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Greek literature is important because it laid the foundations of the western civilization today. Epics like Illiad (4th most important book in the history of mankind, Oral epic passed down for 400 years orally until it was finally written) and Odyssey (Defines Greek religion and culture).
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoComedies were made to entertain people, to make them forget their worries and not think. A lot of politicians used comedies for entertaining people so they can do whatever they want. Comedies were used only for laugh and fun. Tragedies wanted to make people think and wonder about apsolutly everything.
Some people say that whether you prefer comedies or tragedies define you as a peron. So when the comedies reached their top popularity Greek society was blunted and when tragedies reached their top popularity people thought about everything a lot deeper. The goal of aristocrats was to make people watch comedies, so they wouldn't pay attention.
Will Greek society think or not depended on what the writters have been writing about.
So to sum it up Greek literature determineted what Greeks were thinking.
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∙ 12y agoWell, our parents used to tell us stories about why there are some things on this world. The Greek Myths were only told to explain things. Like, Poseidon was supposidly the king of the sea and storms. They believed that's why we have the sea. Zeus, King of all Gods and lightning. That's why we have lightning.
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∙ 12y agoGreek art and literature provided the basis of most western art and literature today, as one can observe the Greeks were very enchanted by the human form, and truly brought a new degree of realism into their art and sculpture because of it. As for their literature, the Greeks laid a foundation that was then built upon by the Romans, who brought it to Europe, and although it has undergone an immense amount of change over time, it laid a sound foundation for what we have today.
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∙ 15y agoThe Greeks invented writing left to right!
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∙ 13y agoGreeks invented the genres of drama and tragedy.
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