Greek Civilization
400 B.C. – 200 B.C.
The Culture of Ancient Greece
1. Greek Mythology
2. Greek Poetry
3. Greek Fables
4. Greek Drama
5. Greek Art
6. Greek Architecture
Greek Mythology
• Explanation of
Ancient Greek religion
• Homer
• Hesiod
• Homeric Hymns
• The Olympians
• 12 Most important
gods
• Lived on Mt. Olympus
Greek Poetry and Fables
• Stories that taught Greek
values
• Epics- long poems that
told about heroic deeds
• Iliad and the Odyssey
• Homer
• Fables- Short tale that
teaches a lesson
• Aesop (Greek slave)
Greek Drama
• Tragedy
• Good to bad fortune
• Comedy
• Bad to good
circumstances
• Satyr Plays
• Not as serious
• Tragicomedy
Greek Art
• Three main periods of
Greek art are:
• Archaic
• Classical
• Hellenistic
• The main physical
categories of Greek art
• Painting
• Sculpture
• Architecture
• Coin
• Design
• Pottery
Greek Architecture
Three different types
1. Doric
• Most used
• Spartans
• Wood/Stone
2. Ionic
• Columns were more slender
than Doric
• Built higher
• Stone
3. Corinthian
• Not used much
• Fancier
• More detail