https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2019-11-15 02:21:06 UTC 2023-03-03 14:55:36 UTC hello@padlet.com timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/411603228 Greece's culture has a very long history, starting from the bronze age and been influence by many other empires, the Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire as examples.However, Greece was called the origin of the western culture, influenced the culture by its own democratic government.
Greek flag]]> 2019-11-15 02:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/411603228 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/415956852 Athens
The capital and the largest city of Greece which is one of the oldest city in the world, has been recorded for at least 3400 years, which shows that Greece has a very long history.]]> 2019-11-25 01:53:32 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/415956852 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/415958911 The Acropolis is a famous ancient remains in the center of the city, it lies on a rocky mountain and combined with many ruins and remains, the most well known building is the Parthenon. Parthenon was a temple for Athena, the ancient goddess which symbolized wisdom and war in the ancient Greece  ]]> 2019-11-25 02:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/415958911 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/417315859 I am an individual volunteer that wants to take part in an online project, the kaleidoscope cultural museum. This is to help and give people ideas of the unique and traditional culture of the country-Greece. Due to the globalization going on worldwide, some unique culture are being homogenized via cultural imperialism, which we have to protect the numerous culture from. To help people to know more about the issue, the method is to show everyone the kaleidoscope via Padlets and share in order to literally introduce this to everyone worldwide. ]]> 2019-11-28 01:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/417315859 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/417629893 The art of Greece has a very long history starting from the bronze age which was affected and influenced by the ancient local tradition and beliefs and the ancient Egypt, which made the art found during that period to be focusing on the local lives and mythology of Gods. 
Then it is influenced by the Byzantine empire which the focus of art is no longer about ancient Greek God or the humanist ethic but changed into the  glorification of Christianity.,
The modern art of Greece was influenced by the European arts, which at that time when the impressionists had a great affect to the society and the art history, same as the impressionists, Greek artists start to focus on the effects of light and color and transforming from the arts of mythology to the Greek landscape ]]> 2019-11-29 01:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/417629893 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/417637111 Music has a great influence in Greece, from the ancient Greece, music takes part in weddings, funerals and ceremonies, even some for poetry.  then it was influenced by the Romans. The Greeks actually performed and studied music with acoustic science in order to make them sound more comfortable. the most commonly used instrument in the old times was lyre]]> 2019-11-29 02:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/417637111 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/423080029 Then the Christianity was divided into two part, the Catholics and the Orthodox, where Greece stayed on the East side which is Orthodox. When the occupations of other Empire came to Greece, the Orthodox put in effort to preserve the Greek language and culture which made Greek nation have a deeper bond between the Orthodox Christianity.]]> 2019-12-12 02:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/423080029 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426768995 Language:
The official language of Greece is the modern Greek, however, there were other kinds of Greek spoken in the past and now but only in a small amount of people. For example, the Cappadocian Greek was spoken in the Cappadocia then in Greece, bu thought to be extinct since 1960s. As the image shows, we can clearly see that Greek share some similarities with English in terms of letters

]]> 2019-12-26 01:25:05 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426768995 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769209 Slides of brief introduction to Greek mythology]]> 2019-12-26 01:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769209 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769247 2019-12-26 01:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769247 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769573 The religion of Greece is a very important aspect of the Greece culture. There are 98% of the Greek population is Orthodox Christianity, the others includes, Muslims and Jewish etc. The religion is only wide adopted when the King of the Byzantine Empire announced that Christianity shall be their official religion. After that, the religion held great power in Greece.]]> 2019-12-26 01:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769573 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769617 Most of the Greeks are often known for their hospitality and their laid-back attitude like most European countries. in Greece, meeting someone for the first time , you could let somebody else to introduce you to others or you can clearly state your name politely with shaking hands. Greeks will often intrude your personal place and ask personal question just to get to know you,.Close friends normally kissed each other on both cheeks and Between male friends, they could shake hands pad on each other's back.]]> 2019-12-26 01:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769617 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769689 Ancient Greek theater were built open-air with acoustics, which is an amazing work at the time. Which most of the plot were based or inspired from mythology. Most of the dramas were tragedy and moral right, fighting were forbidden on the stage, so the death of character will not be seen by the audience directly, but at the backstage.]]> 2019-12-26 01:41:06 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769689 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769730 Greek cuisine is one of the Mediterranean cuisines, often uses olive oil, vegetables, fishes, grains and meat. the history of Greek cuisine could trace back thousands of years ago to the ancient Greece, which it continued and survived after all these times and was influenced by the Byzantine, Ottoman and Italian cuisines, but also have influences to these area's cuisines.]]