OraclesOracles were the ones who interpreted signs sent by gods through bird signs, animal entrails, and other various methods. The Greeks believed that you could communicate with the gods at certain places, at certain times, through certain people, and that the gods would give you advice and maybe tell you what was going to happen in the future. The most important oracle of the Greek antiquity was Pythia, who was the oracle of Apollo.
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SoldiersThe Hoplite Phalanx. The anchent Greek city-states developed a military stratagy called the phalanx, which were rows of shoulder-to-sholder hoplites. The Hoplites would lock their shields together, and the first few ranks of soldiers would project their spears out over the first rank of shields. The soldier would have a long spear, short sword shield, and a circular bronze.
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SlavesIn Greece some slaves would go to school with free children and watch over them while they were at school. For the most part the slaves were treated well. Slaves had no way to buy or earn their way out of slavery. Most people who were slaves in Greece had been born free. They were sold into slavery by their parents when they were children, because their parents were too poor to take care of them.
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