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This 5 page paper discusses specific aspects of these two cultures. Any culture, ancient or modern, can be found in the literature of the day. Homer, for instance, included the beliefs and philosophies of the Greeks in the Iliad. The issues addressed are: the relationship of God to man, the relationship of man to nature and the relationship of man to self in each of these two cultures. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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man to nature and the relationship of man to self in each of these two cultures. Bibliography lists 5 sources. PGgrkch.rtf ANCIENT GREEK AND CHINESE CULTURES by Dr.
P. McCabe, July 2002 properly! Literature in ancient Greece reflected the daily life and culture of the people, thus,
it is through the Greek literature that we find clues to how the ancient Greeks viewed different relationships (Chung, 2002). Chung comments that no matter what genre it was, drama,
epics, comedy, and so on, the writers included references to some sort of essence or force that they referred to as the gods (2002). Gods were superior to man, they
were omniscient and powerful and controlled the outcomes for mankind (Chung, 2002). Gods were eventually placed at a supernatural level in both oral and written traditions (Chung, 2002). Chung observes
that "the Gods were created through the literature which praised and represented them as irreverent figures" (Chung, 2002). The earliest classical writers, such as Homer, Aeschylus and Hesiod promoted the
supernatural gods but their later counterparts, such as Socrates, Xenophanes and Aristophanes offered an alternative to fate at the hands of the gods in the form of logic, reasoning and
wisdom (Chung, 2002). Homers work placed gods in a position that was superior to man. In terms of the relationship between God and man, the gods were in control of
mans fate (Chung, 2002). It did not matter what man did because the gods controlled his fate, which is why the great warriors consulted with oracles before they went into
battle (Chung, 2002). In fact, when men accomplished any great feat, it was attributed to the gods. This can be evidenced in both The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer
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