Who were the architects who worked on the Parthenon?
Iktinos and Kallikrates
100
Who initiated the Acropolis rebuilding project?
Pericles
100
What was the most virtuous thing for Athenian women?
Weaving
100
Where does philosophy start in Greece?
Miletus
100
Who was known as the father of history
Herodotus
200
Name two features of the Parthenon that create the illusion of a perfect building.
Swelling of columns and curved stylobate
200
What is the Propylea?
the monumental entrance to the Acropolis
200
Who helped raise the children?
Mothers, slaves, and wet nurses
200
What are 2 of Thales' accomplishments?
predicted eclipse and created formula for determining how far away a ship is when spotted on the horizon
200
Who continued Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War?
Xenephon
300
What aspects of Ionic and Doric architecture can be seen on the Parthenon?
Doric triglyphs and metopes on the outside and an Ionic frieze running along the interior
300
What is the name of the temple of Athena Polias?
The Erechtheion
300
What did a boy have to do in his early teens?
had to join father's phratry and deme as well as proving his citizenship
300
What was Socrates' belief about knowledge?
All men had knowledge but had just forgotten hence his method of only asking questions
300
What was the central theme that tragic plays centered around?
A dilemma between doing what is right and doing what is lawful
400
What is depicted on the Parthenon frieze, west pediment, and east pediment?
Frieze=Panathenaic procession West Pediment=competition between Poseidon and Athena East Pediment=the birth of Athena
400
What was so significant about the frieze on the temple of Athena Nike?
The frieze depicts the battle of Marathon and it was rare for humans to be depicted on a temple especially one celebrating human victory
400
Name 2 rituals involved in an Athenian wedding?
bride received a ritual bath and a procession followed her to her new home
400
Name 2 of Plato's beliefs.
Reality is unchanging and therefore our world is not real & things that are ugly and evil while things that are beautiful are good
400
Name 2 poets.
Sappho and Alcaeus
500
What are the 4 mythological scenes depicted on the Parthenon metopes?
The centauromachy, amazonomachy, gigantomachy, and the Trojan War
500
What 3 sacred items was the Erechtheion supposed to have housed?
the tomb of Erechtheus, Poseidon's spring, and Athena's olive tree
500
What was a common reason for divorce?
To keep land within the male family, meaning females would be left land if she was the only heir but women were not allowed to own land and so to keep land within male line should would have to marry closest male relative and if either were married they would have to divorce their partners
500
Explain the idea behind Plato's Republic.
thinkers should rule, the courageous should protect and everyone else shall be craftsmen. If everyone fulfills their role it will create a perfect utopia
500
Who was Aristophanes and what was he known for?
The best of the comedians who was known for making fun of politicians, Euripides, and Sophocles