Pericles

Question 1

440s BC

Answer 1

449 BC peace of Callias
447 BC construction begins on Parthenon

Question 2

Peace of callias

Answer 2

449 BC
Treaty effectively ending Greco-Persian war

Question 3

Periclean building programme controversy

Answer 3

Delian league funds used to fund construction
Plutarch Pericles

Question 4

Periclean building programmes benefits

Answer 4

Brought jobs and wages to labourers
Improved image of Athens

Question 5

Propylaea

Answer 5

Acropolis entrance
Significance in Panathenaic way
Crowds divided into 3 lines

Question 6

Temple of Athena Nike

Answer 6

427-4 BC
External sides featured images of Athenian victories - usually mythological (only one scene of gods)

Question 7

Old Temple of Athena

Answer 7

Second half of 6th century BC
Unknown damage in 480 BC

Question 8

Erectheion

Answer 8

421-06 BC
Temple to Athena pollias
Statues of many gods and heroes
Sacred olive tree
Sea water well

Question 9

Parthenon

Answer 9

447-32 BC
Central internal statue of Athena
Replaced older temple to Athena
Served as treasury of Delian league / Athenian empire

Question 10

Parthenon east side metope

Answer 10

Gigantomachy

Question 11

Parthenon west side metope

Answer 11

Amazonomachy

Question 12

Parthenon north side metope

Answer 12

Greeks fighting Trojan’s

Question 13

Parthenon south side metope

Answer 13

Centauromachy

Question 14

Parthenon friezes

Answer 14

Panathenaic procession