Greek Propaganda Flashcards

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What is ancient propaganda

A

Myths stood as symbols of power that used to define civilisations, cities, families and individuals

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What were myths typically depicted as and where would they be depicted

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Art on buildings to stand as statements of power

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What is the centauromachy

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Battle of centaurs, Lapiths vs centaurs

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Where did the Lapiths live and who ruled that area

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Thessaly, ruled by Ixion

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5
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Who did Ixion take a liking to

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Hera

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What did Zeus do to Ixion

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Tricked him by making an image of Hera out clouds so Ixion would sleep with it

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What happened to the cloud Ixion slept with

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The rain gave birth to the centaurs

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What are centaurs

A

Half man half horse

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9
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What were centaurs like

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Wild creatures that lived savage lives

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How did the battle between the centaurs and Lapiths start

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Ixions son invited the centaurs to his wedding feast

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What happened during the wedding that led to the battle

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Centaurs became drunk and breach of hospitality

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What was the centauromachy a symbol of

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Greek victory over the Persians and civilised people defeating uncivilised people

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Who was the centauromachy particularly important to and why

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The Athenians, their city was burnt down by King Xerxes in 480BC

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14
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Where is the centauromachy depicted

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Metopes of the Parthenon

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15
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what was Ixion’s son’s name?

A

Perithos

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16
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What are the Persians represented as in the centauromachy?

A

The centaurs

17
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What were the Greeks represented as in the Centauromachy?

A

Lapiths

18
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What are the three parts to how a metope of frieze is judged on?

A

-how easily recognisable it is
-how realistic the scene is
-How effectively is the space used

19
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Who were the amazons

A

a mythical race of women

20
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where were the amazons from?

A

Asia minor (modern-day turkey)

21
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How did the amazons act around men?

A

the stayed clear of men unless they needed to reproduce and if a boy was boy, he was killed

22
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What was the Amazonomachy?

A

the mythical battles between the Amazon women and the Greeks

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What were the two great battles between the Amazonians and the Greeks?

A

The Battle with Heracles and the Attic War

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What happened between Heracles and the Amazonians ?

A

Heracles went to complete his ninth labour (getting the belt of Hippolyte) but a rumour spread which, started a war where Hippolyte gets killed

25
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Who wins the battle between Heracles and the Amazonian women?

A

Heracles

26
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What caused the Attic War?

A

Heracles stole an Amazonian bride for Theseus.

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How did the Greeks win the Attic War?

A

After the Amazonians declared war Theseus and Heracles led an army of Athenians to destroy them.

28
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What did the Amazonomachy represent about the Greeks?

A

their triumph over foreign people, nations and empires

29
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Where is the Amazonomachy depicted on?

A

at the Temple of Apollo at Bassae

30
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What part of the temple is the Amazonomachy depicted on?

A

the frieze

31
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Who was the Temple at Bassae dedicated to?

A

Apollo Epikourion

32
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When was the temple of Bassae built?

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450BC

33
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Where was Bassae?

A

it was a small town southwest of Olympia and the West of the Peloponnese

34
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What does Apollo Epikourion mean?

A

Apollo the helper

34
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Why was Apollo called the Helper?

A

because he helped the people of Bassae get rid of a plague, according to Pausanias

35
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Where is the Amazonomachy depicted in the temple?

A

on a frieze that runs round the naos of the temple

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