Legacy of Ancient Greece

theater

• wrote geometry textbook that has been used for 2,000 years
• column with scrolls at top
• Often use Greek building styles, such as Doric, Ionian & Corinthian columns
• viewing place with raised seats so that everyone could see & hear

classification-plants & animals

• began in ancient times; an athlete lights this at the start of the games
• Aristotle developed this; still used in science today
• added balance to buildings; three main kinds
• believed that numbers are the key to understanding nature

Pythagoras

• began in ancient times; an athlete lights this at the start of the games
• believed that numbers are the key to understanding nature
• sickness & injury are punishments sent from the gods
• used the curve of the Earth's surface to calculate its circumference

geometry

• system for measuring land & its area
• Often use Greek building styles, such as Doric, Ionian & Corinthian columns
• woman who taught philosophy & mathematics in Alexandria, Egypt
• "father of history" & creator of first map of the known world

Thucydides

• added balance to buildings; three main kinds
• purpose was to honor the god Zeus
• "eyewitness to history" who wrote about the Peloponnesian War between Athens & Sparta
• woman who taught philosophy & mathematics in Alexandria, Egypt

Hipparchus

• learned how to estimate distances from Earth to both sun moon; later allowed scientists to predict lunar eclipses.
• purpose was to honor the god Zeus
• added balance to buildings; three main kinds
• woman who taught philosophy & mathematics in Alexandria, Egypt

Herodotus

• mapmaker who developed latitude & longitude for recording specific places on Earth
• "father of history" & creator of first map of the known world
• The study of body structure
• system for measuring land & its area

observed & asked questions

• "eyewitness to history" who wrote about the Peloponnesian War between Athens & Sparta
• "father of history" & creator of first map of the known world
• five contests: footrace, discus throw, long jump, javelin throw & wrestling
• scientists made discoveries by doing these two things

pentathlon

• viewing place with raised seats so that everyone could see & hear
• five contests: footrace, discus throw, long jump, javelin throw & wrestling
• purpose was to honor the god Zeus
• named & described organs. For example, heart pumps blood throughout body; brain is center of the nervous system

special effects

• revolving scenery; 'flying' with hoists
• believed that Earth revolves (moves) around the Sun
• fancy column with flowery patterns & acanthus leaves
• from first 2 letters of Greek alphabet