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Philosophy
Misc.
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A small two-handled vase with a wide mouth created by the Greeks.
What is a krater?
100
One of the greatest sculptors of Greece's golden age, portrayed in his statues what people SHOULD look like rather that real persons.
Who is Myron?
100
Greek plays in which the lead character struggles against fate only to be doomed-after much suffering-to an unhappy, or tragic, ending.
What is a tragedy?
100
Professional teachers of higher education in the 400's B.C.
Who are the Sophists?
100
Works charaterized by beautiful simplicity and graceful balance.
What is classical?
200
A narrow neck vase that was also used by the Greeks.
What is a leythos?
200
This ancient Greece sculptor was in charge of the Parthenon sculptures.
Who is Phidias?
200
The first of the great writers of tragedies in the 400's B.C.
Who is Aeschylus?
200
One of Greece's great pilosophers who criticized the Sophists severely.
Who is Socrates?
200
The artistic showing of distances between objects as they appear to the eye.
What is perspective?
300
A large vase for storing oil and other bulk supplies.
What is an amphora?
300
A sculptor that, hundred years after the Golden Age of Athens, reflected the changes that had occurred in Greek life.
Who is Praxiteles?
300
The next Greek tragedian who had also served as a general in the Athenian army.
Who is Sophocles?
300
A Greek philosopher who was born an Athenian aristocrat and was a pupil of Socrates.
Who is Plato?
300
Plays with humorous themes and happy endings.
What is a comedy?
400
A wide, shallow two-handled drinking cup that showed scenes of everyday life.
What is a kylix?
400
A statue sculpted by the the ancient Greek sculptor Myron, and it showed details of a Greek athlete hurling a discus.
What is Discus Thrower?
400
The last of the three Greek tragedians who rarely dealt with the influence of the gods and goddesses on human lives.
Who is Euripides?
400
The third great philosopher of ancient greece who wrote over 200 books in his lifetime.
Who is Aristotle?
400
Herodotus work about the Persian Empire and Greek colonies.
What is the Historia?
500
Pottery that was either red on a black background or black on a red background.
What is ancient Greek pottery?
500
Sculptors that, unlike their Golden Age predecessors, began to sculpt ordinary people.
Who are sculptors of the 300's B.C.?
500
A set of three plays that are famous for the grandeur of its language.
What is the Oresteia?
500
Greek writers who decided to seperate fact from legend, such as the Greek writer Herodotus.
Who are the Ancient Greek writers of history?
500
Painted murals that are only known by written descriptions and Roman copies.
What are Greek murals?