Humanities--Greece Flashcards
The term Acropolis translates to what?
“top of the city”
What does the Acropolis refer to?
a portion of an ancient Greek city-state that functioned as its religious center
the portion of an ancient Greek city-state that served as a public meeting place, market place, and civic center
agora
the term kylos can be translated as
“circle”
What items are found to be common among the people of Thea?
elaborately decorated homes
clay pipes connected baths and toilets to sewers
straw reinforced the walls of their homes
What is Minos recognized as?
the legendary leader of Crete’s ancient capital, Knossos
A man’s what was associated with bulls?
virility and strength
The Greek term labrys can be translated as what?
“double ax”
In Greek times, what was the palace of Minos known as?
the House of Double Axes
who gave birth to a Minotaur?
Queen Pasiphae
Who constructed a hollow wooden cow to assist the queen in attracting the bull?
Daedalus
Ariadne assisted Theseus in what?
She provided Theseus with a weapon and thread to help him kill the Minotaur
the ancient city of Mycenae is a citadel city that depended on what for its construction and was entered through a massive Lion Gate?
cyclopean masonry
Homer is considered the author of what?
the Iliad and the Odyssey
who was considered the greatest warrior among the Greeks while battling the Trojans?
Achilles
Achilles is the central character in the Iliad, which focuses on what?
his rage
the Greek term arete can be translated as what?
virtue
The Greek term arete can be interpreted as what?
“reaching one’s highest potential”
Hector, song of king Troy, killed Patroclus which did what?
enraged Achilles
Priam is best remembered as what during the action of the Iliad?
King of Troy
Who was the wife of Odysseus?
Penelope
Who first detailed the Greek pantheon in his Theogony: The Birth of the Gods?
Hesiod
Who controlled north-south trade routes from early times?
Corinth
Corinth built a towpath to drag ships over the isthmus on rollers, it soon controlled what?
sea routes east and west
Who was the home to the Sanctuary of Apollo?
Delphi
In ancient Greek architecture, which features scrolled capitals?
Ionic
What are three types of columns?
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
On the krater of the Death of Sarpedon what is happening?
Sarpedon has just been killed by Patroclus and is being carried off by Hypnos and Thanatos, as Hermes looks on
Who instituted the first Athenian democracy in 508 BCE
Kleishtenes
the term demes became part of the Athenian political system and refers to what?
small local areas comparable to precincts or wards in a modern city
Who ruled the Persians at the time of the battle of Marathon in 490 BCE?
Darius
After the battle of Marathon, Phidippides did what?
he ran 26 miles between Marathon and Athens to deliver word of the Greek victory
Who is recognized as the first Greek historian?
Herodotus
Who wrote an extensive “History of the Persian Wars”
Herodotus
The Parthenon was considered what?
the centerpiece of the Athenian Acropolis
What served as a monumental entryway to the Athenian Acropolis?
Propylaia
Who cast the bronze statue known as the Doryphoros?
Polyclitus
What is the Doryphoros?
a demonstration of a treatise on proportions of the human body
the 92 metopes on the four sides of the temple narrate battles between the Greeks and four enemies; which consist of what?
trojans
giants
amazons
centaurs
What was Socrates placed on trial for?
subversive behavior
corrupting young men
introducing new gods
who conceived the atomic theory in which everything is made up of small, indivisible particles and empty space, or void, between them
Leucippus
Leucippus came up with the atomic theory of what?
in which everything is made up of small, indivisible particles and the empty space, or void, between them
Who is responsible for one of the most famous Greek dictums: “Man is the Measure of all things.”
Protagoras
Aristophanes specialized in writing what and is the playwright for what?
comedies; Lysistrata
who is the playwright for the Oresteia trilogy that includes events after Agamemnon’s return from the Trojan War?
Aeschylus
In the ancient Greek theater, the term what identifies the elevated platform on which the actors performed?
proscenium
Rumor had it that father to the east, the Kingdom of GANGES, Alexander’s next logical opponent, had a force of what?
5,000 elephants
the most important idea Aristotle expressed in the Poetics is CATHARSIS, which is what?
the cleansing, purification, or purgation of the soul
