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Legacy of Greece - Coggle Diagram
Legacy of Greece
Philosophy
Stoicism
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the wise live in harmony with divine Reason; indifferent to fortune, pleasure, or pain
Socrates
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a question-based, investigation method of discovering knowledge
Plato
founded The Academy in 385 BC, the first university in the West
wrote The Republic, a foundation for idea government, justice, and law in the West
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Science&Technology
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Hellenistic scientists combined knowledge from Greece, Egypt, and India to make new discoveries
Think of Hellenism and the Library of Alexandria as the first international school, with Greek as the common language
Greek scientists and mathematicians, first in Athens, and later in Alexandria, Egypt advanced the causes of science, math, and astronomy.
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Arts
Drama
Tragedy
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Writers: Aeschylus, Sophocles
Comedy
Making fun of politics, important people, ideas
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Aristophanes wrote Clouds, a comedy satirizing Socrates
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Architecture
Sculpture
Greek artwork reflected the ideal, or perfect form, in objects and humans
Key: order, beauty, and harmony
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Eg. Artemisian Bronze, 460 BC (Zeus or Poseidon)
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History
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Thucydides
the first to conduct a “scientific” recording of history (the foundation of how history is studied today)