GREEK ART AND LITERATURE Flashcards
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Well known throughout the world
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GREEK ART
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4 MAJOR FORMS OF GREEK ART:
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ARCHITECTURE, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, POTTERY
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Epic poet
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HOMER
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Lyric poet
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PINDAR
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Goes back to the Bronze Age
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GREEK HISTORY
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300 AND 1200 B.C
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BRONZE AGE
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Time that Parthenon was built in Athens and Sophocles wrote Oedipus the King
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GOLDEN OR CLASSICAL AGE
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GREEK LITERATURE PERIODS’
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PRE-HOMERIC AGE, ATHENIAN PERIOD, PERIOD OF DECLINE
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PERIOD: EARLIEST POETRY OF GREECE AND WORKS OF HOMER
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PRE-HOMERIC AGE
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PERIOD: AGE OF HERODOTUS TO DEATH OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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ATHENIAN PERIOD
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PERIOD: ENSLAVEMENT OF THE GREEKS BY THE ROMANS
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PERIOD OF DECLINE
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GREEK LITERATURE QUALITIES
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PERMANENCE AND UNIVERSALITY, ESSENTIALLY FULL OF ARTISTRY, ORIGINALITY, DIVERSITY OF TALENT, INTELLECTUAL QUALITY
