Over sixty percent of English words originate from the Greek language. Many of these words entered the English language through poetry and plays performed in ancient Greece. Greek works were shaped by historical events and their tragic past and placed into a single story. Ancient Greek theater depicted historical events and poems in the form of plays as in The Cyclopes and performed them for audience entertainment and awareness. Greek history has shown many tragic events throughout time. One of the most tragic and important periods in Greek history was known as the Middle Ages. During the Middle Ages the Mycenaean tribe conquered Greece (“Origins”). Under the rule of the Mycenaeans almost all of the Greek written language was lost along with other cultural values ​​("archaic"). During the rule of the Mycenaeans many wars were fought and many people fled Greece to escape the tragedies that occurred (“Origins”). Several poets and writers during the Middle Ages began writing about the tragic events and ongoing wars ("Origins"). These poems and writings were what helped bring Greek culture back during the Archaic period. When the Mycenaeans were overthrown, the ancient Greek civilizations regained power and were able to bring Greek culture back to life and enhance it to make it better than before (“Origins”). The Middle Ages brought many tragedies but ultimately strengthened Greek history, religion and mythology (“Archaic”). After the Mycenaeans left, many Greek citizens began living in tribes instead of cities (“Archaic”). Through these small tribes they began to form city-states known as “polis” (“Archaic”). The city-states allowed them to govern themselves instead of a "basil... middle of paper... Dysseus realized that this was their chance to escape (Ferguson 525). The remaining men and Odysseus were left hanging each under a sheep and escaped from the cave (Ferguson 525). Afterwards, Odysseus continues his journey home from the Trojan War. Greek history, culture and theater have come a long way and have also added to our culture. Some of our words in the English language originate from the Greek language. For example, the English word politics comes from the Greek word polis, which meant city-state. Along with the Greek words added to our English language, Greek arts also contributed to ours artistic culture. In Greek performances there was a choir, which sang and performed during the performances. Today a choir is a group of people who sing and perform together he contributed to many things even today.