Word.
The temple built to commemorate all the Roman gods.
Pantheon
This grand event, coinciding with the festival of Zeus, took place every 4 years?
a.Pantheon
b. Zeusium
c.Olympics
d. Hellenic Baths
The architectural order that uses relatively slender columns with capitals of paired scrolls is called
a. Corinthian.
b. Tuscan.
c. Doric.
d. Ionic.
d. Ionic.
Three types of orders of architectural designs developed by the Greeks.
Doric order, Ionic order, and Corinthian order
This author wrote short sayings like this "Sleeping or walking, if either be immoderate, is evil," that became a hallmark of their writing.
Hippocrates
This is the triangular space found at the intersection of a roofline and facade in classical and classically-inspired architecture.
Pediment
The classic poet Virgil paid homage to the Roman state in what monumental epic?
a. the Democritus
b. the Aeneid
c. the Republic
d. the Ethics
b. the Aeneid
In the realm of literature, the most original Roman device was
a. satire.
b. epic poetry.
c. lyric poetry.
d. tragedy.
a. satire.
What were the major concerns of the Sophists?
The Sophists were concerned with the limits of human knowledge.
Name the two schools of thought that dominated Hellenistic philosophy.
Stoicism and Epicureanism
This is the word that means the art of public speaking.
Oratory
Herodotus is called known by what moniker?
a. “father of history”
b. “father of science”
c. “father of math”
d. “father of philosophy"
a. “father of history”
The Roman Forum was
a. conceived and commissioned by Octavian.
b. completed during the reign of Alexander the Great.
c. the center of Rome's political, economic, and religious life.
All these answers are correct.
c. the center of Rome's political, economic, and religious life.
The collapse of Rome was brought on by several factors: the overreaching imperial ambitions of its rulers, political and economic problems, and the attacks of Germanic tribes on the borders of the Empire.
What does Lysistrata tell the Commissioner the women will first do to make peace in Athens?
a. Call up the Spartans
b. Do a strip tease show for men of Athens in the Theatre of Dionysus
c. Take all the money and spend it on social programs for teens in trouble
d. Withdraw the Army of Occupation from the downtown
d. Withdraw the Army of Occupation from the downtown
A type of literacy that was generally used to speak poorly about life or societal problems through humor. Also a way of mocking human imperfection.
Satire
The Roman basilica was commonly used for:
a. Law courts
b. Marketplaces
c. Public assemblies
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
Which of the following is NOT true regarding Greek drama?
a. It served a religious function.
b. The tragedians avoided using stories that were familiar to the audience.
c. The drama relied on both individual actors and a chorus.
d. Of the hundreds of plays written, only 44 survive.
b. The tragedians avoided using stories that were familiar to the audience.
Describe the significance of Plato's Allegory of the Cave?
Allegory of the cave is a theory put together by Plato about humans' perceptions of the world/environment. Plato claimed that human knowledge is learned through the senses like an opinion. Real knowledge is gained through philological reasoning. The cave was considered the world.
In an excerpt read in Plato's Republic, what is the answer to the question, "Then how can he who has magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all time and all existence, think much of human life?"
He cannot.
The name for a small group of people controling the entire government/civilization.
Oligarchy
What were core concepts of Skepticism?
a. Uncertainty of knowledge, suspension of judgment, the criterion of truth
b. Belief of unwavering truth in human knowledge
c. Truth obtained through directed questions
d. The search for truth and knowledge is futile
a. Uncertainty of knowledge, suspension of judgment, the criterion of truth
Which of the following writers is NOT a famous Roman poet?
a. Virgil
b. Sappho
c. Horace
d. Catullus
b. Sappho
How would you describe syllogism?
A deductive scheme that presents two premises from which a conclusion may be drawn.
Provide one characteristic of Etruscan funerary culture or funerary rituals.
From earliest times Etruria practiced both cremation and inhumation; (some) internment took place in cylindrical well tombs were cut in the rock or dug in the earth; chamber tombs became common by the end of the seventh century BCE; funerary art (sixth to fifth century BCE) is almost entirely joyful and peaceful; symposium (drinking party) is a particularly common motif and heavily influenced Roman funerary art; although most Etruscan tombs are rectangular in shape, some examples of the round or oval tholos type are found;