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Greek Life and Lit Flashcards

1
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According to Socrates in Plato’s Apology, what is the maximum price one would have to pay for one of
Anaxagoras’ books when purchasing it from the Orchestra?

A

1 drachma

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What were hippiatrikoi?

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Veterinarians

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In “Homer’s” Iliad, which Trojan broke the truce between the Greeks and the Trojans in Book IV?

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Pandarus

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4
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In which Greek polis were women dominant over men?

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None

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5
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Which of these figures in Greek literature had his eyes gouged out?

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Oedipus

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Which lyric poet wrote an elegy to the Spartans who died at Thermopylae?

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Simonides

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Plato’s Crito discusses Crito, one of Socrates’ followers, attempting to do what?

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Free Socrates

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8
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Which of the following was depicted on Minoan pottery?

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Bull-leaping

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9
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Our knowledge of Socrates comes largely from the works of Plato, Aristophanes and what Greek Historian?

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Xenophon

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10
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In the Bacchae of Euripides, who is torn apart by the Bacchae?

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Pentheus

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11
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What is the first word in the Odyssey?

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Andra

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12
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In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, who ultimately convinces Demeter to give up her anger?

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Rhea

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13
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Which Greek writer was supposedly killed when a bird dropped a turtle onto his head?

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Aeschylus

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14
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What was the mixing bowl known as?

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krater

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15
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Who won the prize at the first presentation of tragedy in Athens in 534 BC?

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Thespis

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16
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Which poet was opposed alike to free invention of heroic incident and to rehashing traditional material?

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Callimachus

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17
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The famous “Long Walls” led citizens from Athens to what port city?

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Piraeus

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18
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Where was the most famous oracle located?

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Delphi

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19
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What was boustrophedon?

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Method of writing

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20
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The Greeks most likely derived their alphabet from which civilization?

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Phoenicians

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21
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An important aspect of Greek culture was the idea of kalokagathia. What was this?

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beauty and goodness

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22
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“Homer” was thought to be from what region?

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Ionia

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23
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Which Greek letter supposedly dropped out of use before the classical period?

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Digamma

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24
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What was the council in Athens called?

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Boule

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25
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Order of pottery from earliest to latest (O = oriental, RF = red figure, BF = black figure, G = geometric)

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O BF RF

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26
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Which of the following refers to a general?

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strategos

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27
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Which of the following was not a gymnasium?

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Palaestra

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28
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“You cannot step into the same river twice”

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Heraclitus

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29
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Aristotle’s Ethics were named after?

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his father and son

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30
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What was a wide tunic worn by both men and women called?

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chiton

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31
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Which of Plato’s dialogues concerns a conversation between Socrates and a poet, ultimately culminating in
Socrates concluding that he knows more about Homer than the poet himself?

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Ion

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32
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Men live chained to their seats in such a way that they can only see shadows projected on the wall by a light of
truth which is behind them. This is a description of what?

A

Allegory of the Cave

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33
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What was the Areopagus?

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Athenian Court

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34
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In which play is the construction of “Nephelokukkugia” intended?

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The Birds

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35
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Which philosopher thought of the world as breathing air from the boundless mass outside of it and spoke of this
air as a god?

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Anaximenes

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36
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What was the rigorous education and training regimen for all Spartan males?

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Agoge

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37
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Name three of Homer’s works

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Iliad, Odyssey, Nostoi

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38
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The first four books of the Odyssey are collectively known as?

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Telemachy

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39
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What best describes nekuia?

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Necromancy

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40
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Which month was called Poseideon in the Athenian calendar?

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December

41
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Aristophanes wrote works protesting what?

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Peloponnesian War

42
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In Plato’s Symposium, who describes love from a physician’s perspective?

A

Eryximachus

43
Q

Mycenaean women began adopting fashion ideas from which other culture around the 18th century BC?

A

Minoans

44
Q

Solon decreed that the happiest man in the world was?

A

Tellus

45
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Who asked Solon for his advice on who was the happiest man in the world?

A

Croesus

46
Q

How are the writings of Herodotus and Homer different?

A

History vs Poetry

47
Q

Pnyx refers to?

A

hill in Athens

48
Q

Which gate led to the Kerameikos?

A

Dipylon

49
Q

What was the Kerameikos?

A

Cemetery

50
Q

What was the term for the vertical staff of a sundial?

