Greek culture and Education

Junior High School of Tyros

Greek civilisation

Characteristics Ancient-Greek and Roman culture Christianity Traditional, folklore culture Language European orientation

Ancient Greek – Roman culture(1)

Lessons (formally taught at school) Theoretical studies

History (Mythology, ancient Greek and Roman history)

Ancient Greek Original text(extracts from Xenophon, Plato, Arrianos, Lucian, Pausanias and others.)

Texts from translation (Homer, Herodotus, Euripides, Socrates, Aristophanes etc.)

Ancient Greek – Roman culture(2)

Lessons (formally taught at school) Science

Mathematics (theorems-statements to be proven, for example Euclid, Pythagoras,)

Physics(discoveries – laws, for example

Archimedes, Demokritos, Thales of Miletus, Heraclitus, Leucippus)

Computer Science(the mechanism of Antikythera)

Christianity

Lessons (formally taught at school) Religious Education History Literature

Festivities ‘Blessing’ at the beginning of the school year by a priest

Morning prayers by students Going to church a few times in the school year

Holidays (Christmas- Easter)

Folklore culture

Folklore art Music(traditional – folk music by Greek writers and

composers for example Theodorakis, Xatzidakis, Papathanasiou, ) Dances (Tsamikos, Tsakonikos, Kalamatianos, Pyrrixios -

Sera, Pentozalis, Zonaradikos, Ikariotikos etc.) Traditions/ morals Sports

Þ Subjects (History, Physical Education, Music, Art, Home Economics)

Þ Projects (environmental, cultural, health and professional career)

Language

Ancient Greek The language of Homer, Thucydides, Isocrates, Plato, Aristotle etc.

Katharevousa (a conservative form of Modern Greek) The language of scholars from Byzantium, the language of the Greek writer Vizyinos, Papadiamantis, Cavafy etc.

Democratic Modern Greek Dialects – Tsakonika (the dialect from the Pelopponnese)

The language of Erotokritos, Makrygiannis, Elytis, Seferis, Ritsos, Kazantzakis etc.

European orientation

Teaching of foreign languages (english, french, german)

History of European civilisation(Charlemagne, crusaded, discoveries, rennaisance,religious reformation,french revolution,world wars)

Literature (Brecht, Hesse, Charles Dickens,Chekhov, Kafka,

Oscar Wilde) Social Studies (European Union, institutions {european parliament, european

court, commissioner etc.}, european citizens)