greek civilization
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Let’s travel in classical
Greece 2500 years ago
and dream…
We will go back to 776 BC when the Greeks decided to meet every four years at Olympia, at the sanctuary of
the god Zeus and compete in his honor.
During the games all hostilities and wars stopped, so that the athletes and spectators
could be able to travel safely to Olympia
These games were named The Olympic Games and are held even today,
after their revival in
Athens in 1896 by Pierre de
Koumpertain,
when the most popular event, the Marathon Run, took place for the first time.
Apart from the Olympic Games, which are perhaps the most important sporting event, the Greeks created a great civilization, on which the
entire human thought of nowadays is based.
They built great works of art
such as temples and statues,
the beauty and harmony of which is unparalleled.
During the Ancient Greek times Literature and Poetry were
cultivated,
Theater were developed reaching their highest peak.
philosophy
Significant discoveries were made in Mathematics
Astronomy
Medicine, which were of immeasurable
value to humanity
All this could not have been recorded and saved, if the Greeks had not created the first
phonetic alphabet, which was the basis of the Latin alphabet.
Most important of all they founded the regime of democracy with the direct participation of citizens
at civic issues.
All these are the common heritage of all people that we must preserve and pass on to
future generations.
They were passed on to us from Greece with the challenge that we are not only their heirs but
also their successors.
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