GREEK

Civilization
October 2023
 The Presenters

Ariane Mapacpac Milca Balmeo Alexander Abling

BSED - SCIENCE 1 BSED - MATHEMATICS 1 BSED - SCIENCE 1
 Obj e c ti v e s
By the end of the discussion you will be able
to;
1. Identity various contributions of Greek Civilization to the World
2. Recognize the political system and beliefs of greek civilization
3. Identify ways that some ideas and accomplishments made by ancient
Greeks relate to us today
 ORIGIN
• Greece is an archipelago in the southeastern part of Europe. Known as the
birthplace of Western philosophy
• Ancient Greece was born on the shores of the Aegean Sea around 4,000 years ago.
Over a millennium, it expanded to lands as far as West Spain and as far as West
India (Under Alexander The Great)
• The Greek Civilization was divided into city-states. Amongst them, Athens and
Sparta were the most powerful. They had separate functioning systems and
governing systems. ancient Greek civilization were governed by a democratic form
of government. The Greeks were the pioneers of DEMOCRACY.
 ORIGIN
• The prosperity of Ancient Greece was mainly due to overseas trade. The city-states were very
isolated and engulfed themselves more in seafaring bringing the main source of wealth. The luxury
items of ancient Greece, wine, and olives were popular items of export from Greece.

• Greece is the most influential civilization on the planet. Aside from that the foundation of the
western world which dominates 60% of the world today. From democracy to almost all sciences,
from philosophy to what we see as beautiful, from math to the Olympic games, the biggest sports
event in the world, language, civilization, knowledge, reason, strive for perfection, and literally
almost everything else. Greece has a vast and profound influence on our modern world.
Contributions
Architecture
Sports and
Theatre Language and
Mathematics

Philosophy Technology
Sports and Theatre
ANCIENT OLYMPIC
GAMES

RUNNING WRESTLING BOXINGEQUESTRIAN EVENT

Running contests included: This was highly valued as a form Boxers wrapped straps (himantes) These included horse races and
the stade race, which was the pre- of military exercise without around their hands to strengthen their chariot races and took place in the
eminent test of speed, covering the weapons. It ended only when one wrists and steady their fingers. Hippodrome, a wide, flat, open space.
Olympia track from one end to the of the contestants admitted defeat. Initially, these straps were soft but, as
time progressed, boxers started using
other (200m foot race),
hard leather straps, often causing
the diaulos (two stades - 400m foot
disfigurement of their opponent's face.
race),
dolichos (ranging between 7 and 24
stades).
ANCIENT GREEK
THEATRE
Greek theatre began in the 6th
century BCE in Athens with the
performance of tragedy plays at
religious festivals. These, in turn,
inspired the genre of
Greek comedy plays. The two
types of Greek drama would be
hugely popular and performances
spread around the Mediterranean
and influenced Hellenistic and
ANCIENT GREEK
THEATREThe Greeks valued the power of the
spoken word, and it was their main method
of communication and storytelling. Bahn
and Bahn write, "To Greeks the spoken
word was a living thing and infinitely
preferable to the dead symbols of a written
language." Socrates himself believed that
once something has been written down, it
lost its ability for change and growth. For
these reasons, among many others, oral
storytelling flourished in Greece
 Ph ilosoph y

The Philosophers in ancient Greece

were Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
 Socrates
Socrates (470/469–399 B.C.E.) is remembered for
his teaching methods and for asking thought-
provoking questions. Instead of lecturing his
students, he asked them difficult questions in order
to challenge their underlying assumptions—a
method still used in modern-day law schools.
Because Socrates wrote little about his life or
work, much of what we know comes from his
student Plato.
 Plato
Plato (428/427–348/347 B.C.E.)
studied ethics, virtue, justice, and
other ideas relating to human
behavior. Following in Socrates’
footsteps, he became a teacher and
inspired the work of the next great
Greek philosopher, Aristotle.
 Aristotle
Aristotle (384–322 B.C.E.), while also
interested in ethics, studied different
sciences like physics, biology, and
astronomy. He is often credited with
developing the study of logic, as well
as the foundation for modern-day
zoology.
 Architecture
Ancient Greek architecture is best
known for its temples. Greek
Architecture is concerned with
simplicity, proportion, perspective, and
harmony in buildings. Greek
architecture includes some of the finest
and most distinctive buildings ever built.
Greek Architecture Order
Due to the great architectural designs of ancient Greece, this great artistry
was imitated by other civilizations and is visible until now.

Philippine, National Museum Manila, Central Post Office

 Langua ge a nd M a the ma tic s
• Greek Language made quite and impact as well. Ancient Greek, at about
3,400 years old provided the basis of many modern languages. The
English Language Alone has thousands of words with Greek roots.

• One well-known philosopher from greek civilization was Pythagoras,

the mathematician who created the Pythagorean Theorem.
 Te c hnology
One of the most utilized gadgets today that was invented by the ancient Greeks is the
alarm clock. Although the alarm clock during that time did not resemble the present-day
alarm clock, the purpose was just the same-to tell an individual when to stop or when to
start. The ancient Greek's alarm clocks used large complicated mechanisms to time the
alarm. They made use of water (or sometimes small stones or sand) that dropped into
drums which sounded the alarm. Plato was believed to have utilized an alarm clock to
signal the start of his lecture. His version used four water vessels lined up vertically.
The upper vessel supplied the water which dropped to the vessel below it, which was set
to be filled in a given time. After it was full, water was siphoned off at a faster rate into
the third vessel which would cause the expulsion of contained air, creating a whistling
noise. Afterwards, this vessel would empty towards the bottom vessel for storage and
reuse.
 Wa t e r M ill

Wa te r m i lls we r e a l so c o n si d e r e d a s o n e o f th e m o st im p o r ta n t
c o n tr ib u tio n s o f t h e G r e e k c i v il iz a ti o n t o th e wo r ld . Th e y we r e c o m m o n ly
u se d in a g ric u l tu r a l p r o c e sse s l ik e m il lin g o f g r a i n s wh i c h w a s a n e c e ssa r y
f o r m o f f o o d p r o c e ssin g d u r in g th a t ti m e . Be c a u se m ill in g wa s m a d e
p o ssib le b y th e u se o f w a te r m il ls, th e m a ss p r o d u c t io n o f r ic e , c e r e a ls,
f l o u rs, a n d th e lik e b e c a m e c o m m o n . Wa t e r m ill s w e r e c o n sid e r e d b e tt e r
th a n m ills p o we r e d b y f a r m a n i m a ls b e c a u se th e y r e q u ir e d l e ss. e ff o r t a n d
ti m e to o p e r a te sin c e th e f a r m e r d id n o t h a v e to r a i se a n i m a ls. T h e y o n l y
r e q u ire d a c c e ss t o r iv e r s o r f lo w in g wa wh e r e a m e c h a n ism o f a la rg e
wh e e l w ith sm a l l "b u c k e t s o f wa t e r a tta c h e d to it c o u l d b e in sta l le d
Thank
you!