The stages of development of the culture of Ancient Greece are divided into: pre-classical (including the Cretan-Mycenaean, Homeric and Archaic periods, covering the time from the III millennium to the VI century BC), the classical, and then the Hellenistic period. The latter began with the expedition of A. Macedon to the East and continued until Rome conquered Egypt.
In the Aegean period, Greece developed patriarchal slavery, which subsequently became the basis of the whole future life of society. At this time, policies began to form - the so-called city-states, which were run by collectives elected from free citizens. The ancient Greeks created their culture based on respect, honesty, hard work, spirituality and democracy. Talented people from a neglected mountainous region created a developed civilization with flourishing cities, well-placed agriculture and cattle breeding.
The culture of the Homer period left few architectural monuments, and about this time, mankind knows mainly from the poems of Homer. His Odyssey and Iliad became the main sources of evidence of those times.
At this time, the culture of Ancient Greece began to develop painted ceramics. Gravestone vases, household vessels, remotely in shape resembling the contours of the human body, wore geometric patterns. Later, thinner and more expressive lines, images of people and animals began to appear. Then the Greeks began to depict people in the form of figurines made of clay, bone or bronze.
The early archaic gave the world xoans - monumental sculptures, which are pillars that had a slight resemblance to the human body and symbolized gods.
The Greeks always appreciated the calm and poise of a free man, taking an active position in society, so their gods had not only a human appearance, but also character traits inherent in people. The culture of Ancient Greece gave the world a sculpture of Aphrodite of Milos, depicted as a simple girl, whose beauty and dignity are embodied in marble by an unknown master.
Fizia created a statue of Athena Pallas from ivory, decorated with gold. Eleven meter Athena stands in the Parthenon. And in general, in Greek culture, God is an immortal man, and therefore all images of gods are of a mundane human character.
The statues were carved from marble and then painted, the famous sculptors of Fizii, Polyclet, Miron and others were engaged in this. They believed that images should bring beauty to the world and imprinted courage and grace in a cold stone.
The culture of Ancient Greece gave the world a lot - the "father" of history was Herodotus, Euclid - laid the foundation for geometry, Archimedes - mechanics, Aristotle formed the theory of the state. It was in Greece that the prototype of the European theater was born. The Greeks were very fond of the performances and in Athens on the slopes of the Acropolis several times a year held spectacles that lasted for several days.
The culture of ancient Greece is based on love and beauty. The cult of Aphrodite is traced in it, love was sung by everyone around and the arrows of Amur often connected not only heterosexual, but also same-sex Greeks, which at that time was considered a completely normal phenomenon. Marriage by the ancient Greeks was perceived purely practically - family, children, upbringing, but love is a different matter and it sometimes took the most unexpected and bizarre forms.
The culture of Ancient Greece gave the world the Olympics, which, according to legend, was founded by Heracles and they were held in honor of Zeus. Since that time, games are held in turn in different countries of the world. And the Olympic flame begins its procession precisely from Olympia.