What are the characteristics of ancient Greek culture?

The ancient Greek culture, a cultural treasure with a unique national style, was created by the Greek people on the basis of slavery, and widely absorbed the excellent cultural heritage of ancient West Asia and Egypt, and made many achievements. Classical culture (5th century BC-early 4th century BC) was a prosperous period of ancient Greek culture.

After the Greek-Persian War, the Greek city-state was politically stable, economically prosperous and its culture entered a period of great development. Athens is the center of Greek classical culture and the most advanced, civilized and civilized country in the Greek world at that time. In Pericles' era (443-429 BC), a long and even bloody struggle between civilians and nobles ended in the victory of civilians. According to the democratic constitution, all citizens are qualified to be state officials, and they can speak freely and exercise their political rights at the citizens' assembly. All major issues are decided by referendum. Political democracy and economic prosperity have promoted the great development of classical culture. When Pericles was in power, even his enemies had to admit that he spent most of his national income on cultural undertakings. He and his enlightened friends tried to turn Athens into the center of world culture at that time. Athens was a semi-rural city before the Persian War, but it became a big city with world significance in Pericles' era. Many philosophers, writers, scholars and artists came to Athens to display their talents here.