Ancient Greek Art And Literature

Question 1

Four major periods in the development of Greek art

Answer 1

1.) The Geometrical period
2.) The Archaic period (kouroi and korai)
3.) The Classical period- Acropolis
4.) The Hellenistic period

Question 2

Orders

Answer 2

The best known Greek contribution to architecture was a set of styles, called orders for columns and their accompanying entablature.

Question 3

Three basic orders

Answer 3

a) Doric order - the Archaic period
b) lonic order - the Classical period
c) Corinthian order - the Hellenistic period

Question 4

The most famous sculptors during the Classical period (5” century BC)

Answer 4

•Phidias (Zeus at Olympia and Athena Parthenos)
•Myron (Discobolus)
•Polycleitus (Doryphoros)

Question 5

The most famous sculptors during the 4th century BC

Answer 5

•Scopas (Niobe)
•Praxiteles (Hermes and the infant Dionysus)
•Lysippus (Apoxyomenos)

Apoksiomen s Lošinja

Question 6

2 of the most famous Greek poets

Answer 6

Homer: Iliad and Odyssey
Hesiodus: Theogony, Works and Days

Question 7

Greek tragedies

Answer 7

•Aeschylus-Prometheus Bound, The Oresteia
•Sophocles-Oedipus the King, Antigone
•Euripides-Electra, Medea

Question 8

Greek comedies

Answer 8

Aristophanes - The Frogs, The Wasps,The Clouds, The Birds