1. By: Aziz Al Wegayan & Ali Al-Khuraibet

2. Introduction  The Ancient Greeks effected the English alphabet and literature in many ways  You will learn how greatly the Greeks effected us  Today I will be talking about Ancient Greek language and literature

3. Map of Ancient Greece

4. Greek Language  The word alphabet comes from 2 Greek words  Alpha was the first letter of the Greek alphabet  Beta is the second word of the Greek alphabet

5. Language  The Greek alphabet has 24 letters  These are the Greek letters

6. Language part 3  The Greeks borrowed their writing from Phoenicians  Phoenicians wrote from left to write and Greeks reversed that  The Greeks turned the writing from left to write into right to left

7. More language  Greeks wrote on wax tablets  Greeks stopped writing in scripts during the dark age (1200-800 B.C.E)  They started writing again in the 8 th century B.C.E

8. Ancient Greek Literature IIn 700 B.C.E a man named Homer created 2 epics AAn epic is a very long poem OOne epic was called Odyssey and the other Iliad OOdyssey is about a warrior in troy OOdyssey is a tragic comedy epic

9. Literature  Iliad is about the Trojan war  Iliad is a tragedy epic  Both these epics are made of legends  Without epics theatre wouldn’t exist  People in Greek theatre act out the epics

10. Conclusion  Today you learned about Greek language and literature  You now know how the Greeks really affected us  Greeks affected our art, sports, language, literature and many more

11. Internet Sources Albin Lesky. “Ancient Greek Literature”. Kidipede - History and Science for Kids - Homework Help for Middle School. Web. 22 April. 2010. “History of Ancient Greece”. World History International: World History Essays From Prehistory To The Present. Web. 22 April. 2010.

12. Book Sources  Scholfield, Louise. Ancient Greece. US: Sheena Coupe, 1997. print.  Minnis, Ivan. You are in Ancient Greece. Chicago: Tvonminnis, 2005. Print.