Ancient Greek Literature By: Abdulkarim Abbas & Mohammed Al Kulaib Grade: 7 Section: 1

Introduction  Did you know ancient Greek literature influenced modern literature the most?  Ancient Greeks were the first to use vowels in their language.  Greek literature is known as the birth place of western intellectual life.  Ancient Greek literature, people who contributed to literature, literature influence to modern society and the world with out ancient Greek literature will be included in this power point.

Introduction II  Whether you know Greek literature or not, you should know it influenced modern literature.

Ancient Greek Literature  30% of the words in a ordinary dictionary comes from the ancient Greek language.  Ancient Greeks were the first to use vowels.  Our alphabet came from the Greek language.  For example: the word “alphabet” came from ancient Greek words “alpha” “beta”.

Ancient Greek Literature II  Ancient Greek literature had four major writings; epic traditions, lyric poetry, tragedy and comedy.  An example of the epic traditions are the Iliad and the Odyssey.  Lyric poems got its name from a group of individuals singing while playing the lyre.  Tragedies and comedies were dramas and used to honour Greek god Dionysus.

Ancient Greek Contributors to Literature  An ancient Greek called Homer is famous for his two writings Odyssey and Iliad.  Homer was a blind man and people would gather around too hear him sing 10 epic songs.  Homer live around the 8 th century and made imagination based stories.  Another contributor was Theocritus.

Ancient Greek Contributors to Literature II  Theocritus was the creator of pastoral poetry.  He wrote mane mime plays.  Alexandria was a book and poem maker.  Goethe was a Greek man who made classical and romantic poems.  “Clearness of vision, cheerfulness of acceptance, easy grace of expression, are qualities which delight us” quoted Goethe

Ancient Greek Literature Influence to Modern Society  English grammar, punctuation and paragraphing came from the ancient Greek literature.  Greek literature influenced us most during the 18 th century.  Roman, Latin and English literature was most influenced by ancient Greek literature.  Greeks made mane genres such as tragedy, comedy, poetry and historic writing.

Ancient Greek Literature Influence to Modern Society II  The ancient Greek alphabet was the first to have vowels.  The vowels made the language easier to learn and speak.  Their poetry made us think more and clear our minds.  Ancient Greek poetry was referred to medicine for the mind.  Greek words express ideas very well.

World Without Ancient Greek literature  A world with out ancient Greek literature would be very different.  Vowels would not be made which would make our languages much harder to learn and speak.  We would have many more letters.  There would not be any creative books for us to read.  There would be many languages in one small country.

World Without Ancient Greek literature II  Without ancient Greek literature our society would be less socially advanced.  People would not be as creative and wise.  With no start to creative writings we would still be living in empires trying to attack neighbor countries or cities.  Without ancient Greek literature would have been one of the most complicated things in life.

Conclusion  Ancient Greek literature, people who contributed to literature, literature influence to modern society and the world with out ancient Greek literature were included in this power point.  Remember Greek literature is known as the birth place of western intellectual life.  Don’t forget whether you know Greek literature or not, you should know it influenced modern literature.

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