Greek Cultural Contribution
Alizae Alejo
Architecture
and Corinthian. Other types of Greek art include pottery, sculptures, and paintings. Every city state had a temple that was dedicated to a specific god. They went there to worship and make sacrifices. Some leaders like Pericles and Alexander the Great spread the Greek architecture through out Europe.
We see Greek influence in architecture today in important buildings. The White house, Capital Building, Supreme Court,and the Lincoln Memorial all have columns that show Greek influence.
Government
You have to be 18 to vote, we have a democracy, We have term limits (president holds office for 4 years, he is limited 2 years).
Sports
We have the Olympics, we have many of the same sports (boxing, wrestling, discus, etc....)
Philosophy
We still see Dr's. ,, Use the Hippocratic Oath,. We use some Math skills today like PI, Pythagorean there & still study Geometry.
Mythology
We still study Mythology, movies: Hercules, Percy , Jackson.