The Classical Period Flashcards
Who wrote the ancient Greek drama Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles
Which Greek poet wrote the Iliad?
Homer
Greek architecture was based on what structure?
Post-and-lintel
What was the Greek building most revered for its use of ratio and perspective?
The Parthenon
Where were Greek plays generally shown?
Amphitheater
Roman engineering allowed which structure to have the largest single span dome for centuries?
The Pantheon
In Plato’s allegory of the cave, what do the shadows represent?
Every day life
What is the belief in multiple gods?
Polytheism
The ancient Greeks developed what form of government?
Democracy
Classical drama consist of what?
Tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
Is it true that during the renaissance scientist adopted empirical methodology of early Greek practitioners and theorist?
True. 
During the enlightenment, what form the foundation of education and intellectual standards?
Roman literature and Greek philosophical and ethical systems formed the foundation of education and intellectual standards.
Where do today’s Romance languages come from?
The Roman language of Latin
Refers to the aesthetic attitudes and principles reflected in the art and philosophy of ancient Greece and Rome
Classicism
These daughters of Zeus were goddesses devoted to memory and inspiration. 
Muses
During this age in Greece, important political structures and beginnings of democracy emerged
Archaic Age
How did the Greeks and Romans lay the foundations for modern science?
The Greek philosophers used observation to study nature and introduced the idea of a hypothesis that could be tested; through their attention to reason and logic
In Greek mythology, who created human beings?
Prometheus
Which form of poetry became the dominant form of Greek poetry beginning in the 6th century BCE?
Lyric Poetry
Why did the ancient Greeks study rhythm and the relationship between notes?
They believed that music and mathematics had an important connection
What does the Greek word “demokratia “ mean?
“Ruled by the people”
This work applied reason and logical though to ideas about government and how to live a good, balanced life
The Republic
This work is a story of a man who lives his life not knowing the truth of his parentage and whose pride ultimately causes him to ignore his flood humanity, resulting in the ultimate punishment of blindness and exile.
Oedipus Rex
This work is an epic poem narrating the story of an ideal Greek hero who combined all the greatest virtues of Greek culture, as well as showing his interaction with a Greek pantheon of gods.
The Odyssey
