Greek influences
Ancient Mediterranean legacy
The cultural, artistic, philosophical, and political legacies of ancient Greece that have shaped Western civilization.
Greek influences appear in architecture (Corinthian columns), democracy, drama, philosophy, mathematics, and the Olympic Games.
The phrase typically refers to how Greek ideas spread through Rome and the Renaissance to modern institutions: The building's Greek influences are unmistakable.
- HippocratesFather of medicine
- SocratesAncient Athenian questioning philosopher
- superstitionsUnfounded beliefs about luck
- polisGreek sovereign urban center
- city stateAutonomous urban territory
Euclid · golden ratio · democracy · Aristotle · know thyself · Western philosophy · Stoicism · dialectics · Plato · statue · Pythagoras · Archimedes · arete · tragic flaw · hubris · ethics · column · citizenship
Greek influencesEastern influences
Ideas from Asian cultures
Greek influencesnative traditions
Original cultural practices
folk traditions · local traditions · local customs · oral traditions