Places Of Worship Flashcards
Who oversaw the construction of the Athenian Acropolis?
Pericles
Who was the main architect?
Phidias
How tall is the Parthenon?
490 feet
Name the four main buildings on the Parthenon
Propylaia
Parthenon
Erechtheion
Temple of Athene Nike
What was the other function of the Parthenon?
Treasury/bank
What was the erechtheion originally?
The place of the mythical kings Ericthaus
What does the location of the erechtheion symbolise?
The fighting place between Athene and Poseidon
What was housed within the Erechtheion?
Wooden statue of Athene Polias
What are the three interpretations of the Caryatids?
Women in the panathenaia
Mourners of King Kerkops
Enslaved women of Carya
What was unique about the sculpture of the Propylaia?
Doric outwardly ionic inside
Three corridors with a sunken middle ramp for sacrificial animals
What was the Plynteria?
A cleansing ceremony performed in the Erechtheion
Where is Delphi geographically and mythically according to the Greeks?
6 miles from the gulf of Corinth
Centre of the world
What are the four main areas in the sanctuary to Apollo at Delphi?
Temple of Apollo
The theatre
The sacred way
The stadium
What is the famous group of statues called surrounding the entrance to the sanctuary of Apollo?
The marathon group
+ Tegeas victory over Sparta and Spartas victory over Athens
Approximately how many sanctuaries are there in the Sanctuary to Apollo
30
Give a specific sanctuary in the sanctuary to Apollo at Delphi
Siphnian Treasury
What is the name of the monument to the victory of the battle of Plataea?
The serpentine column
What are the three sayings found if the temple of Apollo?
Know thy self
Nothing in excess
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How many spectators could be seated at the theatre?
5,000
How many spectators could be seated at the stadium?
6,500
What was the name of the priestess of Apollo?
Pythia
How many days was the oracle open to the public?
9
What was the alternative to the spoken oracle at Delphi?
Black and white dice at the corycian cave
What provision was given in payment at the oracle at Delphi?
A ritual cake and a sacrificial beast
How could the payments for the Oracle at Delphi be altered?
City stated payed more e.g Athens
King is Croseus had the privilege not to pay
What were the questions that people typically asked at Delphi?
Plutarch: victory, marriage, travel and farm
Where is Olympia?
10 miles from the Ionian Sea
What does the temple of Zeus face?
The ash alter and the rising sun
Where would athletes face after finishing their race at Olympia?
The ash alter
How tall was the statue of Zeus at Olympia?
12 meters
Who had ash alters and who could climb them?
Zeus, Hera and Gaia
Woman could climb the first step of the alter only men could reach the top
