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1
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The power moved from Crete to where

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North west

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Geometric time period

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900-700 BC

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Orientalizing Time Period

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700-600 BC

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Archaic Time Period

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600-480 BC

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Early Classical Time Period

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480-450 BC

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High Classical Time Period

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450-400 BC

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Late Classical Time Period

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400-320 BC

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Hellenistic Time Period

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320-31 BC

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9
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Where and when was the earliest human settlement in the Aegean

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The Cyclades

6000 BC

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10
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Where did the Bronze Age begin

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Crete

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Culture developed during the Bronze Age

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Minoan Crete

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12
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Power moved from Minoan Crete to where

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Mainland Greek culture called Mycenaean, named after its city Mycenae

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13
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What is the Cycladic Female

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A nude woman

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When was the Cycladic woman made

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2500 BC

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15
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What is the Cycladic woman made of

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Marble

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16
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What was used to draw the Cycladic female

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A compass and three evenly spaced circles

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17
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What was with the paint on the Cycladic female

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There was asymmetrical paint drawn of eyes scattered on the face, and one on the leg.

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18
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What could some of the paintings or drawings on a figure symbolize

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Tattoos or paint that people put on either for rituals or for burials

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19
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When was the Minoan snake goddess made

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1500 BC

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20
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What was the Minoan snake goddess made of

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Faience

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21
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Who found the sculpture. Of the Minoan snake goddess and where

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Arthur Evans

Knossos

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22
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What did the Minoan snake goddess depict

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The dress of a Minoan woman. Could show what women wore back then.

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23
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How did Minoan Crete get its name

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The legend of king Minos with his creation, the Minotaur

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24
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What were the two forms of Minoan writing

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Linear A (Not deciphered)
Linear B (Deciphered)
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25
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Oldest its of Europe

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Knossos

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26
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Who excavated Knossos

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Arthur Evans

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27
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Who ruled the cities or land

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Aristocratic leaders

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28
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Where was the toreador fresco found

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Knossos

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29
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When was the toreador fresco made

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Around the late Minoan period

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30
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Why was the toreador fresco important

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It was difficult to make and it was very good

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31
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She was the dolphin fresco made and where

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1500 BC

Knossos

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32
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Where were the toreador and dolphin frescos in relation to the palace of Knossos

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On the walls

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33
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From when was the Helladic period

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3000-1000 BC

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34
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What did Heinrich Schliemann excavate

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Mycenaean graves

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35
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Thomas tombs

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Circular vaulted tombs

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36
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When was the treasury of Atreus built

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1250 BC

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37
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What else is the treasury of Atreus called

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Beehive tomb

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38
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How is the treasury of Atreus made

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Like a corbel dome

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39
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What is the corbeled vault made of

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Limestone

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40
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Where was the lion gate

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Mycenae

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41
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When was the lion gate built

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1250 BC

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42
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Name some designs and details of the lion gate

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Post and lintel
Corbeled arch
High relief
Made of limestone

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43
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Where was the lion gate an entrance to

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Citadel

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44
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What city did Heinrich Schliemann find

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Troy

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45
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What does the lions on the lion gate flank

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A Minoan style column

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46
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What do the lions and the column in the lion gate represent

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The Kings palace

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47
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Where was the death mask of Agamemnon discovered and when

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A Mycenae grave

1600 BC

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48
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Who found the death mask of Agamemnon

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Heinrich Schliemann

49
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What is the death mask of Agamemnon made of

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Gold

50
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Who did Schliemann name the death mask after

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Agamemnon, the Greek king in homers Iliad

51
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Repousse

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Hammering the back of a sheet of metal to thin the surface and create features

52
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When was the first Olympic Games

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776 BC

53
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Aegean Bronze Age

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3100-1100 BC

54
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Polis

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City State

55
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Acropolis

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City on a hill

56
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When was the Phoenician alphabet adopted

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8th century BC

57
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Who ruled city states

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Basileus’

58
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What councils were the kings in and what were the leaders called

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Aristocratic councils

Tyrannos

59
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Ekklesia

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Assembly

60
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What was the basileus’ power reduced to?

