Wednesday, June 8, 2011

To Mr. Lagree's class: answers to your questions


To Makenna, yes our trip is going well except for right now, because our ferry to Crete is delayed by 6 hours!!! It's okay because it has eleven levels and a pool with a helicopter pad overhead! Riley, it has been really fun, the best part about Athens is that people tried to sell you stuff by lowering the prices and calling you, "my friend!" Alex, Nina is going to do a post about animals in Greece, so that will happen later. Alexa my favorite food so far was the yogurt with honey and peaches and tatziki is also my favorite. I have eaten a souvlaki, which is grilled meat and pita and yogurt cucumber sauce (tatziki) EVERY DAY! Now it has become my goal. 

Jack and Jaden, I like Greece better than Hilton, but I have no friends here so I miss you guys. 

Hannah, a few days ago we went to the Parthenon, as you know, which is dedicated to Athena because Athens is named after Athena and both Athena and Poseidon wanted to represent the city-state, so they each offered the citizens something. Athena offered them the Olive Tree and Poseidon offered them a spring of saltwater. They liked Athena's gift more. You could make olive oil and use it for cooking, oiling your body for beauty and athletics!!! and perfume. Once in the Parthenon there was a HUGE statue of Athena in the Parthenon. It was made of gold leaf and ivory and jewels. Athena was the goddess of war and wisdom and strategy. She was born out of Zeus's head. I strongly recommend reading the Percy Jackson series for more info. Today we went to the National Archeological museum and my Mom took a photo of a model of the original Athena sculpture. Imagine this 30 feet tall--Athena's symbols are the owl and the shield with medusa's head on it. She also once held a NIKE on her hand, not the shoe but a female goddess who represents victory in battle. Her snake represents the beginning of Athens.

Hannah, here is a picture of a small model of the original sculpture in the Parthenon.


Haley, some of the other ancient Gods are Zeus, the father of all Gods, Hera, the goddess of marriage, Poseidon is the god of the sea, Hades is the god of the underworld, which in Greek mythology there is only the underworld and Elysium, not heaven and hell. You can try for three lifetimes to get Elysium, which is basically living forever in a beautiful  neighborhood. You are judged for your lifetimes. We found out that Dionysus was the god of wine and theater and entertainment. and the god of satyrs, we saw his theater near the Parthenon. Greeks really liked him. Mr. Lagree here is statue of you, the God of teachers, we saw it in the museum in Athens.
I can't show you the other half of your God's body because he is naked. It's funny, all the women statues in ancient Greece had togas and all the men are naked!

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10 comments:

  1. LOL--that is some funny stuff but Jayna thinks it looks more like you because of the curly hair!!! (right back at ya!!) Why is the ferry delayed? Are you waiting on the ferry and using its pool?
    Tomorrow it is Scinece Fun Day. it is hot here. The air broke in school and it is hotter in our room than in the cafeteria kitchen!
    Keep us posted!

    From the teaching God and his class

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  2. Hello Angus and family. Science fun Day was fun. And guess what!!! Jayna ate rocks and Johnathon was bitten by a baby crayfish. He is ok though. Sam wore panty hose...but on his head!!!!And we even had a Quest kid captured in a bubble and had to stay in it until the bubble popped!!!! And Haley examined her DNA and found out she is really a strawberry!!!! But Alex searched through the throw-up of an owl and is incredibly excited about that!!! He thinks maybe his owl had a dinosaur for snack!!!

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  3. Hi Angus its Jack i am blogging you from my house!!!
    I got to watch Sam were his panty hose it was funny!
    I had to do it to for minute to win it!!! We had to put panty hose on and it had a tennis ball in the leg part then there would be 4 water bottles and 4 viteman waters it ws pretty hard!! But fun I hope you and your family have fun

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  4. We had to put the panty hose on our heads


    Jack

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  5. Hi Angus its Jack again.Its finally the weekend and I have a golf thing going on today!!!! Tomorrow I am going to seebreez!!!! I hope you have fun!!!!!!!!

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  6. Hi Angus and NIna and Mom and Dad, all ok? No posting for a quite a while! :(

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  7. Hi Angus and family how come no posting???? :(

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  8. Hi Angus, Wednesday is Feild day!!!! Then we have graduation day Friday and Exibition projects!!!! Its going to be a cramed day Friday and Wednesday at least we will hopefully have a lot of fun thoes days:):)

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  9. hey its sam the pictures look interesting.maybe ill go there sometime.have fun on the rest of your trip.ill see you in school next year.

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  10. hey angus its sam again twomarrow is field day i hape your having fun and i want too know what you have learned about greek and the gods well thats all i hope you post back thanks for reading this

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