Plants and animals
Now it's time to move on to understanding of plants and animals. The Greeks found out three types of plants and named their parts, they learned how the plants reproduce spreading seeds. The Greek doctors used plants like herbs as medicines to help heal people. Aristotle was fascinated by the living things he saw. He collected all of the information he could find about plants and animals. Then Aristotle organized the animals in two groups animals with backbones and animals without backbones. He also organized the plants in three groups herbs, shrubs, and trees. Aristotle's work is still used until this very day. |
Greek Medicine
A greek doctor Hippocrates was known for being the father of medicine. The greeks believed that sickness was caused by the gods.Hippocrates created an oath that all doctors have to go by before they start working in the medical field. The Hippocratic oath was to be honest, preserve life, and to never reveal patients privacy. They crush up herbs into this powder substance which you mix with water to create medicine. Hippocrates brought a scientific method of being a doctor. Hippocrates believed that diseases had natural causes. Hippocrates taught his students to write down what they saw when they had patients and to carefully observe. The Greeks thought the when illnesses and punishments are given by the gods.
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Greek GovernmentThe different democracy's in modern days and greece have important differences. Every issue that the Athens had they debated and voted on it. In modern days we elect representatives to make laws and speak for us. Only the native born men could be citizens in Athens, but in modern day’s women and other people all around the world can be American citizens to. We still use the same basic rules of democracy as the greeks did. The Athens were proud that their government allowed them control their own destiny and this idea is the basis of our democracy today. |
Language and literature
Language and literatureFor the contributions and legacy we will learn about language and literature and how it affected modern day language. The Ancient Greeks have lived for 4,000 years. The word alphabet comes from the very first letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta? These just have a lot of connections from the English in modern days and the English in Greek days. The alphabet that the Greeks used were not used in modern days. Some of the modern day words have Greek roots, like (tel) and "voice", telephone. Some of the sentences that we use today is affected by the Greeks. The Ancient Greeks invented drama, tragedy, comedy, and historical writing.
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