Some Cultural Contributions of Ancient Greece Mr. Koch World History A Forest Lake High School
Apr 01, 2015
Some Cultural Contributionsof Ancient Greece
Mr. KochWorld History A
Forest Lake High School
Cultural Contributions• Alphabet/Literature– Basis for our alphabet– Stories still used today– Wrote histories
Cultural Contributions
• Art/Architecture– Standards for
Western civilization– Realistic art
Cultural Contributions
Cultural Contributions
• Democracy– Direct democracy in Athens• Basis of our govt.
Cultural Contributions
• Drama– Religious festivals to Dionysus– Still performed today• Comedies & Tragedies
– Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
Aeschylus Sophocles
Cultural Contributions• Medicine– Hippocrates• Illness due to natural
causes, not evil spirits
Cultural Contributions
• Mythology– Religion has become
basis for our literature
Cultural Contributions
• Philosophy– Observation & Reason
(basis for modern science)– 1st to emphasize teaching
thought• Socrates – questions• Plato – writings – govt.• Aristotle - logic
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Cultural Contributions
• Science/Math– Archimedes, Pythagoras• Responsible for many
theories/formulas – geometry
Cultural Contributions• Sports/Olympics– 1st to train for sports• Were religious festivals