Hades Speaks!: A Guide to the Underworld by the Greek God of the Dead

Hades Speaks!: A Guide to the Underworld by the Greek God of the Dead — page 9
philosophy sculpture theater and most importantly us Greek gods The Romans renamed us of course but we'll talk about those toga wearing thieves later My people lived on mainland Greece and its surrounding islands Most of Greece is a rocky mountainous place which created tough rugged adventuresome people The Greeks sailed into regions unknown to them anyway and established cities in what is now Turkey and even Italy While the ancient Greeks were brilliant they were also a tad warlike They battled among their many city states like you and your friends fight for the last piece of candy in the bowl Athens fought Sparta in a war that lasted decades and got just about every city state involved in picking sides They also fought off invasions from their dreaded enemies the Persians But don't get me wrong I'm not complaining about all that death and destruction It made my underworld a very busy place Aside from their many innovations however it is my opinion that the Greek’s greatest achievement was and I say this with all humility the creation of us the Greek