Week 6

Question 1

What are the hetairai?

Answer 1

Prostitutes that also offered insightful conversation

Question 2

What is pornoboskos?

Answer 2

Pimp

Question 3

What is opsis?

Answer 3

Sight, appearance

Question 4

What is logos?

Answer 4

Word, verbal expression

Question 5

What is sycophantes?

Answer 5

Vexatious litigants, informers

Question 6

What is kosmos?

Answer 6

Ordered world

Question 7

What is kalos?

Answer 7

Beautiful

Question 8

What is aischios?

Answer 8

Ugly

Question 9

Who is polykleitos and what did he do?

Answer 9

Sculptor responsible for diadoumenos (stature of effeminate youth) and doryphoros (statue of youth with manly stature)

Question 10

What is symmetria?

Answer 10

Proportions

Question 11

What is mimesis?

Answer 11

Faithful imitation of nature?

Question 12

What happened until 5th century greece?

Answer 12

Inscriptions identified each figure

Question 13

What is an example of intentional ugliness?

Answer 13

Red-figure hydria with Thersites insulting Agamemnon

Question 14

Meaning and origin of caricature?

Answer 14

Italian caricatura, exaggeration/overloading

Question 15

Example of caricature?

Answer 15

Caricature of a sophist

Question 16

What is a sophist?

Answer 16

Teacher of rhetoric, writings are lost, claimed to teach arete (goodness, excellence)

Question 17

What is inherent ugliness in ancient times?

Answer 17

Fear of difference and social laughter?

Question 18

What are the kabiroi?

Answer 18

Gods who promoted agriculture, wine, cattle-raising, fertility

Question 19

What were the scenes of kabirion kantharoi?

Answer 19

Broad range of scenes with caricatured figures, most likely produced for yearly carnival festival

Question 20

What is kynodesme?

Answer 20

“dog-tie,” intended ourpose to cover/protect penis during sport performance/competition