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Compare a specific example of life in Ancient Greece or the Hellenic world?
admin on Oct-30-2011
Compare a specific example of life in Ancient Greece or the Hellenic world to that found in contemporary life in the U.S.
Describe one way that you see a particular tenet of Greek philosophy reflected in the modern Western worldview.
Democracy (people voting for a government)
Medicine (non holistic health treatment)
Olympics (Honor to the best athletes)
Theatre
Literature
Science
and so on
You have to see all greek words adopted by the english language, to understand the greek influence.
The most of them are in the science field.
At the link below, you will find a piece of english text from an old parliamentarian Xenofon Zolotas, were all the words (substantials, and adjectives) are greek.
Democracy (people voting for a government)
Medicine (non holistic health treatment)
Olympics (Honor to the best athletes)
Theatre
Literature
Science
and so on
You have to see all greek words adopted by the english language, to understand the greek influence.
The most of them are in the science field.
At the link below, you will find a piece of english text from an old parliamentarian Xenofon Zolotas, were all the words (substantials, and adjectives) are greek.
References :
http://msofos.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=219:o-&catid=43:other&Itemid=184
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