Gods and Goddesses
Sculptures
Vocabulary
Greek Art, Theatre, and Dance
Architecture
100
King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus; god of the sky, and thunder. Youngest child of his siblings. Symbols include the thunderbolt, eagle, oak tree, scepter, and scales. He married his sister and killed his father.
What was Zeus/Jupiter?
100
A give away that a sculpture is made in "archaic style."
What is an archaic smile?
100
The name of the oldest and plainest of the three Greek orders.
What is the doric order?
100
479 BCE.
What was the year the Athenians defeated the Persians and began to restore the Acropolis. This date also marks the beginning of the Classical tradition.
100
This ancient structure was a temple with a significant 29 f. wide oculus.
What is the Pantheon?
200
Patron god of the art of theatre. God of wine, celebrations, and ecstasy. Symbols include the grapevine, ivy, cup, tiger, panther, leopard, dolphin, and goat. Son of the King of gods. The youngest Olympian, as well as the only one to have a mortal mother.
Who was Dionysus/Bacchus?
200
Ancient Greek sculpture inspired by ancient Egypt.
What is the Kouros, c. 600 BCE?
200
A circular opening often found at the top of a dome.
What is an oculus?
200
The death of Romulus Augustus and end of the Roman Empire.
What is the year 476 CE?
200
This ancient Greek temple was created using the post and lintel structure.
What is the Parthenon?
300
God of light, knowledge, healing, plague and darkness, the arts, music, poetry, prophecy, archery, the sun, manly youth, and beauty. Son of the King of Gods. Symbols include the sun, lyre, bow and arrow, raven, dolphin, wolf, swan, and mouse. Twin brother of Artemis.
Who was Apollo/Phoebus?
300
Ancient Roman bronze sculpture representing a leader.
What is the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius?
300
A rectilinear coffin.
What is a sarcophagus?
300
This was the century when Kleistenes instituted a reform broadening the base of government (often considered the beginning of democracy).
What was the 6th century BCE?
300
This temple was built following a ratio of 4:9.
What is the Parthenon?
400
Goddess of wisdom, handicrafts, defense, and strategic warfare. Symbols include the owl and the olive tree. Daughter of the King of gods and the OceanidMetis, she rose from her father's head fully grown and in full battle armor after another God hit his head with an ax.
Who was Athena/Minerva?
400
Ancient Greek sculptor whose reliefs are now at the British Museum in London.
What was Phidias who made the Parthenon frieze?
400
Greek for a young man or boy.
What is a Kouros?
400
450-400 BCE
What is the time of the Classical tradition?
400
This structure was built from marble
What is the Parthenon?
500
Queen of the Underworld and a daughter of Demeter and the King of gods. Also goddess of spring time. She became the consort of the god of the underworld, when he kidnapped her. Demeter, driven to distraction by the disappearance of her daughter, neglected the earth so that nothing would grow.
Who was Persephone/Proserpina?
500
Marble sculpture made by Praxiteles or his followers.
What is Hermes and the Infant Dionysos?
500
"Fooling the eye"
What is trompe l'oeil?
500
The beginning of the Roman Republic.
What was the year 509 BCE?
500
This structure was named after a large sculpture.
What is the colosseum?
M
e
n
u