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Some Cultural Contributions of Ancient Greece
Mr. Koch World History A Forest Lake High School
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Alphabet/Literature Basis for our alphabet Stories still used today Wrote histories
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Art/Architecture Standards for Western civilization Realistic art
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Democracy Direct democracy in Athens Basis of our govt.
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Drama Religious festivals to Dionysus Still performed today Comedies & Tragedies Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes Sophocles Aeschylus
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Medicine Hippocrates Illness due to natural causes, not evil spirits
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Mythology Religion has become basis for our literature
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Philosophy Observation & Reason (basis for modern science) 1st to emphasize teaching thought Socrates – questions Plato – writings – govt. Aristotle - logic Socrates Plato Aristotle
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Science/Math Archimedes, Pythagoras Responsible for many theories/formulas – geometry
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Sports/Olympics 1st to train for sports Were religious festivals
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