He defeated the Titans and rules over Mt. Olympus.
Who is Zeus?
This style of sculpture is associated with the Archaic period in ancient Greece.
What are Kouros and Kore?
Built to honor Athena, this building has become a symbol for democracy in the Western world.
What is the Parthenon?
This poetic work reveals thoughts and feelings of the speaker.
What is a lyric?
"Virtue is knowledge."
Who is Socrates?
She is the goddess of wisdom and war.
Who is Athena?
This asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with, while balancing, those of the hips and legs transformed sculpture.
What is contrapposto?
This style of column is the most ornate of the Greek orders. Really the Romans liked it, not the Greeks.
What is Corinthian?
This narrative poem conveys the values of the culture which produced it
What is an epic poem?
“Everything is made of water.”
Who is Thales?
His attribute is a trident and horses.
Who is Poseidon?
This sculpture is also called Canon and depicts the human form in perfect mathematical proportions.
What is Doryphoros?
This is the part of a temple which is in the shape of a triangle and which contains sculpture.
What is the pediment?
This bard of Greece produced The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
“Everything is made of numbers.”
Who is Pythagoras?
She is frequently portrayed with a crown and a frowny face.
Who is Hera?
This part of a temple is frequently adorned with relief sculptures and is part of the entablature. This is one from the Parthenon.
What is the frieze?
A 40-foot statue of Athena once stood in this interior room of the Parthenon. It faces east.
What is the cella?
We only have fragments left of the work of this lyric poet from the island of Lesbos.
Who is Sappho?
“Man is the measure of all things.”
Who is Protagoras?
She is frequently portrayed with Eros, her son.
Who is Aphrodite?
The Erectheion's famous Porch of the Maidens has these stone carvings of draped female figures used as columns.
What are caryatids?
This temple honors Athena and Poseidon and is distinguished by the Porch of the Maidens. Its design accommodates the cliffside it is perched on.
What is the Erectheion?
This is the way an epic poem begins -- with the story in progress
What is in media res?
“You can never step in the same river twice.”
Who is Heraclitus?