1. Why Is Ancient Greece Important?

2. Stories we all know The Trojan Horse from the Trojan War.
Greek soldiers hid inside and destroyed Troy.

3. Warriors of another kind

4. Computer Technology
To combat Trojan Horse viruses

5. Automobiles
Honda has two vehicles
using the Odyssey name.

6. World Famous Brand
Nike was the winged
goddess of victory.

7. Everyday Consumer Products
Second only to Achilles among Greek heroes in the Trojan War, Ajax
became jealous when Odysseus was awarded Achilles’ shield.
Ajax later committed suicide in shame.

8. Products of every type

9. Brad Pitt in Troy and the cause of his downfall:
Movies and Medicine
Brad Pitt in Troy and the cause of his downfall:
the Achilles’ Heel.

10. Philosophy – Socratic Dialogue
Socrates drinking hemlock. The Death of Socrates
by Jacques Louis-David, 1787.

11. Philosophy – Plato and Aristotle
The two major ways of thinking:
Plato – based on reason/ideas
Aristotle – based on empirical evidence (experience)
From School of Athens
by Raphael, 1509.

12. Science Aristotle founded biology as we know it, classifying over
500 animals, including 120 kinds of fish and 60 insects.
He focused on careful observation of nature and detailed reporting,
foundations of the scientific method.

13. Geometry
Euclid
Pythagoras
Archimedes
Apollonius of Perga

14. Architecture The Parthenon (left) in Athens
and the Supreme Court building
in Washington, DC.

15. Democracy First democracy - direct participation
but limited to men, non-slaves

16. Literature
Countless works inspired
by the original Greek stories.

17. Music

18. Theater Theater of Herodes Atticus, 2nd century BC.
View from the Acropolis in Athens

19. Tragedy - Tragic Hero Aristotle’s theory shows up in
indie music and classic theater

20. The Olympics
Sport as a form of
personal excellence

21. Word Origins
Etymology = the derivation of a word and/or the history of a word
For example:
Anthropos = mankind (in Greek)
Anthropology, anthropocentric, philanthropy, anthropophobia,
misanthrope, etc.

22. The Renaissance in Two Images
Michelangelo's David
1504
Doryphoros by Polykleitos
5th century BC

23. Right here in Novato
Gone but not forgotten

24. Right here in Novato

25. Assignment
1) Poster: create an 8 ½ X 11 poster illustrating one influence
of Greek culture on our world today.
2) Index Card: write one English word that is derived from Greek.
Include the definition and the Greek root.