Greek Foundation Stories
Which legendary king founded a city in Attica, later to be named Athens?
Cecrops
what is prosthesis?
Greek -- deceased laid out for 2 days for mourners
cult statue
What is the name of the city Aeneas founded?
Lavinium
define 'funeral clubs'.
a social club set up to support less wealthy members of society
Name 1 good thing did Theseus do for Athens.
united Attica under the political leadership of Athens, thus was a great reformer. He introduced democracy. He introduced the Panathenaic Games.
decrease chance of religious pollution and spread of disease
Who commissioned the Parthenon and who was the architect?
Pericles and Phidias
What role did Aeneas' son Ascanius play after Aeneas' death?
founded Alba Longa, which spawned a line of Kings which culminated in the birth of Romulus and Remus
who were the Manes?
'the deified ancestors' aka spirits of the dead in the Roman world
Name 2 Cretan individuals in the story of Theseus and explain their involvement.
Ariadne - daughter of Minos, helped him defeat Minotaur, gave Theseus wool and sword.
Minor- imprisoned the Minotaur (son of Pasiphae and a bull)
What was the name of the main burial ground in Athens?
Kerameikos
What is the difference between and Ionic and Doric frieze?
Ionic -- unbroken strip of carved marble all the way around.
Doric -- continuous strip of marble divided into metopes
Name the parents of Romulus and Remus
Rhea Silvia, Mars
like the Greeks, what would Roman women do to lament? Name 3 things
wear shabby black clothes, beat their chests, wail, flail arms
Who is Theseus mother and who are his 2 potential fathers?
Aethra, Poseidon/Aegeus
how was animal sacrifice at a funeral different from a normal sacrifice?
blood of the animal would be poured on the earth for Hades and Persephone
What is on the east pediment of the temple of Zeus at Olympia AND can you tell the story?
tale of Pelops and Oenomaus.
Pelops had sought to marry Hippodamia. Her father, King Oenomaus, did not want to marry off his daughter, so he challenged each of her suitors to a chariot race. Pelops had bribed Oenomaus's charioteer, Myrtilus, into replacing the bronze linchpins of the chariot with ones made of wax. Afterwards, Pelops kills Myrtilus in order to avoid paying the bribe.
define the 3 key aspects of pietas
sense of duty/respect for family, city, gods
During Parentalia and Lemuria, there were 3 restrictions on society. Name 2
couldn't marry, temples closed, no business conducted.
name 5 of Theseus' labours
Sinis, Crommyonian sow, Sciron, Cercyon, Procrustes, Bull of Marathon, Minotaur
What 2 things happened at the Genesia?
decorate graves with ribbons, offer food and blood sacrifice in honour of their ancestors
The most important part of the sanctuary for the populace was the ________ and why?
altar because it is where the sacrifice and offerings took place OR dependent on the sacrifice, the whole city could be involved.
Who is Plutarch and what did he write?
Greek born biographer who wrote the Parallel Lives. The chapter on Theseus and Romulus is in our spec.
The Lemuria was held over which 3 days in May?
9th, 11th, 13th