What have the Greeks Given us?

“What has history given us? Why do we have to learn about this? This is stupid.” Many people think that we live in the present and that we shouldn’t look back to the past which in some cases, is a good thing. But when it comes to history, there is so much to learn from thousands of years ago that all comes back to today’s life. For example, the Greeks. Every four years the Olympic games are held in some part of the world. People train for years going to prestigious competitions for all kinds of sports just to get the opportunity to perform in the Olympics. But how did the Olympics ever form? Many, many years ago during the age of the Greeks the people of Greece wanted to honor their gods, especially one in particular, Zeus. Their decision was to create something like a festival, something that was held every four years, something like the Olympics. Even though our reason for the games has changed we still celebrate them thousands of years later. What else have the Greeks given us?