Greek Acheivements
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- Literature
- A. greek myths-myths about gods & heroes; Epic Poems-celebrating heroic deeds-Illiad & Odyssey (Homer); C. Lyric poems-concerned with feelings
- Hippocrates
- father of medicine -looked for natural causes; Hippocratic Oath. requires all doctors to act ethically and morally.
- History
- Herodotus -A. wrote abouth the Persian Wars; Father of History; First to gather facts and write them down; Word history comes from his name; B. Thycydus-worte about the Pelponnesian war; tried to Understand events based on actions-like a reporter
- Columns
- Doric-simple; Ionic; Cornithian
- Democracy
- Democracy with an assembly, council, and court; A. Direct Democracy-every citizen (only men) votes. It was like this in ancient greece; B. Representative Democracy-Vote on Representatives to vote on issues
- Math
- Pythagoras-Geometry Theorem; B. Elucid-the father of geometry; Abacus-counting tool
- Parthenon
- Temple to Athena-Parts still stand
- Thales
- 1st Greek philosopher; Searched for explanation that the world rested on water, and the occurrences of earthqukes
- Anaxagoras
- Solar eclipse explanation
- Socrates
- Questions for everything; questions criticized government which led to execution
- Theatre
- Originally songs/dances in marketplaces (agoras)-Then open air theaters. By the 5th century BC two types of plays; A. Tragedy-serious, tragic, end; B. Comedy-lighthearted/joke, humor
- Olympics
- Sports to honor gods; A. Every four years-Athletic Competiton; 1. Only Greek men in Olympia; 2. Prize was originally olive wreat; 3. Started with just a foot race; Pentathlon-revealed besta all around athlete; B. Heraia- Women had own Olympics in non-Olympic Years
- Archimedes
- Laws of physics; body weight in water
- Art
- A. Sculptors-human, lifelike; B. Paintings
- Agoras
- Open air theaters
- Plato
- student of Socrates-wrote two books; Republic (book on the best way to govern; The Analogy (book as a response to Socrates)
- Aristotle
- Student of Plato/Teacher of Alexander the Great; 1st to promote Scientific Method of observation and theory
- Alphabet
- Ours is similar today; adapted from the Phonecian Alphabet between 1100 BC- 700 BC; The Greek alphabet has 24 characters