Some Cultural Contributionsof Ancient Greece

Mr. KochWorld History A

Forest Lake High School

Cultural Contributions• Alphabet/Literature– Basis for our alphabet– Stories still used today– Wrote histories

Cultural Contributions

• Art/Architecture– Standards for

Western civilization– Realistic art

Cultural Contributions

Cultural Contributions

• Democracy– Direct democracy in Athens• Basis of our govt.

Cultural Contributions

• Drama– Religious festivals to Dionysus– Still performed today• Comedies & Tragedies

– Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes

Aeschylus Sophocles

Cultural Contributions• Medicine– Hippocrates• Illness due to natural

causes, not evil spirits

Cultural Contributions

• Mythology– Religion has become

basis for our literature

Cultural Contributions

• Philosophy– Observation & Reason

(basis for modern science)– 1st to emphasize teaching

thought• Socrates – questions• Plato – writings – govt.• Aristotle - logic

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

Cultural Contributions

• Science/Math– Archimedes, Pythagoras• Responsible for many

theories/formulas – geometry

Cultural Contributions• Sports/Olympics– 1st to train for sports• Were religious festivals