Term Papers on Greek And Roman Influences On Modern Society

Term Paper Title	Greek And Roman Influences On Modern Society
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Greek and Roman Influences on Modern Society

     The Greeks were the first to question the world, and to believe they could understand it.  They
were the first to study science and philosophy, and carried them quite far.  The Romans are credited with
much of what we know about law, and even the Constitution was based on their ideas.

     Democritus is one of the most important Greeks with his Atomic Theory.  He believed that all
things are made up of atoms and the void.  We found that he made some mistakes in his declarations, but
his main concept was correct and provides the basis for our atomic findings.  This theory is one of the most
important in all history.

     Pythagoras is another very important Greek, who pioneered mathematics.  His most famous
theory, and most useful, is the Pythagorean Theorem.  It states that in a right triangle, the square of the
hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.  That theory, and many others, are still
used today.  Another man, Euclid, was very important in today's mathematics.  He compiled the Elements
of Geometry, which remained in use in many classrooms until very recently (including Montgomery).
Sadly, Pythagoras, and other mathematicians, hit a roadblock which stopped mathematics almost
completely until modern times.  Irrational numbers scared them, and they decided that something irrational
had no place in the rational world.  Of course, today we have overcome those fears, and there are several
irrational numbers which are indespensible, like pi.

     The Greeks also evolved history and drama.  Both had been around for a while, but the Greeks
brought new ideas to them, and changed them into the form they are today.  For many years, men had
documented the events of time, but it wasn't until Herodotus and Thucydides that men tried to make an
actual story, from beginning to end, of an event.  Today, many people write stories about 'what could have
happened' in an event, or predict something that could happen, and what its consequences might be.

     Greek drama had always been one actor playing a god,  and a chorus representing the people,
which was probably a bit boring.  Aeschylus added a second actor, and did away with the chrous, and
Sophocles and Euripedes refined the style, writing about not only gods but everyday human beings.  Today,
there are many different forms of entertainment.  Apart from the plays on stage, we have television and
movies.  T...

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