True or False: Some of literature from the Greeks are still around today.
100
the battles, mythology, and rulers
What were sculptures used to show?
100
marriages, funerals, religious ceremonies, theatre, folk music, and some epic poetries
What was music used for?
200
An ancient Greek vessel for mixing water and wine
What is a krater?
200
to honor the gods
Why was theater first created?
200
the Iliad and the Odyssey
What Greek literary works were the earliest European works in history (most likely)?
200
coming out of the Dark Age
When did the Greeks begin to sculpt out of stone?
200
kind of like a harp and a guitar put together.
strummed or plucked string instrument generally with seven or more strings tuned to the notes of one of the modes. The lyre was used to accompany others or even oneself for recitation and song.
What is a lyre?
300
stirrup jars
What was used to transport wine and oil throughout the Mediterranean without spilling?
300
A large rectangular building situated behind the orchestra, used as a backstage. Actors could change their costumes and masks. Earlier the skene was a tent or hut, later it became a permanent stone structure.
What is a skene?
300
the Iliad and the Odyssey
What were two epics attributed to Homer?
300
the Egyptians
Who were the Greeks inspired by for sculpting?
300
series of pipes that increase in length, tuned (by cutting) to a desired scale. Sound is produced by blowing across the top of the open pipe
What is a pan pipe
400
trophies, everyday utensils, bowls, etc.
What was pottery used for besides for art?
400
orchestra, audience, skene
What were the three main elements of theater?
400
ancient Greeks helped to lay the foundations for art, literature, theater, math, science, architecture, engineering and warfare
In what areas has Ancient Greek literature influenced America today?
400
almost entirely of marble or bronze
What were most of the sculptures in Ancient Greek made from?
400
a lyre that accompanied a poet-singer
What was a phorminx
500
Mycenaean Art, Sub-Mycenaean or Dark Age, Proto-Geometric, Geometric Art, Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic
Name the 7 time periods in which sculptures are divided into.
500
Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, etc.
Name one well-known Greek tragedy playwrights of the fifth century.
500
epics, poems, plays, histories, philosophical dialogues and treatises, legal speeches and political speeches
Name 3 of the 6 ways that the Greeks divided their writing into.
500
Discobolos (the discus thrower)
What was the Greek name of the discus thrower sculpture that is so famous?