ASSINGMENT HISTORY ANCIENT GREENETRODUCTIONAncient Greek culture was inspired mainly by all the standards of the modern Western world. This has contributed to our daily standards in many Western countries or countries that follow an Americanized path of life. Things like markets, writing and literature, toilets, social conduct, government, hygiene and especially common manners and feelings. Ancient Greek Democracy The word democracy comes from 2 different words demo means "people" and Katia. means “rule”. Athens was the first city of Attica. In addition to being the commercial center, the Agora was the administrative and legal center, where Athenian democracy was put into practice.Ancient Greek DramaThere are 3 types of drama; Tragedy, Comedies and Epic Poem.COMEDIES: One day of the feast of Dionysus was devoted to comedies, which could make fun of the gods, the customs of the Athenians, or characters like Pericles and Socrates, Aristophanes was a famous comic playwright. TRAGEDIES: Early Greek tragedies, such as those written by Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, often dealt with legendary subject matter. It was perhaps a battle from the Trojan War or the gods punishing great men who were too proud. Tragedies are followed by satyrs. They were crude comedies, often based on sexual humor, and one of their functions might have been to release tension after three days, and tragedies. EPIC POEM: An epic is a long narrative poem; it is usually a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Another type of epic poetry is the epyllion which is a brief narrative poem with ...... middle of paper ...... Europe to France in the East. The Greek Empire was most powerful between 2000 BC and 146 BC. The ancient Greeks developed new ideas in government, science, philosophy, religion, and art. Ancient Greece was divided into many different states; each state was governed in its own way. Each state had its own laws, government and money, but they shared the same language and religion. The two most important city-states were Athens and Sparta. Ancient Greek Literature Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the ancient Greek language from the earliest texts until approximately the rise of the Empire. This period of Greek literature extends from Homer until the 4th century BC and the advent of Alexander the Great. English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once claimed that all philosophy was a footnote to Plato..