Some Cultural Contributions of Ancient Greece Mr Koch
Some Cultural Contributions of Ancient Greece Mr. Koch World History A Forest Lake High School
Cultural Contributions • Alphabet/Literature – Basis for our alphabet – Stories still used today – Wrote histories
Cultural Contributions • Art/Architecture – Standards for Western civilization – Realistic art
Cultural Contributions
Cultural Contributions • Democracy – Direct democracy in Athens • Basis of our govt.
Cultural Contributions • Drama – Religious festivals to Dionysus – Still performed today • Comedies & Tragedies – Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes Aeschylus Sophocles
Cultural Contributions • Medicine – Hippocrates • Illness due to natural causes, not evil spirits
Cultural Contributions • Mythology – Religion has become basis for our literature
Cultural Contributions • Philosophy – Observation & Reason (basis for modern science) – 1 st to emphasize teaching thought Socrates • Socrates – questions • Plato – writings – govt. • Aristotle - logic Plato Aristotle
Cultural Contributions • Science/Math – Archimedes, Pythagoras • Responsible for many theories/formulas – geometry
Cultural Contributions • Sports/Olympics – 1 st to train for sports • Were religious festivals
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