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If all of the world’s cultural heritage (sports, music, fashion, architecture, literature, painting, etc..) was contained in a time capsule, what would you include to demonstrate the legacy of your country?

My Greek Time Capsule• Architecture• Literature and Theater• Sculpture• Language• Sciences• Democracy and Philosophy• Food• Sports • Painting• Music and Dance• Modern Greece

Architecture

The Parthenon is a former temple dedicated to the goddess Athena.All temples in Greece were designed to be seen only from the outside. The viewers never entered a temple and could only glimpse the interior statues through the open doors. The Parthenon was conceived in a way that the aesthetic elements allow for a smooth transition between the exterior and the interior that housed the chryselephantine statue of Athena. The Parthenon is a double peripteral Doric temple with several unique and innovative architectural features. Nowadays It is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, Athenian democracy and western civilization and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments.

ArchitectureThe theatre of Epidaurus is considered one of the purest masterpieces of Greek architectureand admired for its exceptional acoustics, which permit almost perfect intelligibility of unamplified spoken words from the center of the stage to all 14,000 spectators, regardless of their seating.

The tholos in Delphi is a circular building which was created between 380 and 360 BC at the center of the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia. It is constructed with 20 Doric columns on its exterior diameter and incorporates a lot architectural innovations.

Literature and TheaterFor ancient Greeks, theater was consider a form of education an thus was free for poor people. Noticeable Ancient Greek writers are Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes that wrote some of the worlds most famous tragedies, comedies, satyr plays and epic poems that are performed even today

Along with the Odyssey, the Iliad is the oldest extant works of Western literature

Sophocles

Picture from “Electra” of Sophocles at Odeon of Herodes Atticus

Aristophanes

Sculptures

Aphrodite of Milos

Caryatid

Greek sculptures are exhibited in the worlds biggest museums

The Discobolus

LanguageGreek is the predominant source of international scientific vocabulary such us mathematics, physics, philosophy and medicine. It is one of the oldest languages in the world and was often used to coin new words for other languages.

Early Greek alphabet on pottery in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Sciences• Greek mathematics constitutes a major period in the history of mathematics, most

specifically in geometry, the idea of formal proof, number theory and applied mathematics. Famous Greek Mathematicians are : Euclid, Archimedes, Pythagoras and Thales

• The Hippocratic Oath derives from Hippocrates who is considered “The Father of Western Medicine”.

• Ancient Greeks contributed to sciences such as physics, chemistry and astronomy

The Pythagorean theorem

The Hippocratic Oath

Archimedes whose famous quote “Eureka” led to Archimedes’s principle which is a law of physics fundamental to fluid mechanics

Democracy and Philosophy• The term and idea of "democracy" first appeared in ancient Greek political and

philosophical thought in the city-state of Athens. Cleisthenes is credited with reforming the constitution of Ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing. Historians referred to him as “The father of the Athenian Democracy”.

• Ancient Greek philosophy arose in the 6th century BC and dealt with a wide variety of subjects, including political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, ontology, logic, rhetoric, and aesthetics. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were the most influential of the ancient Greek philosophers, and focused their attention more on the role of the human being than on the explanation of the material world.

“The School of Athens” by Raphael

Socrates

Plato

FoodThe Greek food is the perfect example of traditional Mediterranean cuisine. It's based around a variety of colorful and flavorful foods that are high in nutrients and low in animal fats. Famous Greek foods and products are Greek salad, yogurt, souvlaki, olives, olive oil, honey, feta and ouzo.

SportsGreece was the birthplace and home of the Ancient Olympic Games and the host for the revival of the Modern Olympic games

The Olympic Rings are the main symbol of the modern Olympic games. They represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the word at the Olympic Games

The Olympic flame is lit at the site of the Ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece. Its origin lie in ancient Greece, commemorating the theft of fire from Greek god Zeus by Prometheus.

The Panathenaic Stadium hosted the first modern Olympic games in 1896 and in 2004

PaintingIn Ancient Greece painting in walls was considered a way of decoration for palaces and temples. The theme of the paintings was originated from everyday activities

Famous Greek modern painters : Domenikos “El Greco” Theotokopoulos, Yannis Tsarouchis, Dimitris Mitaras.

View of ToledoAssumption of the Virgin

The Bull-Leaping Fresco from the Great Palace at Knossos, Crete

Music & Dance• Music in Greece is of unbelievable diversity due to the creative Greek assimilation of

different influences of the Eastern and Western cultures of Asia and Europe. Music is an important aspect of the daily Greek culture

• There are different styles and interpretations of dancing from all of the islands and surrounding mainland areas. Each region formed its own choreography and style to fit in with their own ways and dancers have their own costumes.

Traditional costumes that dances wear in the island of Paros

“Mpouzouki” is one of the most traditional music instrument in Greece

Modern GreeceGreece culture nowadays is shown in the hospitality that is offered to tourists who visit the islands.

PaxoiSantorini

Zakynthos

Mykonos

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