A

gnomon

51
Q

What direction does one go when traveling from the Parthenon to the Temple of Hephaestus in the Agora?

A

NW

52
Q

What was the council of elders at Sparta called?

A

gerousia

53
Q

What was the elite force of 300 hoplites who acted as the royal bodyguard of Sparta?

A

hippeis

54
Q

In his Ethics, Aristotle claims that the highest aim of humans is what?

A

excellence

55
Q

What were the long spears carried by the cavalry?

A

sarissai

56
Q

In which work does Hesiod discuss the origin of the universe?

A

Theogony

57
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The syssitia were men’s clubs that formed the basis of social and military life in which polis?

A

Sparta

58
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Which historian wrote “ As for the carrying off of women, it is the deed of a rogue; but to make a stir about such
as are carried off argues a man a fool”?

A

Herodotus

59
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Which of Plato’s dialogues opens with a recapitulation of the first five books of the Republic?

A

Euthyphro

60
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In which of Xenophon’s works does Socrates defend himself before the jury?

A

Memorabilia

61
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What Spartan festival, held in honor of Apollo, resulted in Sparta’s absence at the Battle of Marathon?

A

Carnea

62
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Who was said to have won a musical contest at this festival and founded the “First School” of music at Sparta?

A

Terpander

63
Q

What cloth was used to make sails?

A

linen

64
Q

What is the subject of the Iliad, as stated in the first line of the epic?

A

The wrath of Achilles

65
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In the Odyssey, how long does it take Odysseus to reach Ithaca after the fall of Troy?

A

10 years

66
Q

Classical Religion developed from Minoan and Mycenaean religion with influences from which region?

A

Near East

67
Q

What was the common dialect of Greek during the time of Alexander?

A

Koine

68
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What dialect was used by Athenian playwrights?

A

Attic

69
Q

On a trireme, what were the second level of rowers called?

A

zygitai

70
Q

Which dialect was brought into Greece along with its namesake “invasion?”

A

Doric

71
Q

Anaximander proposed a rational explanation for the origin of the world. What is this concept?

A

Unbounded

72
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Which of the works of the Oedipus trilogy was written first?

A

Antigone

73
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Which of the works of the Oedipus trilogy takes place first chronologically?

A

Oedipus Tyrannos

74
Q

What were settlements established specifically as trading posts?

A

emporia

75
Q

Who was responsible for establishing the Academy school around 385 BC?

A

Plato

76
Q

What was the measurement of the area of a strip of land that oxen could plow in one day?

A

plethron

77
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Which goddess was wounded in the Iliad?

A

Aphrodite

78
Q

In which sports event did participants jump on and off their moving chariot?

A

Apobates

79
Q

What was the smallest silver coin?

A

obol

80
Q

How long is one-sixth of a stadion?

A

100 feet

81
Q

What were private individual bankers called?

A

trapezitai

82
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Who was the most famous physician of Greek medicine?

A

Hippocrates

83
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Which nephew of Plato was made head of The Academy after Plato’s death?

A

Speusippus

84
Q

The betrothal was which of these?

A

engye

85
Q

In a Greek house, what were the women’s quarters called?

A

gynaikonitis

86
Q

“Whom the gods love, die young”

A

Menander

87
Q

Whom is Aristophanes primarily attacking in his Clouds?

A

Socrates

88
Q

What was the term for children’s toys?

A

paignia

89
Q

Which ring, discussed by Plato in his Republic, could turn the wearer invisible?

A

Ring of Gyges

90
Q

The Myth of Er discusses what?

A

The afterlife

91
Q

What were dice called?

A

kuboi

92
Q

Acharnae was which of these?

A

deme

93
Q

Which philosopher of Agrigentum believed that the world was composed of four elements: earth, air, fire and
water?

A

Empedocles

94
Q

Who was the author of the Argonautica?

A

Apollonius of Rhodes

95
Q

Which of these was a colony founded by Sparta in 706 BC?

A

Taras

96
Q

Which of Plato’s works contains a number of the fashionable wits sharing discourses on the nature of love?

A

Symposium

97
Q

The Greek phalanx may have originated as early as the 8th century BC in what area?

A

Sparta

98
Q

How many works of literature can we ascribe to Socrates?

A

None

99
Q

What was the term for the sacrifice of 100 oxen?

A

hecatomb

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