Many people identify the Ancient Greeks as a strong and intelligent group of people who developed modern technology, some of which we still use today. However, there is more to them than that. The Ancient Greeks were a unique community whose characteristics give them a defining role in the history of our world. Their identity was exhibited in many ways, but a few of the most important ways were their reverence to gods, their devotion to a strong military, and the geography of their land. Gods were very important in Greeks culture. They played such a big part in their daily lives that it was a crime if one rejected the help of a god. This is shown when in a myth, the Greek warrior Ajax turned down help from the Greek goddess Athena (class notes).
