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