We should study the Greeks because they understood and were not afraid of humanity. They were one of the only societies throughout history that was not
afraid to show humanity in its true from. This is perhaps because the Greeks were some of the last recorded people to believe that being human was not a sin. Ever since the advent of Christianity, people have been afraid and ashamed of their own existence because of Original Sin. In the Christian Faith people are born evil and live their entire lives trying to redeem themselves. The writing of the post-Christian societies shows this. Most stories that come out of the Christian Faith are about trying to be something better. The Greeks only tried to be themselves. The Greeks weren’t afraid to discuss the good and the bad of basic humanity. They wrote about death and sex and bodily functions and lack of faith in people. Later in their society, they even questioned the gods.  These  are   all   the
things    that    Christian    writers    usually

 

avoided because we don't talk about that.” Authors of the Christian world throughout history who did write about such subjects were declared blasphemous and vulgar and sometimes even imprisoned because of their works.

The other reason we should study the Greek writing is because it's there. History
is one of the best things to Ieam from and
people need to leam more about all kinds
of history to better prevent repeating it. The Greek plays are some of the earliest known writings and because the stories are about their society, one can consider them a good way to leam the history of the Greeks, or at least about their ideas and daily lives. Also. as originally stated, they are a great way for people to study humanity in general. People of today's society can still sometimes fail to see true humanity, good and bad, and reading ancient Greek literature can help people to do this.