There was Corinth, which was the richest commercial city of ancient Greece. Thebes is the birthplace of Hercules (whom the Greeks called Herakles), the legendary hero. There was also Sikyon, which was very influential in painting, sculpture, and drama.
An anabolic reaction is one that makes complex molecules from smaller one, examples of this being protein synthesis, photosynthesis etc.his is known as constructive metabolism. A catabolic reaction is one that breaks larger molecules into smaller ones with the release of energy. The most obvious example of this is respiration, as you are breaking a large molecule (glucose) into smaller molecules and releasing energy as you do it.
Anabolism (from the Greek ana, meaning up) consists of all those reactions that assemble small molecules into larger ones and store energy in the newly formed chemical bonds. Examples include the assembly of amino acids into muscle proteins and the synthesis of glycogen and fat for energy storage.