ANCIENT GREECE Flashcards

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1
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Pericles

A

During his political career

  • he brought ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY to its peak
  • he established ATHENS AS THE LEADING STATE in Greece
  • took care of policy of CULTURAL RENEWAL (including the Parthenon)
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2
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Świątynia

A

Temple

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3
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Pathenon is devoted to…

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Athena

(Partenon jest poświęcony Atenie)

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Athena is the goddess of…

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Wisdom and guardian

(Atena jest boginią mądrości i wojny)

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5
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MNIEJSZE świątynie

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LESSER temples

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6
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Parthenon marked the zenith of…

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Ancient Greek architecture

(Partenon wyznaczył zenit archi staroż Grecji)

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7
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Around Parthenon are gathered…

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Lesser temples and public buildings

(Wokół Partenonu są zebrane mniejsze świątynie i budynki publiczne)

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8
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Parthenon has no rivals at the begging of…

A

The twenty-first century

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9
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Parthenon ADJECTIVES

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  • IMMENSE - ogromny
  • TIMELESS - ponadczasowy
  • PEERLESS - niezrównany
  • PERFECT
  • IMPRESSIVE
  • BEAUTIFUL
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10
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Ogromny

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Immense

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11
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Ponadczasowy

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Timeless

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12
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Niezrównany

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Peerless

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13
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The Parthenon is build of…

A
  • MARBLE - marmur
  • TIMBER (roof) - drewno
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14
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Marmur

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Marble

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15
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Drewno

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Timber

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16
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Pathenon had a pretty good shape until ………………. attacked on Athens

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Venetian

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17
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The Turks had turned the Parthenon into a ….

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Mosque

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18
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Meczet

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Mosque

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19
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Parthenon had been converted also into a …

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Christian church

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20
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Pathenon was at some point was used as a …

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Gunpowder store (which blew up)

Partenon był w pewnym czasie używany jako skład prochu, który wybuchł

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21
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Uszkodzenie

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Damage

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22
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The Parthenon was commissioned by…

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Pericles

(Partenon został zlecony przez Peryklesa)

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23
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Phidias was the

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Sculptor

(Fidiasz był rzeźbiarzem)

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24
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Rzeźbiarz

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Sculptor

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25
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Rzeźba

A

sculpture

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26
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After Greek victories over the Persians, Phidias was given the task of…

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Co-ordinating the rebuilding of the temples

(Koordynowanie odbudowy świątyń)

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27
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Przeoczyć

A

Overlook

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28
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Tętniące życiem miasto

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Teeming city

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29
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Agora

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Market place

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30
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Who spent 11 years perfecting Doric temple?

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Ictinus and Callicrates

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31
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> , =, <

EXTERIOR … INTERIOR

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Exterior > interior

Exterior of the building was much more important than the interior

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32
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Why the exterior of the building was much more important than the interior?

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To encouraged the Greeks to spent much time outside meeting one another

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33
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Standardowa cegła

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Conventional brick

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34
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Brak czegoś

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Lack of sth

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35
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By zapewnić

A

To ensure that

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36
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Temple looked perfectly ……….. and in perfect …………….. to human eye

A

Straight
Proportion

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37
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Ictinus and Callicrates used the technique known as ……….. - to slightly deform the columns and architraves

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Entasis

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38
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Deformacja

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Deformation

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39
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Architraw

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Architrav

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40
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zniekształcenie

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Disortion

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41
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Entazis

A

Entasis

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42
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Distortion causes the eye to see straight lines where otherwise they would appear to ……….. or …….

A

Curve
Sag

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43
Q

W przeciwnym wypadku

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Otherwise

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44
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Wydaje się

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Appear to

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45
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zwisa

A

Sag

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46
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Murarz

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Mason

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47
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Szczyt wzgórza

A

Hilltop

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48
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Parthenon is a supreme example of …………. temple design

A

Doric

(Partenon jest najwyższym przykładem projektu doryckiej świątyni)

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49
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Parthenon was built to house the cult ……… of ………….. ………………

A

statue
Athena Parthenos

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50
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Pathenon was brightly coloured in ………., ………… and ………….

A

reds
blues
golds

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51
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Greek temples were designed to inspire …… ……………. ……………….

A

Great colourful ceremonies

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52
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Nijaki

A

Nondescript

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53
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Wąski

A

Narrow

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54
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wide

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Szeroki

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55
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Malowniczy

A

Picturesque

56
Q

Parthenon respresented Greek ……… and ……….

A

Society
Culture

57
Q

The temple was at once a place of
…………., ……………, …… … .. ….. ……. ….. and a ………. ………

A

-gathering - zgromadzenia
-warship - kult
-representation of a Greek fighting ship (the basis of Greek power)
-A domestic loom - krosno domowe?

58
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The people were represented by the ………. that ran around the buildings
(As clustering around the presence of Athena)

A

Columns

(Clustering- zgrupowanie)

59
Q

Athenas huge statue stood at the …….. of the Parthenon

A

heart

60
Q

warsztat tkacki?

A

Loom

61
Q

Entasis caused the columns of the temple to ………. …… like a sail

A

Billow out

(Wypływają jak żagiel)

62
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Dziedzictwo

A

Legacy

63
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spokojny

A

Serene

64
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Wolnostojący

A

Detached

65
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Fasada

A

Facade

66
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Wydłużony

A

Extended

67
Q

Parthenon has ……. rather than …….. columns

A

Eight
Six

68
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kolumnada

A

Colonnade

69
Q

The colonnade encloses the …… the interior structure which is divided into two ………..

