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 Sophocles Aeschylus
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) 1st to emphasize teaching thought Socrates – questions Plato – writings – govt. Aristotle - logic Socrates Plato Aristotle
Cultural Contributions Science/Math Archimedes, Pythagoras Responsible for many theories/formulas – geometry
Cultural Contributions Sports/Olympics 1st to train for sports Were religious festivals