Legacy of Greece

Legacy of Greece

1. Science & Technology

   • Advances in Medicine
     • Hippocrates was "Father of Medicine" and saw body as sum.
   • Geography: Knowledge about the world
     • Cartography: Study and making of maps prominent at this time
   • Math Discoveries
     • Pythagoras & Euclid were important mathematicians. Pythagreon Theorem and basics of geometry.
   • Advances in Tools
     • Alarm clock, water mill, odometer

2. Culture

   • Olympic Games: Series of sports competitions
     • First held back in Olympia in ancient Greece.
   • Philosophy: Search for Knowledge & Wisdom
     • Socrates, Plato, & Aristotle were important philosophers.
   • Architecture: Structures & Buildings
     • One of the wonders of ancient Greece, The Parthenon.
   • History: Written down records
     • Herodotus first to write down historical accounts for the sake of history.

3. Government

   • Extended Citizenship
     • Peisistratus extended rights to non-landowners.
   • Written Laws
     • Draco first to write laws for Athens.
   • Creation of Democracy
     • Democracy born in Athens
   • Fairer Court System
     • Solon made it so anyone could seek justice for someone who illegally wronged.

4. Arts

   • Art for Visual Beauty
     • Minoans first to use art strictly for looks and not religion.
   • Drama: Plays of tragedies & comedy
     • Aeschylus tragedies first known plays
   • Poems used to tell knowledgable stories
     • Homer's Poems of the Illiad and Odessey
   • Sculptures to depict important people
     • Huge Athena sculpture in the Parthenon