A

Cella
Chambers - komnaty

70
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Komnata

A

Chamber

71
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Cella

A

Cella

72
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The larger chamber of Parthenon housed the ……… of Athena

A

statue

73
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statua

A

Statue

74
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duży

A

Large

75
Q

Pythagoras

A
  • mathematician (advanced the development of matematics)
  • he believed that NUMERICAL RATIOS ARE THE BASIS OF ORDER in the physical world
76
Q

Doric order was probably first used in the design of ………….

A

Heraion

(Św Hery - Herajon)

77
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Budynki użyteczności publicznej

A

Civic buildings

78
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Najeźdźcy

A

Invaders

79
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Doric might be call as a house-style of the ………. ………….

A

Dorian invaders

80
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Rozkwit

A

Heyday

81
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imperium greckie (helleńskie)

A

Hellenic empire

82
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Ruiny

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Ruins

83
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Rekonstrukcja

A

Reconstruction

84
Q

Pałac minojski w Knossos

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Minoan Palace of King Minos at Knossos

85
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The Palace at Knossos was on the island of …………

A

Crete

86
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Classical orders

A

The types and styles of columns
and the forms of structure and decoration
That followed on from them

87
Q

Classical orders:
……….., ………… and …………..
Which developed one after the other

A
  • Doric
  • Ionic
  • Corinthian
88
Q

Ionic order come principally from the ………. …………

A

Ionian Islands

(….Pochodzi głównie z….)

89
Q

The three types of columns were developments of the ………. columns

A

Egyptian

90
Q

Egyptian columns symbolized
……. .. ………. tied together

A

Bunches of reeds

91
Q

Pączki trzciny

A

Bunches of reeds

92
Q

Kapitel

A

Capital

93
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The capitals of Greek columns were representations of ………… …………

A

Natural forms

94
Q

Liście akantu

A

Acanthus leaves

95
Q

Doric columns are ……… and ………

A

Serious
Masculine - męskie

96
Q

Corinthian columns suggest
…………… and …………….

A

Delicacy
Femininity

97
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Doric order

A
  • EARLIEST
  • most MASSIVE
  • has NO BASE
  • fluted shaft
  • PLAIN CAPITAL (zwykły)
98
Q

Kanelury = żłobkowania

A

Fluted shaft

99
Q

Trzon kolumny

A

Shaft

100
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Baza

A

Base

101
Q

IONIC order

A
  • lighter development of the Doric
  • fluted shaft
  • has a BASE
  • VOLUTE CAPITAL
102
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Woluta

A

Volute

103
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Gzyms

A

Cornice

104
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Tryglif i metopa

A

triglyph and metope

105
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Fryz ciągły

A

Continuous frieze

106
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CORINTHIAN order

A
  • PLINTH - (plinta)
  • fluted shaft
  • ACANTHUS LEAVES 🍃
  • the most DECORATIVE
  • SMOOTH ARCHITRAVE
107
Q

belkowanie

A

Entablature

108
Q

Greek society:

People were able to ………. at themselves

A

Laugh

109
Q

Temples were literally (dosłownie) the high point of Greek …….

A

Cities

110
Q

Post-and-lintel construction

A

Post- słupek
Lintel- nadproże

konstrukcja słupków i nadproży

111
Q

Łuk

A

Arch

112
Q

Agora had the colonnades - STOA
behind which were
……, …….., ………, ……… … …..
And also …… ….., ……., …….., ……..

A
  • shops 🛍
  • offices 🏢
  • workshops - warsztaty
  • places to eat 🍋
  • assembly halls - sale zgromadzeń
  • stadia - stadiony 🥈🥇🥉
  • gymnasia 🏃‍♀️
  • theaters 🎥
113
Q

The model Greek citizen was meant to be healthy in …….. and ……..

A

Mind
Body

114
Q

konstrukcje użytkowe

A

Usable structures

115
Q

Użyteczny

A

Usable

116
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Wszechstronny

A

All-rounder

117
Q

Buildings remain some of the most beautiful and usable …………. in the world

A

Structures

118
Q

The theatre of Epidaurus was designed by …….

A

Polycleitos

119
Q

Rzędy kamiennych siedzeń

A

Rows of stone seats

120
Q

Scena

A

Stage

121
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Zniknął

A

Vanished

122
Q

The theatre of Epidaurus remains in use and its ………….. are perfect

A

Acoustics

123
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Występ

A

Performance

124
Q

Wejście

A

Entrance

125
Q

Rozmieszczenie

A

Arrangement

126
Q

związany z

A

Associated with

127
Q

Gymnasia was often ………….. with a school

A

Associated

128
Q

Wyposazone w bieżącą wodę

A

Equipped with running water

129
Q

NAJLEPIEJ ZACHOWANE

A

BEST - PRESERVED

130
Q

Best Greek temples are not to be found in Greece but along the …………….. sea

A

Mediterranean

(śródziemnomorskie morze)

131
Q

Gdzie indziej

A

Elsewhere

132
Q

Temple of Neptune is dedicated to the goddess of ……….

A

Hera

133
Q

REMAINS INTACT

A

Pozostaje nienaruszone

134
Q

pomniki

A

Monuments

135
Q

płaskorzeźba

A

Relief

136
Q

Tympanon

A

Tympanum