Further Resources: The Greek city-states and the religious festival

• Read a short description of religious sacrifices in ancient Greece.

• Examine the coin from Elis with the thunderbolt, and some other coins from the same mint in the Perseus coin catalog.

• Find out more about Pheidias, who sculpted the gigantic gold and ivory statue of Zeus that was in the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.

• Read about the colonies Greece established all around the Mediterranean Sea.

• See pictures and descriptions of ancient Greek fortresses that protected some of the Greek city-states.

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