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Hellenistic

Hello, Hellenes
Your history is rather mystic
So I'll sing this little song
About just what the Hellenistic heroes said
'Bout all the battles where you bled
Beautiful dead.

On the Aegean
Spread admid the archipelago
Peloponnese peninsula
You Greeks began there long ago, and lived
Our culture to create and give,
And grow olives.

Chorus:
Oh, it's all Greek to me.
Oh, it's all Greek to me.
Oh, it's all Greek to me.
Oh, it's all Greek to me.

Hello, Minoan men
Your Minotaur could not be beat
Located in the labyrinth
At Knossos there in ancient Crete, until
Theseus knew he had the will
That beast to kill.

Hello, Myceneans
Who conquered the Minoan men
But, later, you were conquered too
By Sea People or Dorians, whose rage
Crushed you and started the Dark Age,
So turn the page. (Chorus)

Hello, Homer,
Who wrote heroic, epic poetry
About the Golden Age of Greece
Though you were blind, you still could be the source
About a face that launched a naval force
And a Trojan horse

Hello, Athena,
You are wise and you are mighty
Your bro, Ares, is the god of war
Your sister, Aphrodite, is a dove
Goddess of beauty and of love
Rules from above. (Chorus)

Bridge I:
Most of our astrology
Is based on your mythology
Stories that we study still today
There's Pandora's curiosity
Medusa's great monstrosity
And Icarus who flew to far astray.
Dont forget Hermes the liar
Or Prometheus who stole fire
And the man who hugged Antaeus to his knees,
Brave Heracles.

Hello, Athenians
Inventors of democracy
With awesome architecture
You were masters of philosophy and math
You even had a public bath
But no paved path.

Hello there, Spartans,
Who fought battles without guns or tanks
Made hoplites out of soldier boys
And marched them in a great phalanx of men.
Only the strongest lived, so then
You'd always win. (Chorus)

Hello, Phidippides.
The herald boy who liked to run,
And made it clear to Athens
From the battlefield of Marathon to say
Athenians had won the day
So shout hooray!

Here come the Persians
Takin' over like Monopoly
300 Spartans stopped them
At the Battle of Thermopolyae. You stayed
And combed your hair under the shade.
'Till you were betrayed. (Chorus)

Bridge II:
Your alpha bet is pretty cool
With Pi and Phi and Delta too
We use so many of your words today.
Poly and monotheistic
Paleo and neolithic
And don't forget mesopotamia.
Without you we couldn't make a poem
Or telephone our mom at home
Or study any of the ology's
Or history!

There wasn't always
Happy peace among you Grecians
There were thirty years of conflict
All among Peloponnesians, who, by Zeus,
Paused only for Olympic truce
Athens would lose.

Hello there, Philip,
You were once the king of Macedon
You conquered Greece and Persia
Made an empire for your son so he could share
Hellenistic culture here and there
And everywhere. (Chorus)

Pinon Mesa Middle School
760-868-3126
Mrs. Peace
7th Grade Language Arts and Social Studies
deborah_peace@snowlineschools.com