Athens Attributes
When performing, actors would wear these to make it easier for audience members to know what character they were playing.
What are masks?
This was the most basic Greek column design; Don't mistake it for the Disney character!
What is Doric?
Theatrical performances that joked about different topics, such as important people and Greek lifestyles, were called this.
What are comedies?
This is the column design that most popular during the Archaic Period; It was used in the Temple of Hera.
What is Ionic?
The ancient Athenians were the first people to practice this system of government, which is now practiced all over the world.
What is democracy?
This was a common practice in ancient Athens, and is derived from the Greek term for love of wisdom.
What is philosophy?
The Parthenon was built to honor this patron goddess, even containing a 40-foot statue in her likeness.
Who is Athena?
Theatrical performances where characters experienced a major loss were called this.
What are tragedies?
The most detailed of the column types used in ancient Greece, this design originates from the Greek city-state that invented black figure pottery.
Alexander the Great often used this military formation, where soldiers would stand in rows so that soldiers could immediately take the place of their fallen comrades.
What is a phalanx?
What is tilting them outward?