The GreeksThe Greeks

• By : Monica LunaBy : Monica Luna

Greek art

Art that we have today gives us an idea of what life was back then

With every peace of art that we find we find paints a picture of what life was like back then

Art was usably about gods because that’s what they worshiped

literature/dramaliterature/drama

Have storiesOn them

Importantinformation

literature

tablets

* drama is usually based on mythology because of the nature gods the nature gods had all kinds of powers so they come to play when they are outside

Literature was the most important part of Greeks life

*they had to write on clay tablets Baucus they had paper but it was a voluble resource

The all powerful godsThe all powerful gods Gods were usually based on Gods were usually based on

nature but have over all nature but have over all power and have vary different power and have vary different personality personality

Zeus is the main god, he is Zeus is the main god, he is the main man mostly all the the main man mostly all the gods are his childrengods are his children

They lived to please the godsThey lived to please the gods

► Greek homes were vary little only Greek homes were vary little only had two to three rooms in the had two to three rooms in the whole house they didn’t have two whole house they didn’t have two story houses like we do today story houses like we do today

► Religion is huge they based there Religion is huge they based there lies around gods beacus gods were lies around gods beacus gods were every where lake a god for every every where lake a god for every thing in the whole world gods are thing in the whole world gods are what life was aboutwhat life was about

► Kids would be at home the boys Kids would be at home the boys would hard man work while girls would hard man work while girls would do kitchen work and make would do kitchen work and make clothes with her mom girls just clothes with her mom girls just staid home they got married staid home they got married

philosophyphilosophy

*Philosophy begins in 600 B.C. with *Philosophy begins in 600 B.C. with a man called thales.a man called thales.

*philosophy is a way of thinking like *philosophy is a way of thinking like my way of thinking is we should my way of thinking is we should always be are sellsalways be are sells

*philosophy is away of expressing *philosophy is away of expressing your selfyour self

This is thales thales

Pythagoras heraclitus parmenides

other philosophers that are in the chart below

inventionsinventions

► The alphabet is vary important invention because not every one has The alphabet is vary important invention because not every one has a writen language so ancient Greeks had a way to communicate by a writen language so ancient Greeks had a way to communicate by writing so that’s vary importantwriting so that’s vary important

► Greeks had many cultural writingsGreeks had many cultural writings

► But it was kind of strange because the Greeks were high tech in their But it was kind of strange because the Greeks were high tech in their inventions and they made inventions to indicate were things are and inventions and they made inventions to indicate were things are and tell other things tell other things

Greek early historyGreek early history

►The ancient Greece wasn’t very The ancient Greece wasn’t very detaileddetailed

►Because it wasn’t often called the dark Because it wasn’t often called the dark ages because of ancient Greeceages because of ancient Greece

►Greeks transformed themselves into Greeks transformed themselves into city states or also known as poleiscity states or also known as poleis

Greek middle historyGreek middle history

►Middle history is I think the climax so it Middle history is I think the climax so it must have been excitingmust have been exciting