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... that by the time of his death, Alexander the Great had conquered most of the world known to the ancient
Greeks
?
...that the
Acropolis of Athens
was also known as
Cecropia
, after the legendary
serpent
-man, Kekrops or
Cecrops
, the first Athenian king?
...that the Temple of Zeus housed one of the
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
— the monumental
statue of Zeus
by
Phidias
?
... that there was a man called Herakles, and he was part god because he was the son of Zeus and had super strength and had 12 hard labours and still completed all of them!