The
Western classical tradition is the
reception of
classical Greco-Roman antiquity by later cultures, especially the post-classical West, involving texts, imagery, objects, ideas, institutions, monuments, architecture, cultural artifacts, rituals, practices, and sayings.
Philosophy,
political thought, and
mythology are three major examples of how classical culture survives and continues to have influence. The West is one of a number of world cultures regarded as having a classical tradition, including the
Indian,
Chinese, Judaic, and
Islamic traditions.