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Some Cultural Contributions of Ancient Greece

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1 Some Cultural Contributions of Ancient Greece
Mr. Koch World History A Forest Lake High School

2 Cultural Contributions
Alphabet/Literature Basis for our alphabet Stories still used today Wrote histories

3 Cultural Contributions
Art/Architecture Standards for Western civilization Realistic art

4 Cultural Contributions

5 Cultural Contributions
Democracy Direct democracy in Athens Basis of our govt.

6 Cultural Contributions
Drama Religious festivals to Dionysus Still performed today Comedies & Tragedies Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes Sophocles Aeschylus

7 Cultural Contributions
Medicine Hippocrates Illness due to natural causes, not evil spirits

8 Cultural Contributions
Mythology Religion has become basis for our literature

9 Cultural Contributions
Philosophy Observation & Reason (basis for modern science) 1st to emphasize teaching thought Socrates – questions Plato – writings – govt. Aristotle - logic Socrates Plato Aristotle

10 Cultural Contributions
Science/Math Archimedes, Pythagoras Responsible for many theories/formulas – geometry

11 Cultural Contributions
Sports/Olympics 1st to train for sports Were religious festivals


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