Ancient Greek Literature

1. Ancient Greek Literature By: Abdulkarim Abbas & Mohammed Al Kulaib Grade: 7 Section: 1

2. Introduction • Did you know ancient Greek literature influenced modern literature the most? • Ancient Greeks were the first to use vowels in their language. • Greek literature is known as the birth place of western intellectual life. • Ancient Greek literature, people who contributed to literature, literature influence to modern society and the world with out ancient Greek literature will be included in this power point.

3. Introduction II • Whether you know Greek literature or not, you should know it influenced modern literature.

4. Ancient Greek Literature • 30% of the words in a ordinary dictionary comes from the ancient Greek language. • Ancient Greeks were the first to use vowels. • Our alphabet came from the Greek language. • For example: the word “alphabet” came from ancient Greek words “alpha” “beta”.

5. Ancient Greek Literature II • Ancient Greek literature had four major writings; epic traditions, lyric poetry, tragedy and comedy. • An example of the epic traditions are the Iliad and the Odyssey. • Lyric poems got its name from a group of individuals singing while playing the lyre. • Tragedies and comedies were dramas and used to honour Greek god Dionysus.

7. Ancient Greek Contributors to Literature • An ancient Greek called Homer is famous for his two writings Odyssey and Iliad. • Homer was a blind man and people would gather around too hear him sing 10 epic songs. • Homer live around the 8th century and made imagination based stories. • Another contributor was Theocritus.

8. Ancient Greek Contributors to Literature II • Theocritus was the creator of pastoral poetry. • He wrote mane mime plays. • Alexandria was a book and poem maker. • Goethe was a Greek man who made classical and romantic poems. • “Clearness of vision, cheerfulness of acceptance, easy grace of expression, are qualities which delight us” quoted Goethe

10. Ancient Greek Literature Influence to Modern Society • English grammar, punctuation and paragraphing came from the ancient Greek literature. • Greek literature influenced us most during the 18th century. • Roman, Latin and English literature was most influenced by ancient Greek literature. • Greeks made mane genres such as tragedy, comedy, poetry and historic writing.

11. Ancient Greek Literature Influence to Modern Society II • The ancient Greek alphabet was the first to have vowels. • The vowels made the language easier to learn and speak. • Their poetry made us think more and clear our minds. • Ancient Greek poetry was referred to medicine for the mind. • Greek words express ideas very well.

13. World Without Ancient Greek literature • A world with out ancient Greek literature would be very different. • Vowels would not be made which would make our languages much harder to learn and speak. • We would have many more letters. • There would not be any creative books for us to read. • There would be many languages in one small country.

14. World Without Ancient Greek literature II • Without ancient Greek literature our society would be less socially advanced. • People would not be as creative and wise. • With no start to creative writings we would still be living in empires trying to attack neighbor countries or cities. • Without ancient Greek literature would have been one of the most complicated things in life.

16. Conclusion • Ancient Greek literature, people who contributed to literature, literature influence to modern society and the world with out ancient Greek literature were included in this power point. • Remember Greek literature is known as the birth place of western intellectual life. • Don’t forget whether you know Greek literature or not, you should know it influenced modern literature.

17. Work Cited • Books Frey, Wendy, and Diane Hart. History Alive! Palo Alto, CA: TCI, 2004. Print.Internet "Ancient Greek Literature - History for Kids!" Kidipede - History and Science for Kids - Homework Help for Middle School. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/greeklit.htm>. "Homer." Washington State University - Pullman, Washington. Web. 24 Apr. 2010. <http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/MINOA/HOMER.HTM>.