1. Ancient Greeks
World Cultures 7

2. Ancient Greeks
Many people from different countries met and co-existed in the Greek Islands
Some of these people were from Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and even Africa
We have many things today because of the ancient Greeks – even our alphabet!
TV, underwear, computers, and the list goes on and on and on and on and on!

3. The Universal Ideal of Beauty
The ancient Greeks believed there was a reason for things to be beautiful. These reasons included:
Logic
Order
Reason
Look these 3 words up in a dictionary and explain the “artistic” definition of each one!

4. The Universal Ideal of Beauty
Do the following pictures show whether or not the Greeks adhered to their ideals of beauty?

5. The Parthenon in Athens

6. Scaled Model of the Parthenon

7. Parthenon in TN

8. 42 ft tall Athena

10. Replicas of other artwork found in/on the Parthenon

18. Greek Columns There are 3 main columns associated with the Greeks.
Doric columns – these have a flat base at the top. They are the “plain” columns
Ionic columns – these have a “scroll” pattern at the top. They are somewhat decorative.
Corinthian columns – these have “leaf” designs at the top. They are very decorative!

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23. Greek Columns
Go through these pictures and identify which columns are on the buildings.

27. American Architecture

28. KY Capital Building

29. Lincoln Memorial

30. Greek Alphabet

31. Alpha

32. Beta

33. Gamma

34. Delta

35. Epsilon

36. Zeta

37. Eta

38. Theta

39. Iota

40. Kappa

41. Lambda

42. Mu

43. Nu

44. Xi

45. Omicron

46. Pi

47. Rho

48. Sigma

49. Tau

50. Upsilon

51. Phi

52. Chi

53. Psi

54. Omega