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Ideas: What areas does ancient Greece impact? - Coggle Diagram
Ideas: What areas does ancient Greece impact?
literature
Homer
modern adaptations
the odessy
the illiad
sappho
myths in language
europa
achilles
midas
hercules
science
naming (planets, zodiacs, etc.)
symbolism (snake staff)
heliocentric model
philosophers (plato, aristotle, etc.)
maths
archimedes
pythgoras
euclia
democritus - the atmoic model
hippocrates "father of modern medicine"
feminism
myths
medusa
helen
medea
hera
role of female goddesses
normalization of rape by male gods, heroes, satyrs, etc.
familial struture (e.g., hera and aphrodite)
skills, roles, emotions of female characters
"awards female characters with immense agency and power in the context of a patriarchal society"
religion
parallel structure in ideal miracles and zeus' blessings
temples and churches
parallels between pandora and eve
Greek were more open to questioning authority whereas christianity is more absolute
both mythology and christianity are tools to explain the unknown; whar people are scared of and how to explain it
in greek mythology, gods are seen as spirit incarnates, shapeshifting and interacting with mortals
afterlife: heaven & hell vs. elysium & tartarus
reforms of gods
christianity portrays God as perfect and compassionate - an ideal to try to achieve
Greek gods are modeled after humans to educate mortals on behaviour; gods created conflict
politicis
us states vs. city states
pioneering demcratic government
laws and judicial systems based on themis' ideals
laws and voting systems
us constitution vs. constitution of athenians
aristotle's theory of natural law
plato's theory of justice
philosophy
religion
thales - deductive science
mathematics
justice
modern thought