Western culture is a hodge podge of ancient cultures, Greece being one. I feel the most obvious similarity is in their agora. As a place for the citizens to purchase their food and supplies due to a trade system, they basically established the 1st Walmart Superstore. The only difference is we give cash for our purchases, while they traded supplies and goods. Grecians also used the agora as a place to meet up with others, discussing current events to the meaning of life. While we don’t do this at Walmart, we do engage in conversation and activities with others at places such as the park or mall.
Our democratic political system can also be traced back towards ancient Greece and Cleisthenes. Whereas most societies were tyrannies at this time, those that weren’t still weren’t ran by the people. This was something
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We can also observe Greek influence in our architecture. Our amphitheater’s look like their theaters with rows of stone seating ending in the orchestra, the open area at the bottom of the rows. Western culture knows this as the orchestra pit where musicians perform, while the Greeks called it the orchestra and they performed. But this isn’t the only area we imitated their architecture, you can look no further than north or front façade of the White House to see columns and an architrave, all reminiscent of Greek influence. Centering the White House stands a portico; 12 massive columns jutting upward into Ionic capitals that bring to mind the Temple of Athena Nike. Furthermore, the Idaho Statehouse chose to go with Corinthian capitols inside and out which is architecturally similarity to the Temple of Apollo Epicurius. But if you really want to look at the Greek influence in our architecture than you really shouldn’t go any farther than the