAn8gW0qdKU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuAn8gW0qdKU","pdf",473415,"English","# Greek Gods and Goddesses\n## Zeus\n## Hera\n# Battles and Wars\n## The Battle of Marathon\n## The Trojan War","[{\"question\":\"What did the ancient Greeks believe about their gods and goddesses?\",\"answer\":\"They believed the gods and goddesses controlled everything and should be respected and honoured.\"},{\"question\":\"What role did festivals and offerings play in Greek worship?\",\"answer\":\"Festivals were held to celebrate the gods and goddesses, and people made offerings in the hope of being granted good fortune.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the Greeks win the Trojan War?\",\"answer\":\"They used a large wooden horse as a trick: Greek soldiers hid inside, then escaped at night and let the rest of the Greek army into the city to fight.\"}]","Ancient Greece KS2 - Greek Gods and Battles | PDF",1790590366]