Ancient Greek philosophy is the initial stage of the emergence and development of western philosophy. Classical Greek philosophy, or early Greek philosophy, focuses on the task of debate and investigation. In many ways, it paved the way for modern science and philosophy. The influence of early Greek philosophers on later generations never stopped, from early Muslim philosophy to Renaissance, to Enlightenment and modern general science.
Homer's epic is the earliest formal written literary work in the history of western literature. Epic includes two parts, namely Iliad and Odyssey. According to legend, the author is Homer, a blind poet who lived between 65438 BC and the 00 th and 8 th centuries.
Aesop's Fables is said to have been written by Aesop, an ancient Greek slave who was released in the 6th century BC. It collected all the ancient Greek folktales, and added 357 stories of India, Arabia and Christianity.
Lyrics in ancient Greece include a variety of themes, mainly divided into two-line poems, satirical poems, piano music and pastoral songs. Among them, many ancient Greek poets wrote double-line poems. The earliest poet is said to be Kalinos in the first half of the 7th century BC, but Szimonidesz (556-466 BC) was the best at writing this poem. Solon, the founder of Athenian democracy, also wrote many poems. Among the lyric poems in ancient Greece, Qin Song is the most successful, which is a kind of song-like poem accompanied by music. Qin Ge can be divided into solo and chorus.
Ancient Greek comedy originated from carnival songs and dances and folk burlesque. In 487 BC, Athens officially decided to add comedy competitions to the bacchanalia in the spring. Ancient Greek comedies were mostly political satire and social satire, which came into being in the prosperous period of democratic politics with relatively free speech. The comedies of this period were extremely critical, especially good at satirizing those in power. The comedy at this time is called "old comedy".
In architecture, the ancient Greek heritage can be considered as having two themes. One is the image model contained in Greek architecture. These models first include a series of decorative terms, sculptures and styles, which are more or less completely accepted or intermittently used and discarded. Even if they fall out of favor, we can't rashly conclude that they have completely disappeared from the database of western architects. The second aspect of Greek architecture left in the world is the Greek view on the essence of architecture. Architectural form is always passively accepted by people, but the view on the essence of architecture can only be understood, and instinct is often found in some obvious places. It is known that in order to properly design the scale of buildings, a certain mathematical proportion must be followed. This view belongs to the Greeks, both in essence and in choosing an appropriate proportion. This view reappeared in the Renaissance, and sometimes the perfection of architectural form took pains to repeat some favorite shapes.
In ancient Greece, there were four kinds of ceremonies, among which the Olympic Games dedicated to Zeus, the king of gods, was the largest, the longest and the most famous. Of all the sports competitions in ancient Greece, none was paid more attention by the Greeks than the Olympic Games, and none had more participants than the Olympic Games. In the eyes of the ancient Greeks, the Olympic Games is a symbol of the whole Greek national spirit, and its long duration and far-reaching influence are rare in human history.
Diophantine, the most famous mathematician and contribution in ancient Greece, is known as the originator of algebra; Apollonius, Study on Conic Curve; Euclid, the author of Elements of Geometry, laid the foundation of European mathematics in the future. Pythagoras school, found many theorems, including Pythagoras theorem, found irrational numbers; Archimedes, who promoted the development of geometry, made good use of the concepts of exhaustion and approximation (very close to modern calculus).