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Religion

61
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Polemarchos

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Commander in chief of armed forces

62
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Archon

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In charge of judicial

63
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What was the court called?

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Council of Areopagus

64
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Nickname of Solon, his main teaching, and his social status

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The great law giver
The law is above the people
Archon

65
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What was Pisistratus’ social class

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Tyrant

66
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What made Pisistratus a tyrant

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Banished and acquired estates and distributed among the poor. Weakened the power of nobility

67
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What was kleisthenes accredited for

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Father of Athenian democracy

68
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What did kleisthenes create

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The council of the 500

The ten phylai

69
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How were the members of the council of the 500 determined

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50 members from each phylai were elected by voters (male citizens born in Athens)

70
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What was ostracism and how did it occur

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Exclusion or temporary banishment

6,000 votes for ostracism of a person

71
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Lyre

A

String instrument
Apollo
Reason

72
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Aulos

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Wind instrument
Dionysus
Passion

73
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Temenos wall

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Built of safety around city

74
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Muses

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Dieties of spring

75
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Who were muses daughters of

A

Zeus

76
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Where did muses live

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Mount parnasus

77
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Who was the companion of the muses

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Apollo musagetes

78
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Calliope

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Epic poetry

79
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Clio

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History

80
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Thalia

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Comedy

81
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Melpomene

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Tragedy

82
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Terpsichore

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Lyric and dance

83
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Urania

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Astronomy

84
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Characteristics of the geometric period

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Ceramic pottery
Very linear and schematic pottery
Funerary rituals
Full frontal figures
No afterlife
85
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Center room of a temple

A

Cells or naos

86
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Part infront of the cella or naos

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Pronaos

87
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When was the orientalizing period

A

7th century BC

88
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Olpe

A

Wide mouth pitcher

89
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Amphora

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Large storage all purpose jar

90
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Oinochoe

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Wine pitcher

91
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Kylix

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Wine drinking cup

92
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Kantharos

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Vessel for sauces, fruit, olives, figs

93
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Lekythos

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Pour liquids (oil) during religious rituals, often used in funerals

94
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Who made the suicide of Ajax pottery

A

Exekias

95
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What type of pottery was the suicide of Ajax

A

Black figure amphora

96
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When was the suicide of Ajax made

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540 BC

97
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Who made the death of sarpedon pottery

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Euphronios (painter)

Euxitheos (potter)

98
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When was the death of sarpedon made

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515 BC

99
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Doric order

A

Fluted columns without bases rest directly on stylobate

100
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Entasis

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When the column swells in the middle

101
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Archaic period

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This period moved to the forefront artistically

102
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Peristyle temple

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Stepped foundation with a row of columns surrounding all 4 styles

103
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Prostyle

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Columns infront of sole entrance

104
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Amphiprostyle

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Columns infront of multiple entrances

105
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Spartans Dorian or Ionian

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Dorian

106
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Athenians Dorian or Ionian

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Ionian

107
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When was the temple of aphasia made

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480 BC

108
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What was true about the scale of human figures in a temple

A

Same size and scale. Only position changed

109
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What were most free standing sculptures made of

A

Marble

110
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Kore

A

Female statue

111
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Kouros

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Male statue

112
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What’s true about korai

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Always dressed. Represent priestesses, nymphs

113
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What true about kouroi

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Almost always nude. Victorious athletes, fertility or family continuity

114
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What should a kouros remind you of

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Standing males of Egyptian sculpture. Arms rigid. Left leg slightly forward. Contraposso stance

115
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Kouros of sounion

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Archaic smile

116
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Who made the Venus of Aphrodite of knidos and when

A

Praxiteles 350BC

117
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What type of pottery is the death of sarpedon

A

Red figure calyx krater

118
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When was the Parthenon made

A

447 BC

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