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Greek Legacies

6TH GRADE Ancient Greek legacies and important facts: then and now.

Greek LegaciesWhat Happened ThenWhat Happens Now
Sculpture -Realistic -Studied the human body to enhance sculptures -More abstract -Done for profit -All over cities and parks
Theater -Semicircle -Staggered seating -Invented special effects -Put on plays -Advanced special effects -Staggered seats
Philosophy -People who thought about how and why life works were philosophers. -Socrates was famous philosopher -Unofficial occupation -Arguments relating to how the mind thinks or feels, reality, and existence.
Olympic Games -776 B.C.E. Olympics began -Honoring the Greek god Zeuss -First athlete would light a fire on the alter of Zeuss -Every four years -In the opening ceremony, athlete lights torch on fire
Mathematics -Liked reasoning and logic -Pythagoras invented the Pythagorean theorem -Created new methods of measuring land -Advanced technology (calculator) -many textbooks, theorems, and ways to solve problems
Medicine -Believed that disease was punishment from the gods -Limited knowledge -Autopsies allow further research -Disease is of natural causes -More expansive knowledge
Engineering -Invented water screw -Could make mechanical toys -Well paying job -Farmers use the water screw -More advanced equipment
Literature Mythology -An explanation of how the world worked -Gods for different things -Wrote plays and poetry -Study mythology in school -Scientific reasoning behind how the world works -Language contains Greek root words
Architecture -Columns and pediments -used cranes -Greek influence is seen almost everywhere
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