http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/ancientgreece Questions tagged with 'ancientgreece' at Ask MetaFilter. Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:02:56 -0800 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:02:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/12387/When%2Ddid%2Dthey%2Dstop%2Dworshiping%2Dthe%2DGreek%2Dgods AncientHistoryFilter: When did the worship of the gods of the ancient Greeks - Zeus, Athena, Poseidon, and so on - die out? (+) It appears to me that no longer do men accomplish proper hecatombs to Zeus, nor do they singe the rich thigh pieces, edged with fat, in his name - nor do they scatter white barley to placate Poseidon the Earth-Shaker - <br> <br> but I could be wrong? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.12387 Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:02:56 -0800 ancientgreece ancienthistory athena gods greekgods history religion worship zeus ikkyu2 http://ask.metafilter.com/6720/Travel%2Din%2Dancient%2DGreece Travel in ancient Greece. [more inside] Nowadays, if one were going to be travelling for several days in the wilderness, one might bring, among other things, a backpack. Did ancient Greeks/Macedonians/Hellenes/whatever, circa 600 BC, have backpacks, or backpack equivalents? If so, do you know the actual greek word for it, and can you describe it? (How did it close?) If not, how would Greeks lug foodstuffs around? <br> <br> Also, what was the common method for carrying a sword around? Suppose one was walking from Sparta to Athens. Would one have a scabbard/sheath, or did one just wrap their weapon in rags, or what?<br> <br> [Please don't flame me for my ignorance of history; can you believe I've lived 26 years and didn't think to wonder about these things until now? I've been waiting weeks for a book on travel in ancient greece to show up at my local library, but the Seattle libraries have been very bad lately about fulfilling hold requests. And google was no help at all.] tag:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.6720 Thu, 22 Apr 2004 16:58:04 -0800 ancientgreece Greece travelgreece evinrude