Importance Of Greek Civilization

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The famous ancient Greek writer, Sophocles, once said, “success is dependent on effort.” (Ancient Greece). Ancient Greece brought so much effort into their art, history, wars, mythology, their people, and their society to bring success to their civilization. The United States bases several parts of their civilization from the teachings and experiences the Greek civilization had. The Greek civilization is significant to the United States for many reasons including their influence on astronomy, math, and physics, Homer’s epics, and the Persian War. Astronomy, math, and physics are significant to the United States because they gave a start of information that other civilizations can build from today. Many influences of those topics were created by Aristarchus, Eratosthenes, Euclid, and Archimedes. Aristarchus was an astronomer that calculated the sun to be 300 times larger than Earth. He also suggested that Earth and the other planets revolved around the sun. Eratosthenes was the director of the Alexandrian Library, and tried calculating the size of Earth. Although the United States la...

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