Hellenistic Culture

Astronomy

Mathematics

philosophy

Physics

Hellenistic meaning

Euclid made a 465 proofs and propositions for geometry. which is still used today.

Stoicism

Aristarchus discoverd the sun is at least 300 times larger than earth

He also found out that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun

Eratosthenes estimated earths circumference to be between 28,00 and 29,000, modern day we estimate 24,860

Archimedes accurately estimated the value of Pi

Archimedes explained the law of lever

Archimedes invented the screw which raised water from the ground

Plutarch, using archimedes idea of the screw, later invented the force pump, pneumatic machines and then the steam engine.

Epicureanism

Also discovers the pythagorean Theorem

People should live virtuous lives in harmony with the will of god or the natural laws that god has decided. They also talked about human desires, power, and wealth were and if you were obsessed and had to be checked.

Taught that the gods had no interest in humans ruled the universe. They believed that only real objectives were the five senses are perceived. Also, the greatest good and the highest pleasure came form virtuous conduct and the absence of pain. They believed that human should achieve harmony with the body and mind.

The Hellenistic era was a time period where the Greek culture blend with 3 major cultures being, Egyptian, Persian and Indians culture. This later created many influences on modern day for example the language we speak comes form Latin and Greek