The Greeks have been the people who gave birth to many aspects of modern civilization, including numerous forms of art and science, and evolved many others:
Philosophy was born in Greece (Socrates "the pop star", Plato, Aristotle, the Sophists)
Democracy was first seen in ancient Athens
Theater was first performed in Greece (Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes)
Greek mythology was the basis of Roman mythology, and both mythologies inspired thousands of renowned works of art
The first full-fledged alphabet was created in Greece, and the Greek language has been the source of many words in the Latin language and in those derived from Latin
Literature and poetry in ancient Greece created works still read by thousands of people, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Aesop's Fables, as well as influenced greatly the Roman literature
Art flourished in Greece, including pottery, sculpture, painting, jewellery, architecture (which was the inspiration of many styles of architecture, including neoclassical, Roman, Renaissance, Imperial, Beaux Arts, Soviet, etc.)
The Olympic Games were born in Greece, as well as many sports that are in them today; the concept of fair play were also of Greek origin
Politics and rhetoric evolved in Greece, mainly Athens (Pericles, Aristotle, Socrates)
Science knew great advances in Greece, including medicine (Hippocrates, Galen), history (Herodotus, Thucydides), zoology (Aristotle), physics (Democritus, who first defined the atom, Archimedes, who developed the law of buoyancy), engineering (Archimedes, Hero), mathematics (Pythagoras, Archimedes, Diophantus), geography (Eratosthenes, who first calculated the circumference of Earth), astronomy (Aristarchus, who first developed the heliocentric model)
Maritime trade, minting and other elements of an organised economy developed in Greece
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. Some things are simply not to be joked about, "2012 Olympics"!
The Greeks have been the people who gave birth to many aspects of modern civilization, including numerous forms of art and science, and evolved many others:
Philosophy was born in Greece (Socrates "the pop star", Plato, Aristotle, the Sophists)
Democracy was first seen in ancient Athens
Theater was first performed in Greece (Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes)
Greek mythology was the basis of Roman mythology, and both mythologies inspired thousands of renowned works of art
The first full-fledged alphabet was created in Greece, and the Greek language has been the source of many words in the Latin language and in those derived from Latin
Literature and poetry in ancient Greece created works still read by thousands of people, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Aesop's Fables, as well as influenced greatly the Roman literature
Art flourished in Greece, including pottery, sculpture, painting, jewellery, architecture (which was the inspiration of many styles of architecture, including neoclassical, Roman, Renaissance, Imperial, Beaux Arts, Soviet, etc.)
The Olympic Games were born in Greece, as well as many sports that are in them today; the concept of fair play were also of Greek origin
Politics and rhetoric evolved in Greece, mainly Athens (Pericles, Aristotle, Socrates)
Science knew great advances in Greece, including medicine (Hippocrates, Galen), history (Herodotus, Thucydides), zoology (Aristotle), physics (Democritus, who first defined the atom, Archimedes, who developed the law of buoyancy), engineering (Archimedes, Hero), mathematics (Pythagoras, Archimedes, Diophantus), geography (Eratosthenes, who first calculated the circumference of Earth), astronomy (Aristarchus, who first developed the heliocentric model)
Maritime trade, minting and other elements of an organised economy developed in Greece
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Some things are simply not to be joked about, "2012 Olympics"!