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Professor of Ancient Greek History Paul Christesen joins WIRED to answer your questions from Twitter. What do we know about the original Olympics? How did Ancient Greece elect leaders? Is the film ‘300’ accurate? Was there a huge outdoor statue of Athena in Acropolis as in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey? What exactly did we lose when the Library of Alexandria burned? Why did ancient Greeks place a coin in the mouth of the recently decesased? These questions and plenty more are answered today on Ancient Greece Support. 0:00 Ancient Greek Support 0:12 Did Ancient Greeks wear clothes? 0:54 Accuracy of ‘300’ 2:06 Death of Alexander The Great 2:57 Athena Statue from Assassin’s Creed 3:54 Ancient Freeks 5:02 Not That Homer 6:16 The Burning of the Library of Alexandria 7:10 Coin in the mouth? 7:35 Best philosopher 8:16 How Ancient Greece elected leaders 10:09 The original Olympics 11:35 Ancient Greek inventions 12:32 Ancient Greek entertainment 13:28 Did anyone check on the gods or….? 14:51 Origins of Ancient Greece 16:37 Did Greece have an empire? 17:27 When was the ‘Golden Age’ of Ancient Greece? 18:28 Ancient Greek diet 18:53 Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space 19:27 Origins of Ostracism 20:18 What do Greek columns represent? Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Get WIRED podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the magazine ►► Follow WIRED: Instagram ►► Twitter ►► Facebook ►► Tik Tok ►►@wired Get more incredible stories on science and tech with our daily newsletter: Also, check out the free WIRED channel on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. ABOUT WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. Through thought-provoking stories and videos, WIRED explores the future of business, innovation, and culture.
