Similarities Between Ancient Greece And American Society

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Ancient Greece civilizations have long left a foot stamp for American society. The American society,” has always looked upon ancient Greece as the cradle of its cultural development” [page 43]. Many similarities, such as political, ideological and architecture, in ancient Greece can compare to the American society. Although, ancient Greece and the American society have a noticeable gap in centuries, there are many similarities between the two societies. One example, of similarities between the two of the cultural is political views. For example, in ancient Greece, “foreigners could live there and transact business but could not hold office and take part in public affairs”. [Page 44] Only the freeborn citizens in the ancient democratic Greece were given this privilege. This can be related to American society, because in the democratic society in America, foreigners who are not born in the America may reside and work in America, but have limited political office rights. Only the citizens, who are born in America, solely have the right to become a president of the United States. One of the most easily recognized similarities between the American society, and ancient Greece, are in architectural design. In many of the Greek temples columns were used…show more content…
In the ancient Greece, “the perfect body was the incarnation of the perfect mind “. [Page 45] In ancient Greece the artist would display physical perfection in the sculptures of their Gods because they were the ideal physical perfection. In today’s American society, people strive for the ideological perfection of the body. Instead of demonstrating it through sculptures people attempt for their own physical perfection, because beauty is also related to the intelligence of human being in the modern American society. Physical perfection in the American society can be sculpted through the help of plastic surgery, exercise, and beauty enhancer, such as

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