Discoboluus
A notable bronze sculptor who specialised in movement.
What is Myron?
The aesthetic exhibition of muscles on a figure. Often utilised to idealise the figure in society.
What is musculature?
Goddess of strategic warfare and wisdom. She is Miss Hawken's favourite.
What is Athena.
This titular character who’s mother is Jocasta and father is Oedipus.
What is Antigone?
This outcrop in Athens is the highest point in the city.
What is the Acropolis?
A held position in a sequence of movements.
What is Rhythmos?
A period of time that signifies the change from archaic and classical.
What is transitional?
A body-length garment worn by a Greek woman
What is a peplos?
The new ruler of Thebes in the play who’s tyrannical tendencies prevents Antigone from burying her brother.
What is Creon?
From 499-459BCE, these wars and their battles were turning points in antiquity and beyond. These wars defined the border between the archaic and the classical.
What is the Persian Wars?
Technique used to communicate stoicism in a figure’s facial features.
What is Phidian calm?
This pose causes the figure to be asymmetrical in their stance as their weight is mostly on one foot.
What is contrapposto?
This wood instrument is the discarded invention of Athena. Marsyas challenged the sun god in a contest by playing this instrument.
What is an aulos?
An Athenian playwright who specialised in tragedies. Most notable plays are Antigone and Oedipus Rex.
What is Sophocles?
This Greek idea was to inspire young men to be disciplined in personal conduct especially in a military context.
What is kaloskagathos?
Between 510-323BCE, this period saw the emergence of Athens as a power and numerous artefacts from ancient Greece.
What is the classical period?
Translated as ‘young man’ these statues from the Archaic period were symmetrical in composition.
What is kouros?
An act of arrogance in the face of the gods. Committing this act goes against the social hierarchy and severe punishments were issued.
What is hubris?
A Greek polis in which Sophocles locates his plays.
What is Thebes?
The confederacy of Greek city-states during the Persian Wars under the leadership of Athens.
What is the Delian League
Technique used to create stability in an artwork as seen in Discobolus.
What is composition triangular?
An object left in a sacred place for religious purposes. These objects have no practical uses.
What is votive offering?
This technique employed by Myron shows his ability to translate myth to sculpture.
What is Narrative Technique?
Used to purge the emotions of the audience. The more serious side of theatre filled with despair.
What is Greek tragedy?
Held every four years, these games honour their titular goddess and was a moment of unity in Athenian society.
What is the Panathenaic Games?