1.  By Megan Kownurko,

2.  Megara is coastal.  Its in the northern part of the Isthmus of Corinth.  Megara is very mountainous.  Summers in Megara were very hot and dry, and Winters were cold and rainy.

3.  Megarians used irrigation to help farm their unfertile land.  Some food that was common in Megara is: Olives, Grapes, Figs, Olive Oil, Fish, Wine, and Grape Juice.  They also raised some goats too so that they also had milk and cheese.

4.  Megara had a Democracy  That meant that the citizens had a lot of personal freedom. Megarians had many similarities to Corinth because they took many of Corinth’s ideas.

5.  Megarians had a very similar religion to other Greek city states.  Megarians believed in the same gods as all the other Greeks.  Megarians believed in 12 main Gods and Goddesses  The God that Megara mainly worshipped is Zeus King of the Gods  In addition to Zeus they also worshipped Hades, Hermes, and Posideon Symbols such as the lightening bolt showed that Zeus was the king of the Sky

6.  Megarians had an acropolis that mountain that rises above their Agora  They had temples that people said were gorgeous  There are walls around Megara that were made in ancient time that are still there today. Notice the columns that were on this temple, they were also invented by Greeks. Note the Pediment which was invented by Greeks.

7.  Jobs mostly Involved trading.  Megarians has their own currency  There also were farmers.  Not much is known about their social structure.

8.  There isn’t much of a record on Meagarian arts, but there were many textiles and forms  Boys were trained in art Here is an image of a ancient Megarain bowl

9.  Just like all of the city states Merarians spoke Greek.  Megarans wrote in Greek too.  Euclid of Megara was a philosapher.

10.  Megara copied many things from Corinth so not much was invented there.  Megara had its own coins which is an example of an idea taken from Corinth

11.  Megara was pretty well known for its wool, horses, livestock, and coins.  Megara was a big trade route so it was good for trading.  Megara was very well known for its various textiles.

12.  http://greece.mrdonn.org/megara.html http://greece.mrdonn.org/megara.html