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Test 4 Flashcards

1
Q

Who are the Ptolemies and what did they do

A

rulers of Egypt after Alexander. They
made Alexandria the cultural capital of the Greek world,
the new Athens

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2
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Philosophia

A

philosophy/love of knowledge

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3
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What did Thales think was the primary thing which all matter originates

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water

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4
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what does logic show exists and doesnt exist

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“what is” exists, “what is not” cannot exist

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5
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atomoi

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indivisible (matter cannot be divided infinitely)

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6
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Pythagorean belief

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numbers are the elements of everything

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7
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form for a speech

A

introduction
statement of facts
witness evidence
indirect evidence
arguments from probability
confirmation
additional confirmation

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8
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Peitho

A

persuasion

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9
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Dolos

A

Treachery, Deceit

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10
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Bia

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Force, violence

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11
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early scientists had

A

geometry, astronomy, a map of the world

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12
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nomos

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custom, law, culture

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13
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phusis

A

nature

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14
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goodness can be defined with what term

A

arete

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15
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historia

A

research, inquiry

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16
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Logographoi

A

before historians.
writers of narratives
prose writers. wrote genealogical, ethnographic and
geographical material

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17
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what is the display of the inquiry (historia) of Herodotos of
Halikarnassos for

A

so that things
done by humans not be forgotten
in time

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18
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Thucydides wrote a history of war. what was the problem

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there was a period of time he is unsure of. He only used solid evidence.

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19
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who did Thucydides not trust and why

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poets: exaggerate.
prose writers: facts cannot be checked, prefer to entertain.

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20
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what did Thucydides want for his work

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future people to find it useful, to be an everlasting possession

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21
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Athenian festivals with Drama competitions

A

Great Dionysia, Rural Dionysia, Lenaia

22
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Great Dionysia

A

late March, the principal
venue for dramatic competitions: for tragedy,
satyr play, comedy, dithyramb

23
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Rural Dionysia

A

Winter, held in the rural
demes of Attica. Plays were performed in
deme theatres, especially the larger ones

24
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Lenaia

A

in late January: for comedy and
tragedy

25
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arkhon eponymos

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where poets submitted 3 tradgedies (trilogy) and a satyr play for the city dionysia. They chose 3 tragic, and 5 comic productions

26
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Khoregos

A

recruited and maintained the
chorus, hired a trainer, paid for all of production

27
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what would dramatist win

A

a crown and money prize

28
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what could winning khoregos do

A

erect a monument topped by a tripod

29
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orchestra

A

center of a theatre

30
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skene

A

stage building

31
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tragoidia

A

tragedy/song of goats

32
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who was in a tragedy

A

Chorus of 12, then 15
Max 3 actors playing all parts
Chorus and actors sang
and danced parts of the play

33
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themes of tragedy

A

normally mythology, but 3 known historical ones

34
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Trilogy Oresteia

A

Agamemnon
Libation Bearers
Eumenides

35
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komoidia

A

comedy

36
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when was the first comedy at City Dionysia

A

486 BCE

37
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when was the first comedy at Lenaia

A

445 BCE

38
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11 old comedy plays completely preserved, written by who

A

Aristophanes

39
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structure of old comedy

A

prologue
parodos
agon
parabasis
episodes
exodos

40
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prologue

A

entry of the actors, plot
introduced

41
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parodos

A

entry of the chorus, a conflict
develops

42
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agon

A

debate between two characters
with alternating speeches and songs

43
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parabasis

A

the chorus gives advice to the
spectators, usually on unrelated matter

44
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episodes

A

scenes and sketches

45
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exodos

A

lit. the departure: conclusion

46
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Tekhne

A

activity that
requires skill, experience
and application

47
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kouros

A

young male (in sculpture always naked)

48
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kore

A

young woman (in sculpture always clothed)

49
Q

Who ruled Egypt after Alexander

A

Ptolemies

50
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who are the prose writers

A

Logographoi

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