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Alphabet and literature
• The English alphabet came from the Greek alphabet. Can you find some examples?
• Many letters of the Greek alphabet are used in mathematics, can you find out from the table the Greek letters that you have encountered?
Alphabet and literature
Picture of Homer’s poet – ‘Odyssey’
• The Greeks wrote many excellent poems.
Alphabet and literature
A famous book of fables –Aesop’s fables.
Alphabet and literature
An open-air theatre
• Greek plays influenced all later plays.
Reconstructions of a mask that actors wore in
Greek theatre
Alphabet and literature
• The most famous thinkers were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.
Greek thinkers
• Herodotus was the Father of History.
Herodotus
The architecture of the Legislative Council Building in Central
Can you find similar types of columns in Hong Kong?
Greek sculptures were famous in Europe. Greek statues can be seen in famous museums today.
Buildings and sculptures
A relief sculpture found on top of the Parthenon
Buildings and sculptures
Statue of Athena, Goddess of Athens
Buildings and sculptures
Medicine and science
• Famous Greek mathematicians were Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes.
• Hippocrates was the Father of Medicine. Pythagoras’ Theorem
Medicine and science
Refer to your textbook, and identify the following Greek thinkers.
taught taught
Greek thinkers
Socrates Plato Aristotle
taught taught
Greek thinkers
Buildings and sculptures
The Greeks were great builders. The Parthenon, the temple of Athena in Athens, is a good example of Greek architecture.
The tall stone columns of the Parthenon is a typical style of Greek architecture.
Remains of the Parthenon in Athens
Buildings and sculptures
Remains of the Parthenon in Athens
The tall stone columns of the Parthenon is a typical style of Greek architecture.
Can you find similar types of columns in Hong Kong?
The architecture of the Court of Final Appeal in Central
Can you find similar types of columns in Hong Kong?
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