Name: QUIDOLES, Ferlyn S.

Date: 10/3/22
Gr.&Sec: 10 – Galileo Teacher: Mrs. Guadz Corpuz

Activity Title: Introduction to Greek Literature

Learning Target:
-To glean valuable insights on the background information
of Greek literature.
- To discuss the Greeks way of life and their different
concept of what is “good.”

Type of Activity: Concept Notes

The Greeks have been recognized as an exceptional people and they are
known in history as the “noble Greeks’ because of their attainments in
literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, and philosophy. The term “the
glory that was Greece” is particularly applicable to them.

Qualities of Greek Literature

1. Permanence and Universality
2. Essentially Artistic
3. Originality
4. Diversity of Talent
5. Intellectual Quality

The Greeks Way of Life

1. The Greeks believed in the four cardinal virtues: physicalcourage, temperance,
justice, and wisdom.
- The Greeks had a limited concept of “good”. They equate good with skills.

2. The Greeks depicted their Gods in human shape as is evident in the sculpture they
have left us.

3. Prayers to the Greeks followed a formula. A prayer generally had three parts:
invocation, sanction, and entreaty.

4. The Greeks asked their gods for help in routine prayers and they asked advice and
counsel through omens.

5. The Greeks believed that their gods Lived on Mount Olympus or retired in their
favorite shrines, but they also mingled with men and were interested in human
affairs and interfered with human activities.