When most people talk about ancient Greek civilization‚ they usually think about the humanities (philosophy and literature) that flourished in ancient Greece. They know Plato and his theories about the ideal forms‚ they admire the depth of Aristotle ’s thought. However‚ few people heard about the contribution of the Ancient Greeks in other sciences like medicine‚ which was made by Hippocrates‚ or mathematics and geometry by Pythagoras‚ Euclid and Archimedes and fewer know about technological achievements
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Ancient Greece started during the period called the Archaic age. “During the so-called Greek Dark Ages before the Archaic period‚ people lived scattered throughout Greece in small farming villages. As they grew larger‚ these villages began to evolve.”(Ancient Greece) Just like other countries‚ Ancient Greece did not start off as an advanced civilization‚ but‚ over time‚ Ancient Greece became more advanced and wealthy. Some essential characteristics that helped Ancient Greece become more advanced
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Ancient Greek Legacies Throughout Ancient Greece there have been many legacies. The Olympic Games were created and become part of history. Architecture influenced modern buildings. During these times‚ different types of literature were produced. Three greatest legacies of Ancient Greece are literature‚ the Olympic Games‚ and architecture. The Olympic Games was created because of a myth. It began when Oenomaus‚ the king of Olympia had a daughter named Hippodamia and wanted to compete with the person
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<b>ORIGINS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA</b><br>Theater was born in Attica‚ an Ionic region of Greece. It originated from the ceremonial orgies of Dionysos but soon enough its fields of interest spread to various myths along with historic facts. As ancient drama was an institution of Democracy‚ the great tragic poets Aeschylus‚ Sophocles‚ Euripides as well as the comedian Aristophanes elevated public debate and political criticism to a level of aesthetic achievement. Euripides and the ethologist Menandros
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of wrestling in Ancient Egypt. Among them‚ “the techniques used by the Egyptian wrestlers are depicted in great detail on the walls of an eleventh dynasty tomb at Beni-Hassan‚ on
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Hellenism occurred in Ancient Greek when a country‚ state or city devoted its time to the Ancient Greek culture‚ thought and style. Ancient Greek culture consisted of a no poleis government or no political concern. Greek thoughts came from great philosophers such as‚ Epicurean of Athens and Stoics. Epicureans believed that philosophy could free people from the fear of death by explaining to them that death is the spreading of atoms. He also believed that the happiest people were those who withdrew
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Fortune tellers can tell exactly how the future will go‚ or can they? The fact is‚ no‚ they cannot tell how the future will go. In ancient Greece there was a sort of fortune teller called an oracle. Ancient Greek plays and stories are filled with oracles that were either ridiculously right‚ or terribly wrong. One of these plays is Oedipus Rex‚ and in this story an oracle gives an outrageous prophecy that comes to pass (Sophocles). The stories show crazy predictions‚ and are far from the more common
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Ancient Greece The Ancient Olympics “And Time‚ in passing onward‚ clearly told the plain story‚ how Herakles divided the spoils that were the gift of war‚ and offered sacrifice‚ and how he ordained the four years’ festival along with the first Olympic Games and with contests victors.” * Pindar Olympian Ode 10.55-59 Even though there were other games within Greece‚ the Olympian Games became the most famous. The man credited with the creation of the games was none other than the hero and
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Julia Buckley December 18‚ 2012 Social Studies DBQ 1: Ancient Greeks Contributions Throughout time‚ humans have been changing and developing constantly. This change is often brought about by the desire for knowledge or new knowledge being discovered. However‚ it is not just knowledge that changes. Many other things such as culture‚ science‚ math‚ architecture‚ government‚ and art change as a result. Early civilizations have influenced and have had lasting
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Ancient Greek Scientific Inventions The smell of freshly smelted metal lingers in the air as the latest contraption of the great Archimedes is pulled up and set in its place. Checking his designs and equations one last time‚ Archimedes gives the ready for his latest invention‚ preparing to make history once again. Inventors‚ scientists and early mathematicians were prevalent and powerful in ancient Greek times‚ and their contributions were so important and groundbreaking‚ that some of the things
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