1. Ancient Greek Literature
By: Abdul Abbas
Grade: 10
Section: 1

2. 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, and people who contributed to literature, influenced modern society and the world.

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

4. Mythology Ancient Greeks were polytheistic.
A body of stories about gods and heroes that tries to explain how the world works is called mythology.
Greek mythology has gone on to influence modern literature, art and film.

5. 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”.

6. 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.

8. 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 epic songs.
He is still read today, almost 3,000 years later.
Another contributor was Theocritus.

9. Ancient Greek Contributors to Literature II
Theocritus was the creator of pastoral poetry.
He wrote 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

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

12. 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 was made to allow man the chance to think and clear our minds.
Ancient Greek poetry was referred to medicine for the mind.

14. 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.

15. World Without Ancient Greek literature II
Without ancient Greek literature our society would be less socially advanced – we base our writing, law, philosophy and civic codes on Greek culture and writing.
With no start to creative writings we would still be reading only historical texts and religious texts.

17. Conclusion
Ancient Greek literature, and people who contributed to literature, influenced modern society in writing, the alphabet, government, philosophy, drama and civics.
Remember Greek literature is known as the birth place of western intellectual life.
Don’t forget whether you know a piece of Ancient Greek literature or not, you should know it influenced modern literature.

18. Work Cited
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