Part Three Flashcards
Who divided the Iliad and Odyssey into twenty-four books each?
Zenodotus
What was the term for a poem written in celebration of victors of athletic contests?
epinikia
What job title did Zenodotus have in Alexandria?
head librarian of the Alexandrian Library
Nephelococcygia provides the setting for which of Aristophanes’ plays?
Birds
Who wrote a tragedy, Iphigenia, which was better than Euripides’ Iphigenia, according to Aristotle?
Polydius
Which lyric poet did Horace primarily model himself on?
Alcaeus
What job title did Aristarchus have in Alexandria?
head librarian of the Alexandrian Library
Where was the poet Pindar born?
Thebes
Who was the second head of the Academy?
Speusippus
Who is called both the “Father of History” and “Father of Lies”?
Herodotus
What term was used for a roofed theater used for musical recitals and poetry readings?
odeion
According to legend, what lyric poet was avenged by a flock of cranes?
Ibycus
What historian from Syracuse wrote a history of Sicily?
Philistus
What work of Xenophon deals with the campaigns of Cyrus the Younger against Artaxerxes?
Anabasis
What job title did Apollonius of Rhodes have in Alexandria?
head librarian of the Alexandrian Library
In which yeardid Sophocles produce Antigone?
441BCE
In which of his plays does Aristophanes mock the Athenian institution of large, paid juries?
Wasps
What Alexandrian scholar accurately measured the circumference of the Earth?
Eratosthenes
What scientist believed that the primary substance of the universe was water?
Thales
Which tragedian was most famous for his use of deus ex machina?
Euripides
What sculptor from Eleutherae designed the Discobolus?
Myron
How many books are contained in theIliad?
24
In whichbook of Herodotus’ work would you find an account of the ascension of Darius I?
Book IV
Who was known for his theory of the four classical elements?
Empedocles