Classical Greek / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / The powerful influence of language and culture
Content description
Discuss how the ancient Greek world has influenced the modern world, in its social, political and legal structures; philosophy; literature; arts; and medical and scientific practices
Elaborations
discussing the ancient origins of modern political and legal structures and concepts, such as jury service, elections, trials
exploring modern social issues, such as class, the role of women and civil rights, and making comparisons with the Classical Greek period
researching the influence of leading Greek intellectuals, such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, on modern Western philosophy
discussing influences of Classical Greek literature on modern novels, poetry, drama and film, such as World War I poetry, David Malouf’s Ransom, Anouilh’s Antigone, A Dream of Passion (Medea)
recognising the importance of literary genres such as epic, tragedy, comedy, epigram, ode, history, myth
viewing artworks to investigate the incorporation of classical techniques and themes by later artists, for example, Botticelli, Michelangelo, Bernini
investigating ancient practices in medicine and science still relevant in the modern world, such as the theories of Hippocrates, Democritus, Pythagoras, Archimedes, Eratosthenes, Aristarchus
