Part Five Flashcards
What tragedian served as a hoplite at Marathon?
Aeschylus
Whichplay of Aeschylus may have actually been written by his son?
Prometheus Bound
Who is the earliest of the Ten Attic Orators?
Antiphon
Which of the Ten Attic Orators was convicted for the Mutilation of the Hermae?
Andocides
What pre-Socratic philosopher argued against the polytheism of Greek religion and believed in a single god?
Xenophanes
What student of Aristotle was the author of the oldest surviving treatise on music theory?
Aristoxenus
What city was the primary home of Sappho and Alcaeus?
Mytilene
What lyric poet was supposedly struck blind by Helen after he wrote a poem disrespecting her?
Stesichorus
Which “Battle of Frogs and Mice” was supposedly written by Homer?
Batrachomyomachia
Which Platonic dialogue deals primarily with the immortality of the soul?
Phaedo
Sophron, Theocritus, and Herodes wrote in what genre?
Mime
Who famously stated that “No man steps in the same river twice.”?
Heraclitus
Whatpupil of Aristotle wrote a nine book treatise on plants entitled Historia Plantarum?
Theophrastus
Which oratorwas charged with the mutilationof the hermae statue?
Andocides
Which philosopherwas tried for “corrupting the youth” in 399 B.C.?
Socrates
Which of Xenophon’s works was about Greek history from 411-362 B.C.?
Hellenica
Which lyric poet fought under the tyrant Pittacus?
Alcaeus
Which poet was born in the town of Eresus
Sappho
Who was the teacher of Parmenides?
Xenophanes
In which yeardid Euripides produce The Trojan Women?
415 BCE
In which Platonic dialogue is there a discussion between Socrates and the title character about piety?
Euthyphro
What poet wrote such biting verses against the sculptors Bupalus and Athenis that they killed themselves?
Hipponax
What instrument was a salpinx?
trumpet
What epic poet was said to have magical powers including the ability to leave and return to his body at will?
Aristeas