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Chapter 1 - Helenic Greece Flashcards

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Backstage, storage, dressing room building

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Skene

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Wheeled platform to roll in furniture/ people

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Eccyclema

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3 sided painted panels

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Periaktoids

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A god suddenly appears on stage from a crane or trapdoor

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Deus ex Machina

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“High City”, elevated promontory outside Athens containing pantheon and theater

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Acropolis

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Greek architectural code

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Order

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Beam supported by posts

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Post and lintel

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Beam that is supported by columns

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Entablature

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Row of columns

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Peristyle

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Upper horizontal band of entablature

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Cornice

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Middle horizontal band of entablature

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Frieze

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Lower horizontal portion of entablature

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Architrave

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Decorative cushion at the top of a column, helps distribute weight

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Capital

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Column with entasis

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Shaft

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Tapering of top 2/3 of classical column

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Entasis

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Vertical grooves

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Fluting

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Tooth like grooved band

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Dentils

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Three sculpted vertical channels

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Triglyphs

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Relief scenes of mythological figures

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Metopes

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Stepped platform supporting Doric temples

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Stylobate

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Molded cushion at the bottom of Ionic or Corinthian columns

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Base

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Upper decorative zone of interior wall

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Crown

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Wide, middle decorative zone of interior wall

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Field

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Lower decorative zone of interior wall

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Dado

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Large, solid seat with a back, meant for a king or god

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Thronos

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Open meeting place in every Greek city

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Agora

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Center of Greek home, pool of rain water surrounded by peristyle

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Atrium

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Family unit, patriarch greeting room outside atrium

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Oikos

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Light armless chair, outward carved front, inward curved backrest

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Klismos

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Stool with carved animal legs

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Diphros

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Small 3 legged portable dining table

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Trapezai

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Decorative sleeping couch, primary Greek furniture

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Kline

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Sculptures of women used instead of columns

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Caryatids

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One piece of folded fabric, pinned at shoulders

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Doric Chiton

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Single piece of fabric, pinned along arms (like sleeves)

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Ionic Chiton

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Long rectangular draped cloak

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Himation

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Light rectangular cloak pinned at right shoulder or below throat, worn by young men and soldiers

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Chlamys

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Breastplate connected by straps

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Cuirass

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Shin/ ankle armor

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Greaves

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Raised boots worn by actors playing royalty or gods

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Cothurnus

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Big brimmed hat, worn by travelers and farmers

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Petasos

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