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14 Things You Didnā€™t Know About Ancient Greece
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Acropolis: Erechtheum broad beans Antikythera mechanism Two images of the same Ancient Greek Trojan Archer statue: the top shows the original white marble, and the bottom shows a reconstruction with bright polychrome colors. Jacques-Louis David: Cupid and Psyche
A large wooden Trojan horse is labeled with a blue box reading "FICTION" and an arrow pointing to it, illustrating myth versus reality in Homer's Odyssey.
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Is Homer's Odyssey a True Story?
Fact or Fiction? This ancient Greek epic is less than historically accurate.
Video: EncyclopƦdia Britannica, Inc.

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Acropolis: Erechtheum
Caryatids supporting the porch of the Erechtheum on the Acropolis, Athens.
Dennis Jarvis (CC-BY-2.0) (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
broad beans
Close-up of dried broad beans, or fava beans (Vicia faba).
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Antikythera mechanism
Parts of the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek mechanical device recovered...
Cardiff University/EPA/REX/Shutterstock.com
The same ancient Greek sculpture with and without color
Ancient Greek statue of a Trojan archer as seen today without lasting color above...
Ā© Frank Nowikowski/Alamy; Ā© Azoor Photo Collection/Alamy; Photo Composite Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Jacques-Louis David: Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche, oil on canvas by Jacques-Louis David, 1817; in the Cleveland...
The Cleveland Museum of Art; Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1962.37; www.clevelandart.org