How Did Greek Impact The Modern World

The Ancient Greeks impacted the world through sports, language, culture, math, science, philosophy, the arts, and in other ways. They shaped the modern world, and a lot of things that we have now wouldn’t exist without them.
Math, science, philosophy, and the arts were all impacted by Greece because of many different people. For example, Pythagoras created the Pythagorean Theorem, which we still use in math today, Archimedes discovered pi, and Aristotle studied plants, animals and rocks, devised experiments to find out about the world, which modern scientists still do. Euripides impacted the modern world though his plays. According to one source, “what made his plays and stories stand out was that they tended to be realistic and would show strong women with wise slaves. He had a massive influence on the concept of European Tragedy.” (For: Source 5). The Ancient Greeks also invented drama (plays), and the first theater was built in Athens, an ancient Greek city-state.
One way is by company names. Nike, a popular sports apparel company, is named after the Greek goddess of victory. Pandora Radio, a music streaming radio, shares a name with Pandora, who, according to Greek mythology, was the first human woman created by the Greek gods Hephaestus and Athena, and she's the reason for evil in the world - Pandora’s Box. Another way is popular expressions, proverbs, and cliches, which are sometimes references to ancient Greek myths. For example, the phrase “caught between a rock and a hard place,” came from a myth about sailors who were caught between the Greek monsters Scylla and