What Do We Know About Life In Ancient Greece?

Did the Ancient Greeks really invent the Olympics? What did they wear? How did they party? What did Ancient Greek music sound like?

In the first episode of a new series, host of 'The Ancients' podcast, Tristan Hughes answers the most searched Google questions about Ancient Greece.



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00:00 Introduction
00:44 Was Ancient Greece before the Romans?
02:21 Was Ancient Greece a country?
03:21 Was Ancient Greece polytheistic?
04:18 Was Ancient Greece really hot?
04:50 What did Ancient Greeks eat?
07:16 What did Ancient Greeks conquer?
08:44 What did Ancient Greeks discover?
11:17 What did Ancient Greeks wear?
12:37 What did Ancient Greeks look like?
13:32 Did Ancient Greeks invent the Olympics?
14:45 Did Ancient Greeks party?
16:29 Did Ancient Greeks have orgies?
18:11 Did Socrates, Plato and Aristotle really exist?
19:16 How did Ancient Greek democracy work?
22:39 How did Ancient Greeks go to the toilet?
23:59 How do Ancient Greek texts survive?
25:21 How did Ancient Greeks worship?
25:46 How did Ancient Greek athletes train?
27:27 Who did Ancient Greeks fight with?
29:05 How did Ancient Greek music sound?
31:49 How often do you think about the Greek Empire?