Contribution of Greeks

(i) Literature : Greeks wrote so many valuable books.

Homer — The Iliad and the Odyssey

Soppo — Lyrics

Aeschulus — Prometheus Bound

Herodotus — Persian Wars

Aristotle — The politics, Athens Constitution

(ii) Oratory : Means the art of speaking in public. We learnt this from Ancient Greeks.

(iii) Philosophy.

(iv) Language and literature.

(v) Religion.

(vi) Art and Architecture.

(vii) Science.

Detailed Answer : 

Contribution of Greeks : 

(i) Mathematics : The Greeks were good in mathematics. Pythagoras formulated the principle of geometry that bears his name the Pythagorean Theorem. 

(ii) Euclid : Recognized as the “ Father of geometry” 

(iii) Archimedes : Advanced the method of measuring the circumference of a circle. He also discovered the principle of the specific gravity. 

(iv) Aristarchus : Discovered that the Earth revolves around the Sun while rotating on its own axis. 

(v) Erastostheneswas : Able to make an estimate of the circumference of the world. He was also the first to draw the longitude and the latitude lines on the map of the world. 

(vi) Architecture : The goal was to honor the God. The most beautiful structures were the temples, theatres, baths, stadiums and markets were constructed. 

(vii) Drama : The theme of the drama was how fate or destiny dictated on events occurring in the world. The subject of their drama was the problems in life. 

(viii) Sophocles, Euripedes and Aeschylus are the famous writers of Greek tragedy. 

(ix) Painting : The common design was the daily work of the people like singing, dancing, playing musical instruments, taking a bath and other activities. 

(x) Medicine : Greeks established a school for study of medicine where the cause of illness was investigated and where sick was treated based on observation. 

(xi) Religion : The tradition in Greek was the worship of different Gods headed by Zeus. 

(xii) Philosophy : Socrates–famous because of his philosophy that reason and riot emotion should prevail. Plato–for him law was supposed to be for all and not for the strong and rich only. Aristotle–was the intelligent student of Plato. He studied animals, plants anatomy and physics. According to him one should accept any theory if this conforms to observable data.