citing specific positive (at least three) and negative (at least two) examples, how would you assess the contributions/legacy of the ancient Greeks? Where should they be admired and where not? Where do you see Greek influence or reflection in our own day? (Possible categories for analysis might include politics and government, gender roles, social structure, philosophy, science/math, art and architecture, and literature (inc. history writing and theater).

Positive Examples: Democracy and open deliberation of public issues. b) Math, algebra and geometry. c) Music and literature.

Negative: Gender structure and Slavery

Explanation: Ancient greeks are credited with the invention of democracy. This is a stretch, since our representative democracies has little to d with Athens' direct democray, where all male citizens were allowed an opinion in the matters of the city and where public deliberation was a key issue.

Maths and Geometry were an integral part of Greek society, they developed fundamental concepts of geometry like the Pitagorian Theorem. It is likely that they took some of those concepts from other civilizations, like ancient Egypt, but nonetheless, their contrubutions to the field were important.

With that eye geometry and math, one can consider their influence in creating the musical notes and scales that would go on to evolve in our modern western music. The styles of literature they created, are also the pillar of western Literature.

On the other hand, Ancient Greece was a patriarchal society and women had a very limited role. They were nor allowed to participate in the political life of the city. There were also slaves and many other dwellers that were considered as second class people in the city.