> 2019-12-26 01:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769730 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769931 The ancient Greece architecture flourished  on the Greek islands and some places in Italy from 900 BC to 1st AD. The ancient Greek architecture was best known for its temples, built for the Gods of ancient Greece. Besides from temples, Ancient Greeks also built large theater with acoustics, which they designed them to let the audiences at the very back of the row could hear the actors.]]> 2019-12-26 01:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426769931 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426918702 The literature of Greece began in the ancient Greece, mainly focused on the  surviving  and the mythology. Changing its topic from poetry, drama, to philosophy and science. one of the most famous author is Homer.]]> 2019-12-28 02:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/426918702 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427042497 A part of the Greek epic poem.]]> 2019-12-30 01:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427042497 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427043192 An Englishman named  Basil was going to re-open a mine from his father and he employed Zorba, a Greek who said he knew things about mine, but then something went wrong, so Zorba taught Basil to enjoy the live.]]> 2019-12-30 02:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427043192 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427044655 Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957) was an Greek writer, was born in Kandiye which "Zorba the Greek " is the most well known novel he had written. He studied law at the University of Athens in 1904-1904, then turn to study philosophy in Sorbonne. After that, he returned to Greece and started some translating work of philosophy. in his late years, he went onto travelling, from Europe to Asia. After the trip to Japan and China, he died on the way home in Germany.]]> 2019-12-30 02:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427044655 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427686984  Zorba the Greek had great influence to the Greece society, no matter from the culture to the social and the class structure. one example is the existentialism, meaning a person's view comes and determined from his experience, which is what Zorba promoted. after the novel was turned into an movie, the influence spread worldwide.]]> 2020-01-05 07:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427686984 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427688122 Homer, the legendary Greek author of Iliad and Odyssey, was considered to be born in between 12th and 8th century. he is also considered as one of the most influential author in the history, because of his two epic poetry which had a great influence not only in Greece,but also spread to the western world. However, Homer still remain as a mystery due to the lack of firm information about this ancient man.]]> 2020-01-05 07:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427688122 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427711403 Then the architecture in the modern age was influenced by the Byzantine and Ottoman empire, the architecture of these period was often built with domes followed by small domes, built with stones. Then there came the Cycladic architecture which is also a very well known type of buildings which they were built with stones into sphere shape at the top and were painted in withe and blue, which was said to be avoiding the heat in such climate in Greece.]]> 2020-01-05 13:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427711403 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427789884 This piece of music is the oldest surviving composition in the world]]> 2020-01-06 02:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427789884 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427877038 Meaning fish roe and salad, is a traditional Greek appetizer made of cod, carp and grey mullet roe, mixed with olive oil, lemon juice and base of breads and potatoes.]]> 2020-01-06 12:21:56 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427877038 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427879300 Is based made of eggplant or potatoes and welly sliced meet, mainly in the middle east and Greece. The Greece version is mainly made out of eggplant and tomato with minced meat, separate into layers and cooked first individually, then finally cooked all together for the last bake.]]> 2020-01-06 12:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427879300 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427902990 interview about Greek mythology]]> 2020-01-06 13:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/427902990 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/428253526 The Greek theater brought some influence to the world after the era of its existence, to the Roman  theater and the Renaissance.]]> 2020-01-07 06:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/428253526 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/428274605 You will not need to concern much about the punctuality because Greeks often will give something like "come around 6". If you are invited to a tea, then you should dress casually, when invited to a  big dinner, you should dress well, but not so formally. You could bring along with a dessert or a bottle of wine to appreciate the invitation. When having the dinner, you could try to join the conversation or discussion that will normally appear at the dinner table. You should not refuse food unless you have a good reason. To delight the host, you could call for another serve, meaning the host's food are delicious.]]> 2020-01-07 08:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/428274605 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/428357225 There are some weird superstitious in Greece that even some Greeks also think it is quite strange. It is said that giving someone a compliment or envy would cast the evil eye upon them and bring them bad  luck or sickness, so after giving the compliment, Greeks normally spit on the complimented person to drive away the evil eye. It is believed that rooting a plant, you will have to still it from someone else, because that is going to let the plant grow well and fast, the plants that were given out as gift will die. Never hand someone a knife, if you really need to give someone a knife, then you will need to put the knife down and let the person pick up the knife hem/herself, because it is believed that handing someone a knife would cause you to fight.

]]> 2020-01-07 13:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/428357225 timyeh5032 https://padlet.com/timyeh5032/zgdufbjrraut/wish/428484726 The Greek mythology spread throughout the Mediterranean and to the western world, influenced some novels and writings and imaginations. It also influenced the Renaissance which many of the artwork is based on Greek mythology. Nowadays, Greek mythology were used in famous movies and comics.
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