A City of Contrasts
Most home were made of what?
Mud Bricks
The temples of Athens show what?
How important religion was to the greeks
temples are good examples of the great talents for what?
Architecture
The statue of Athena in the parthenon was a wonderful what?
Example
The greek is excelled in what?
Ancient Athens was a city of what?
Great contrasts, or differences.
Each god and goddess had what?
over a particular area of their life
Temple show the importance of what?
balance and order in the Greeks idea of beauty
The statues were what?
colorful
greek plays grew out of what?
the songs and dances
The Athenians built what for the government?
large buildings
sometimes they would ask for what?
Advice
Athenians built three temples on the Acropolis to honor what
to honor Athena
creating a lifelike statue was one of the greek what?
great achievements
there were no what?
no women actors
The most famous temple standing is what?
the Parthenon
They would tell storys aboutthe god called what
Myths
the Parthenon had a magnificent statue of who?
Athena
what is the most famous sculptures in Athens was a man named what?
Named Phidias
plays were staged where?
in open-air theaters
The Parthenon was built to honor what?
the goddess Athens
people would ask who for help when on journeys?
The Olympian gods
the statue of Athena stood how many feet tall?
30 feet high
people thought that Phidias had what?
gone too far
plays are often part of what?
part of competitions