Ancient Aegean Civs
This ancient Aegean Civilization did not leave a record, but has been highly influential in modern art
What is the Cycladic Civilization?
The stories from the Iliad (and the Odyssey) were probably passed down orally for many years before they were written down. This person is usually given credit for writing down and compiling these two works.
Who is Homer?
In the Odyssey, the author spends the first part of the poem describing the situation back in Ithaca. In these first books, we learn that these people have overtaken Odysseus' home and are violating the rules of xenia (hospitality).
Who are the suitors?
What is a kouros?
This order of Greek architecture can be identified by the scroll like pattern on the capitals, bases on the columns, and a continuous frieze.
What is Ionic?
The Iliad and the Odyssey were probably set during this ancient civilization
What is the Mycenaean Civilization?
The Iliad starts by drawing our attention to the results of the wrath of this main character.
Who is Achilles?
Odysseus and his men are almost home when his men become suspiscious that Odysseus is keeping riches for himself in a bag. When they open the bag, it lets this out.
What are winds that blow them away from Ithaca?
Many archaic sculptures have a similar facial expression. We refer to this expression as this.
What is the archaic smile?
This forms the triangular space on the top of a Greek temple.
What is the pediment?
This civilization had maze-like palaces and many depictions of bulls that could have given rise to the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur.
His meeting with Achilles at the end of poem (as he comes to retrieve the body of Hector) seems to have a much different tone than much of the rest of the poem.
Who is Priam?
"Swift-footed" Achilles and "clever" Odysseus are examples of descriptors repeatedly used in the Iliad and the Odyssey (probably because they gave oral recitors easy fill-in syllables). These are referred to by this name.
What are epithets?
She was one of the first great Lyric poets. She explored themes of love, jealousy, anger, and aging.
Who was Sappho?
The Classical Period in Greece is usually marked by the victory of the Athenians over this great empire.
He uncovered proof that the city of Troy actually existed. He then went on to excavate remnants of the Mycenaean Civilization.
Who was Heinrich Schliemann?
The Iliad (and the Odyssey) both begin in the middle of the action. This is referred to as this.
Odysseus and his men spend one year in the comfortable home of this witch, who originally turned many of the men into pigs.
This group of thinkers were some of the first to use reason, logic, and observation to try and explain natural phenomena and answer difficult questions.
Who are the pre-Socratic philosophers?
This type of poetry was originally meant to be accompanied by music and was less expansive and more personal than epic poetry.
The ancient city of Troy is located in this modern day country.
What is Turkey?
The author of the Iliad assumes that we are familiar with the myth of the Judgement of Paris. In the myth, the golden apple is awarded to Aphrodite because she promises Paris this woman.
Who is Helen?
Penelope reassures herself that it is truly Odysseus who has returned home when he is able to identify that the bed they shared was attached to this.
What is a tree?
These stories appealed to the masses, usually had a moral, and often used animals as the main characters.
What are Aesop's fables?
Around 500 BCE, Athens adopted this type of government.
What is a direct democracy?