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Title: The Legacy of the Ancient Greeks


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The Legacy of the Ancient Greeks
  • Global I Spiconardi

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The World of Academia
  • Philosophy ? love of wisdom
  • History ?Herodotus develops the genre of historia
    to inquire

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The World of Academia
  • Mathematics
  • Geometry
  • Euclid ?The Elements used as a math text for over
    2000 years
  • Pythagoras ?Pythagorean Theorem a² b² c²

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The World of Academia
  • Medicine ?Hippocrates studies cause and cures for
    illness
  • Hippocratic Oath ?Physicians ethical oath

Asclepius
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The Arts Literature
  • Sculpture ? realistic life-like celebrated the
    human form
  • Architecture ? the use of columns

Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
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The Arts Literature
  • Epic Poems
  • The Odyssey
  • Iliad
  • Sapphos odes of love/Sapphic form of poetry

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The Arts Literature
  • Drama (Comedy Tragedy)
  • Amphitheatres built for entertainment
  • Antigone
  • Oedipus Rex
  • Actors during the Golden Age were stars

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Grand Central Whispering Wall
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Miscellaneous
  • Democracy Citizens serve the public/make
    political decisions
  • The Olympics
  • Athletic competition
  • Celebration of human achievement
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