Comparing Greek And Greek View Of The World

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“According to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with 4 arms, 4 legs, and a head with 2 faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them up into two separate parts, condemning them to spend the rest of their life looking for the other half”-Plato. The Greek view of the world bears a resemblance to and varies from the contemporary view of the world. To begin, the contemporary view corresponds to the Greek view in that both views had an idea that the world was round. The Greeks believed this because they thought that the ocean flowed around the world in a circular motion. Next, the Greek view is similar to the contemporary view in that the Greek view of the world has included some part of the world in their map. The Greeks included parts