... original discoveries in the theories of numbers. His books were used as textbooks for over 2000 years and to date they're the basis of high school instruction in plane geometry. Ancient Greeks produced many remarkable new developments in literary form, specifically the creation of theatre and drama with its two components tragedy and comedy. There were three great tragic playwrights ... ...

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... were followed, all straight lines would appear slightly curved if they were to be one hundred percent accurate. The ancient Greeks knew of this affect, accounting for it in the geometry of their architecture. The reason they never applied perspective to two dimensional painting was apparently because they chose not to disregard the axiom. It is increasingly more difficult for modern ... ...

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