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Question 1

What were the 3 kinds of play in Athenian Drama?

Answer 1

1) Tragedy 2) Satyr 3) Comedy

Question 2

Elaborate on the Tragedy Plays in Athenian (2)

Answer 2

1) invented by 6th c. BC

2) Usually mythical characters

Question 3

Elaborate on Satyr plays in Athenian (3)

Answer 3

1) 3 authors chosen per tragedy contest - 4 plays per author - 1 day per author - then vote who is the best
2) Evidence of Athens wealth can afford plays.
3) Dionysian is often depicted in these plays

Question 4

Who is Dionysian?

Answer 4

the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, of fertility, ritual madness, religious ecstasy and theatre in ancient Greek religion and myth.

Question 5

Elaborate on Comedy (3)

Answer 5

1) Mythical and contemporary characters
2) Often comments and mocks current events and politics
3) 5th century

Question 6

Athenian Drama: Theatres and Staging (3)

Answer 6

1) Dramatic contest held during festivals for the god Dionysian
2) All performers were men
3) Actors - Spoke Chorus - sing/ dancers and at times do not know what the hell is going on to add to story

Question 7

Describe the three sections of the staging

Answer 7

1) Theatron - seats
2) Orchestra - Performance of chorus (sing/dance)
3) Skene - Stage backdrop, used for exit/entrance and dressing room

Question 8

How was competition achieved in drama’s?

Answer 8

it invloved many citizens of the polis

Question 9

Who chose the playwrights and the professional actors?

Answer 9

The archons

Question 10

Who were the plays funded by?

Answer 10

Plays were funded by wealthy citizens as a public service- CHREGOS

Question 11

How did they determine who won the winning playwright?

Answer 11

Chosen by citizen judges

Question 12

What relationships did the stories concentrate on? (3)

Answer 12

Relationship between human and god
Relationship between families
Relationship between family and polis

Question 13

At times, tragedies can be based on real events. Name three.

Answer 13

Phrynichus, The Fall of Miletus (490); Aeschylus, Persian (472BCE)

Question 14

Sophicles Antigone, what is the premise?

Answer 14

Creon all about laws and the polies.

Moral of story - Creon was wrong to not follow the divine rules. They also say that wisdom is necessary for happiness. & if the gods are wrong, you’re going to pay.

Plays like Antigone explore what happens when religious values, and civic values clash: a vital issue for all citizens of the polis.

Question 15

the Bronze sculpture of charioteer what year was it discovered and who was it dedicated by? and what did it read at base?

Answer 15

1) 470’s BCE
2) Dedicated by the tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily
3) Base reads: Polyzalus dedicated me…. Make him prosper, honoured Apollo

Question 16

Characterisitcs of classical art?

Answer 16

1) Calm
2) Harmonious elements
3) Carefully porpotioned/ balanced

Question 17

When was the Bronze status of Zeus or Poseidon found?

Answer 17

c. 460 BC, found in an ancient shipwreck.

Question 18

Name some characteristics of the Bronze statue of Zeus or Poseidon

Answer 18

1) Beard - means he is old
2) Body of a 20 year old
3) Body is sensationalized

Question 19

5thc. BCE fortification walls on the Acropolis of Athens -

Answer 19

Reused columns that had fallen due to persian 2nd offense

Question 20

Describe the The Athenian Acropolis (2)

Answer 20

1) First Unified temple complex in the Greek world

2) Centrally planned, build over time ( 447-404BC)

Question 21

The Athenian Acropolis three key parts ?

Answer 21

1) Parthenon - dedicated to the city’s patron deity Athena
2) Propylaea - the structure forming the entrance to a temple.
3) Erehtheum - house the ancient wooden cult statue of Athena and generally glorify the great city at the height of its power and influence

Question 22

Describe the Parthenon

Answer 22

Dedicated to the city patron deity Athena

Question 23

Describe the Propylaea?

Answer 23

The structure forming the entrance to the temple

Question 24

Describe the Eretheum

Answer 24

House of ancient wooden cult statue of Athena and gernerally glorify the great city at the height of power and influence

Question 25

What is the statue of Athena called that overlooked Acropolis? and time period

Answer 25

Promachos 5ht BC

Question 26

The three key figures of Acropolis show us….?

Answer 26

How much Athenians loved art and how they could resembel this art as a reflection of their power and status

Question 27

Parthenon, the temple of Athena was called ….? and was build ….?

Answer 27

1) The maiden

2) 447 - 432 BC

Question 28

Athenus statue

Answer 28

horses on her head (helmet - warrior like), griffins and sphinix on her helmet - mythological creatures, figuire on her right hand has wings (Nike) goddes of winning.
Sacred snake

Statue is glorifiad the city of Athens - Preferred place of Gods. Political / Military messages (propaganda)

Question 29

cult means what in greek mythology

Answer 29

Religion institution

Question 30

Cult epihets

Answer 30

indicated the sphere over which a deity presides

Question 31

When was the Erechtheum build and name two characteristics of it

Answer 31

1) Has many mythical events in Athens and several deities
2) Mythical king Erectheus (son of Hephasteus and Earth)

421-406BCE

Question 32

when did it take place and what first section did we focus on in this 1/4 topics in it - Classical Period

Answer 32

480BC - 323C.

ART AND LITERATURE