Worth knowing
Greece
The ancient Olympics were held at Olympia for more than a thousand years, starting in 776 BC. The modern Games began in Athens in 1896.
Where its story happens
The Acropolis, Athens, at 37.97°N, 23.73°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Greece
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Greece, at the southern tip of the Balkans, across the sea from Turkey. See Greece on a map.
- Democracy was born in its capital, beneath a temple called the Parthenon.
- The first Olympic Games were held here more than 2,700 years ago.
- The word 'marathon' comes from a town here, about 40 km from the capital.
- It has thousands of islands, but people live on only about 200 of them.