In History I have to write a paper on what our modern society has inherited from the ancient Greeks. Now, English isn't my first language, so I'm probably typing something wrong into Google, because I don't get any concrete results. So I'm asking for your help, totse - could you mention, specifically, the things we have gotten from the Greeks? I already know about the Olympics, medicine, language, but not very specifically, and I'd like to look through the options I have before choosing one to write about.
Thanks.

man to man love for a start.
and alpha beta and gamma....

Man to man love...Philosophy, science, infantry.

Marathons, Olympics, myths that the movie industry has leaned on for years.

myths that the movie industry has leaned on for years.

Lawl.

All those statues with guy's dicks...fucking fags

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Spartans aren't Greeks, and if they're here, they'll kill you for saying that.

Oh, and to the OP, don't forget Oedipus Sophocles or however you spell it...from which we have so many "I love my mom" stories today....

I never said Spartans, I said Sparta. Spartans were indeed Greek you idiot.

I never said Spartans, I said Sparta. Spartans were indeed Greek you idiot.

..and thats why ur a dumb f4ck

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To OP, google Archimedes, (Steam Engine & Odometer are an interesting read)

A lot of modern architecture comes from the Greeks. Especially government buildings.

i would say one of our main inheritance from the greeks is the importance our society places on education.

the greeks also formalized democracy in athens.

greek philosophy was a pre requisit for any aspiring western person from the years 600bc till 1900ad. that has to be worth something.

also stories. the greek legends, epics, myths, an tragedies are the basic building blocks for anything you watch on tv.

Greek theater gave us the basic concepts of comedies and tragedies. Influenced Shakespeare and modern writers.

Philosophy.

Early Christianity was mainly communicated in the Greek language. The first bibles were in Greek.

Many modern words come from Greek.

Also the Greeks were an indelible influence on the Romans.

Molotoving everything

The first bibles were in Greek.


Lies !!!! The first bible was written in hebrew. And so are all your other points....they're all lies !!!!

Democracy.








God Bless 'Merica

Here is one reason we have so much bullshit in this society:

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/pecorip/SCCCWEB/INTRO_TEXT/Chapter%202%20GREEKS/Sophists.htm

Some of our Liberal Arts colleges have raised it to an art form but the Greeks didn't have television and radio and printing presses.

DT

Our alphabet came from the Romans and they got theirs from a modified version of the alphabet a group of greeks were using in southern Italy. Our alphabet is very similar and even the word alphabet comes from alpha beta which is Greek. A lot of our scientific naming schemes use Greek terms and letters. They started DEMOCRACY and had libraries and government buildings while everyone else was still wearing loincloths. The list goes on and on, the Greeks created modern Western culture. Oh yeah and gay buttsex.

Ha, I just wrote a paper on this. I'm not going to paste it here, but you should research the following: democracy, philosophy, the spread of the Greek phonetic alphabet (yes, I know they weren't the first), classic epic stories (the Iliad and the Odyssey have had a profound impact on the development of western storytelling), poetry, theatre, phalanx warfare, western ideals of warfare, education systems (funnily enough, the roots of the modern educational system are planted in gay buttsex -- education started in gymnasiums were an elder would "teach" a younger man about life, sex, war, the concept of citizenship, political life, rhetoric, and what have you) etc.

What some of you seem to be missing is the contributions to modern warfare. That is a very key element.

To OP, google Archimedes, (Steam Engine & Odometer are an interesting read)

Ah, that's a GREAT area to research. It's such a funny twist of fate, the industrial revolution could've started nearly two millenia previously.

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Greek Food (good)
Greek Chicks (not that good)

Ah, that's a GREAT area to research. It's such a funny twist of fate, the industrial revolution could've started nearly two millenia previously.

no you asshole,...no !!!

without gas or the technology to get them,...no "industrial revolution" or basic industries can get started.

assssshole:mad:

With no real industries, the industrial revolution could never have happened.

Classical Greece contributed many things to society. As has already been mentioned: philosophy, political thought and institutions, pure and applied sciences, historical writings, virtuall all literary forms except fictional prose, freedom of the individual. All wholly Greek innovations.

They were the first to establish the power of reason as a distinct human faculty, and emphasized its methodical use in all areas. Especially mathematics. The Greeks made explicit goals to reason with abstract, general concepts as opposed to relying on physical experience (like the Egyptians or Babylonians before them).

The Greeks were pretty amazing. If I wasn't very unattentive at the moment I could go on and on.

classical greece contributed many things to western society. As has already been mentioned: western philosophy, western political thought and institutions, pure and applied western sciences, western historical writings, virtuall all western literary forms except fictional prose, freedom of the individual. All wholly greek innovations.

They were the first to establish the power of reason as a distinct human faculty, and emphasized its methodical use in all western areas. Especially mathematics. The greeks made explicit goals to reason with abstract, general concepts as opposed to relying on physical experience (like the egyptians or babylonians before them).

The greeks were pretty amazing. If i wasn't very unattentive at the moment i could go on and on.

f'xd...

f'xd...

I just assumed that the OP himself is of a western society and that for the most part it is the Greek contributions to western society that we westerners have inherited. Call me crazy but noting that every contribution of the Greeks' are western seemed superfluous.