The culture of ancient Greece, and its impact on other civilizations

The stages of the development of the culture of ancient Greece are divided into: up to classical (including the Crito-Mycenaean, Homeric and Archaic periods, covering the period from the III millennium BC to the VI century BC), the classical and then Hellenistic period. The latter began with the campaign of A.Macedonsky to the East and continued until the time when Rome conquered Egypt.

In the Aegean period, patriarchal slaveholding developed in Greece, which later became the basis for all further life of society. At this time, policies began to be formed - the so-called city-states, which were run by collectives elected from free citizens. The ancient Greeks created their own culture based on respect, honesty, diligence, spirituality and democracy. A talented people from a neglected mountainous region created a developed civilization with flourishing cities, perfectly supplied with agriculture and cattle breeding.

The culture of the Homeric period left few monuments of architecture, and this time humanity knows mainly from Homer's poems. His "Odyssey" and "Iliad" became the main sources of evidence of those times.

At that time, the culture of Ancient Greece began to develop painted ceramics. Gravestone vases, vessels of household use, remotely resembling shapes of the human body, wore geometric patterns. Later, more subtle and expressive lines began to appear, images of people and animals. Then the Greeks began to depict people in the form of figurines made of clay, bone or bronze.

The early archaic gave the world xoans - monumental sculptures, which are pillars, which had a slight resemblance to the human body and symbolized the gods.

The Greeks always appreciated the calmness and poise of a free man who occupies an active position in society, so their gods had not only a human appearance, but also personality traits peculiar to people. The culture of Ancient Greece gave the world a sculpture of Aphrodite of Milos, depicted in the form of a simple girl whose beauty and dignity are embodied in marble by an unknown master.

Physia created a statue of Athena Pallada of ivory, adorned with gold. The 11-meter-high Athena stands in the Parthenon. And in general, in Greek culture, God is an immortal person, therefore all the images of the gods are of a mundane human nature.

The statues were carved out of marble and then painted, this was done by famous sculptors Fizy, Poliklet, Miron and others. They believed that images should bring beauty to the world and captured the cold stone with courage and grace.

The culture of Ancient Greece gave the world a lot - Herodotus became the "father" of history, Euclid - laid the foundation of geometry, Archimedes - mechanics, Aristotle formed the theory of the state. It was in Greece that the prototype of the European theater was born. The Greeks loved the performances very much and in Athens, on the slopes of the Acropolis, several times a year they performed shows that lasted for several days.

The culture of Ancient Greece is based on love and beauty. It traces the cult of Aphrodite, love sang all around and the Amur arrows often connected not only heterosexual, but also same-sex Greeks, which in those days was considered quite normal. Marriage of the ancient Greeks was perceived purely in practice - family, children, upbringing, but love is another matter and it sometimes took the most unexpected and bizarre forms.

The culture of Ancient Greece gave the world the Olympic Games, which, according to legend, founded Hercules and they were held in honor of Zeus. Since that time, games are taken in turn in different countries around the world. And the Olympic flame begins its march with Olympia.