1. Acropolis of Lindos
in Rhodes
Agora – south of Acropolis

2. Delos Island –where
Artemis and Apollo
were born
Delphi – where Apollo lived

3. Dionysus Theater –
father of ancient Greek
Drama
Hephaestus Temple

4. Olympia – where the games
started
Parthenon

6. • The Greeks are recognized
as an exceptional people.
• Greeks are known as the
“noble Greeks”.
• The term “the glory that
was Greece” is particularly
applicable to them because
of their attainments in
literature, sculpture,
architecture and philosophy.

7. 3 Periods of the History of Greek Literature
I. Pre-Homeric Age and
Homeric Age to the Age of
Herodotus
II. From the Age of
Herodotus to the death of
Alexander the Great
III. The Period of Decline:
From the death of
Alexander the Great to the
enslavement of the Greeks
by Rome and extends to
A.D. 1453

8. Qualities of Greek Literature
1. Permanence and Universality:
Greek literature is as alive today
as it was when it was written
more than 3,000 years ago.
2. Essentially full of artistry
• Greek literature is a product of a
people who purposely and
conscientiously developed their
physical and intellectual powers.
3. Originality
•The Greek mind had the supreme
power of modifying and improving
all that it touched.

9. 4. Diversity of talent
• The Greek mind never
rested complacently on
any one subject; the
Greeks cultivated all literary
types to perfection.
5. Intellectual quality
• The Greek mind challenges
one to think for some
purpose - to bring about
some inner transformation.

10. More information
1.The Greeks believed in four
cardinal virtues: courage,
temperance, justice and
wisdom.
2. The Greeks depicted their
deities in human shape as is
evident in the abundant
sculpture they have left us.
3. The Greeks followed a
formula in their prayers:
invocation, sanction and
entreaty.

11. 4. The Greeks asked their
deities in routine
prayers, and they asked
advice and counsel
through omens.
5. The Greeks believed
that their deities lived on
Mount Olympus or retired
in their favorite shrines
and that they also
mingled with people.

12. 6. Ancient Greece
was a land of
contrasts but not of
extremes.
7. Life was difficult,
but the Greeks were
able to make the
most of what they
had.