Legacy of Greece
Greek info form the legacy of Greek packet
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- Western based off of it; developed from songs, dances, gods; shakspeare
- Theatre
- Classical
- Greek is a _________ civilization
- Romans copied; history and myths were inspiration; Classical art was in the Renaissance period; accurate portrayal of the human body; Leonardo da Vinci; neoclassicism is found in many civic buildings based on greek design (government buildings)
- Art and Architecture
- Longus first true novelist; detailed descriptions of surroundings; feelings and actions explained of characters
- The Novel
- Rights of the individual and spirit of enquiry
- Two Major Adopted ideas Western culture got
- Big impact on Romans, "Greece was captured and took her fierce conqueror Rome captive"
- Spread of Greek Ideas
- Democracy, demos- people, kratos- rule; only men vote
- Politics
- Democracy, theatre, personal poetry, scientific theory, writing of history
- What Greeks gave western civilizations
- Traded all over Med. Sea; Alexander the Great made more routes in Middle East; discovered monsoon winds in red sea straight- now trade w/ india getting gold, ivory, and spices
- Travel and Trade
- Egyptians/ early civilizations recorded and enhanced reputation or reigning monarch, Greeks told it like it was unbiased; Herodotus- "father of history"
- History
- Modern medicine based off of it; foundations spread though med. sea; Hippocratic Oath still taken today- code of moral ethics; written records of diseases and patients; realized diet, cleanliness, and exercise important- knew no bacteria; good at fractures, dislocations, wounds; against cutting up corpse- learned from Egyptians
- Medicine
- Iliad and Odyssey by Homer; western poetry is based off it; Shakespeare
- Poetry
- Language was used to write the New Testament; words like butter, idea, telephone, and electronics are derived from Greek; scientists use Greek words or parts for new inventions or discoveries; Psychologists and philosophers get their words and studies from Greeks who explained the aspects of life
- Language
- Early Greeks: Gods/myths explained natural phenomena; Later: practical explanations; opened many fields, fundamental ideas in western philosophy are Greek teachings; Aristotle
- Philosophy and religion
- Foundations of modern science came from them; Archimedes, Pythagoras, Aristotle biggest contributor; Aristotle scientific process and animal discovery like Charles Darwin survival of fittest theory
- Science