Ancient Greece's Influence On The Modern World

Greek Culture Ancient Greece was one of the most thriving countries in the early sixth to eighth AD centuries. Ancient Greece still has a huge impact on the modern world as they perfected skills we still use today. The Ancient Greeks were known for their advances in architecture, cuisine, and entertainment. The Greeks had a heavy influence in todays architecture since some of our governmental buildings are based off of old Greek architecture. Common materials used in their architecture were “wood, brick, limestone, marble, and terra cotta metals like bronze” (Art). In their sculptures the Greeks used “mainly stone, marble, and limestone since there were plentiful in Greece” (Art). The most common shape of “buildings were rectangles and
Common foods eaten by the Greeks were “grapes, olives, figs, eggs, fish, and bread which were eaten on a low table” (Wroble 14). A normal greek breakfast consists of bread, honey, and cheese (Green 41). These common foods show how “Greece is home to one of the healthiest diets in the world” because of their simple diet (Greek Cusine). Holiday foods were similar to a meal they share on Christmas. The most essential Christmas food was the “Chistopsomto, which is a loaf of bread that is drizzled with honey, and eaten on Christmas Eve” (Greek Cuisine). As for preparation, meals were normally “cooked on a simple brazier
On the contrary the Greeks actually had parties called Symposium which was a drinking party (Music and Entertainment). Similarly they believed they were civilized yet “utensils were rarely used” (Greek Cuisine). Finally a last weird fact was that the Greeks only prescribed milk for medicine and not for drinking (Food). The Greeks also had strict guidelines for meals. For example, “At formal dinners men and women ate separately” (Food). “Women and children were rarely seen at banquets” (Food). The women and Children were not allowed to even be seen in the dining room so they had to eat in the kitchen (Wroble 14). Finally the last main guideline was to mix wine with water so it would not be considered barbaric