Examples from literature

• Children in China played with them thousands of years ago, and in ancient Greece children rolled bronze hoops. 
• In ancient Greece, Iris was the goddess of rainbows. 
• Many of the things we know about ancient civilizations, such as Greece and Rome, are thanks to objects that have been perfectly preserved at the bottom of the sea. 
• Most were beautiful buildings or statues in or near Greece. 
• Some said it was near Greece and had an army that once controlled much of Europe and Africa. 
• Then, in the early 18th century, in what is called the Age of Enlightenment, the British started to become interested in the traditions of ancient Greece and Rome. 
• Thermopylae was a narrow path in central Greece. 
• They fought while the rest of his army traveled back to Greece to fight another day.