2. The Greeks philosophers The Ancient Greek philosophers have played a pivotal role in the shaping of the western philosophical tradition. The Ancient Greek philosophical tradition broke away from a mythological approach to explaining the world, and it initiated an approach based on reason and evidence. http://www.iep.utm.edu/greekphi/ 1st EPAL YMITTOU
3. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were the most influential of the ancient Greek philosophers, and they focused their attention more on the role of the human being than on the explanation of the material world. The work of these key philosophers was succeeded by the Stoics and Epicureans who were also concerned with practical aspects of philosophy and the attainment of happiness. *http://www.iep.utm.edu/greekphi/ 1st EPAL YMITTOU
7. They agreed that each would give the Athenians one gift and that the Athenians would choose the gift they preferred.
8. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and a spring sprang up, but the water was salty and not very good for drinking.
9. Athena, however, offered them the first domesticated olive tree. The Athenians accepted the olive tree and with it the patronage of Athena, for the olive tree brought wood, oil, and food.1st EPAL YMITTOU
15. Καρυάτιδες - Caryatids Caryatids called sculptures that have female form and serve to support buildings. The word Caryatids in ancient Greek is Daughter of the Karyes, a town close to Sparta. Is a variant of Daughter and used in architecture instead of columns as decorative stand in doorways, facade, roofing free visors, friezes, and so on. The corresponding architectural element male form called Atlas. 1st EPAL YMITTOU