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Alphabet and literature The English alphabet came from the Greek alphabet. Can you find some examples? Many letters of the Greek alphabet are used in mathematics, can you find out from the table the Greek letters that you have encountered? Alphabet and literature Picture of Homer’s poet – ‘Odyssey’ The Greeks wrote many excellent poems. Alphabet and literature A famous book of fables Aesop’s fables. Alphabet and literature An open-air theatre Greek plays influenced all later plays. Reconstructions of a mask that actors wore in Greek theatre Alphabet and literature The most famous thinkers were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Greek thinkers Herodotus was the Father of History. Herodotus

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Page 1: Alphabet and literature - hkedcity.net · Greek theatre Alphabet and literature • The most famous thinkers were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Greek thinkers

Alphabet and literature

• The English alphabet came from the Greek alphabet. Can you find some examples?

• Many letters of the Greek alphabet are used in mathematics, can you find out from the table the Greek letters that you have encountered?

Alphabet and literature

Picture of Homer’s poet – ‘Odyssey’

• The Greeks wrote many excellent poems.

Alphabet and literature

A famous book of fables –Aesop’s fables.

Alphabet and literature

An open-air theatre

• Greek plays influenced all later plays.

Reconstructions of a mask that actors wore in

Greek theatre

Alphabet and literature

• The most famous thinkers were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.

Greek thinkers

• Herodotus was the Father of History.

Herodotus

Page 2: Alphabet and literature - hkedcity.net · Greek theatre Alphabet and literature • The most famous thinkers were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Greek thinkers

The architecture of the Legislative Council Building in Central

Can you find similar types of columns in Hong Kong?

Greek sculptures were famous in Europe. Greek statues can be seen in famous museums today.

Buildings and sculptures

A relief sculpture found on top of the Parthenon

Buildings and sculptures

Statue of Athena, Goddess of Athens

Buildings and sculptures

Medicine and science

• Famous Greek mathematicians were Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes.

• Hippocrates was the Father of Medicine. Pythagoras’ Theorem

Medicine and science

Page 3: Alphabet and literature - hkedcity.net · Greek theatre Alphabet and literature • The most famous thinkers were Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Greek thinkers

Refer to your textbook, and identify the following Greek thinkers.

taught taught

Greek thinkers

Socrates Plato Aristotle

taught taught

Greek thinkers

Buildings and sculptures

The Greeks were great builders. The Parthenon, the temple of Athena in Athens, is a good example of Greek architecture.

The tall stone columns of the Parthenon is a typical style of Greek architecture.

Remains of the Parthenon in Athens

Buildings and sculptures

Remains of the Parthenon in Athens

The tall stone columns of the Parthenon is a typical style of Greek architecture.

Can you find similar types of columns in Hong Kong?

The architecture of the Court of Final Appeal in Central

Can you find similar types of columns in Hong Kong?