Greek Statues
What it the Venus Demilo
This device enabled water to be efficiently transferred to an elevated area, providing crucial irrigation and urban water supply.
What is the Archenemies, or water screw.
Greece, with it's rich landscape and geological assests produces about 7% of the world's what.
What is marble.
The Parthenon was build in dedication to the Goddess Athena and used for this purpose.
What is a temple.
Greeks were known for their marble statues, but often the marble was covered with this.
What is brightly colored paint.
The highest number of Greek statues are located in this museum.
What is the Louvre in Paris.
This Greek invention enabled Greek and Roman expansion by accurately measuring distance by counting the rotations of a wheel.
What is an odometer.
The official name of Greece isn't actually Greece - it's this.
What is the Hellenic Republic.
The Greeks invented this way of thinking deeply about the world and the meaning of life, called this.
What is philosophy
This was the first example of a scale nude statue in Greek art.
What is Aphrodite of Knidos
Statues are most often made of these media.
What are bronze (preferred) and marble (most common)
This building material, notably made with volcanic ash, allowed the Greeks to create enduring sea walls and durable piers.
What is concrete.
What is the evil eye.
What is democracy
Lysippos was a sculptor of the late classical period, known for this.
What is changing proportions and making figures appear longer.
This was the most often represented subject in Greek sculpture.
What are life size human figures, mostly of the gods.
This system of government, first developed in Athens, allowed citizens (free men) to directly participate in government.
What is democracy.
This common toy was invented in Greece around 500BC.
This King was the founder of the Ancient Greek Empire
Who was Alexander the Great
True or False:
Lots of bronze statues from ancient Greece remain.
What is false
The Parthenon is a massive creation with this meaning.
What is a temple of the virgin goddess.
This device invented by Plato to signal the start of his lectures, used flowing water to measure time and trigger a sound.
What is an alarm clock.
Greece has the oldest what, that is still used today.
What is their language. It was recorded over 5000 years ago.
The Greeks were descendents of this ancient people.
Who were the Mycenaeans
Did the Greeks consider their art to be:
A: for the purpose of beautification
B: to express the artists' philosophy
C: a medium for the ennoblement of man
What is C