A City of Contrasts
The hill above a Greek city on which temples were built.
What is the acropolis?
A traditional story that helps to explain a culture's beliefs.
What is a myth?
The art of designing buildings.
What is architecture?
The art of writing, acting in, and producing plays.
What is a drama?
Greeks valued this which should their interest in philosophy.
What is valued the mind?
The temple honoring the goddess Athena, built on the acropolis above Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
Greeks asked this priestess for advice?
Who was the Oracle of Delphi?
Name the three columns found in Greek architecture.
What are the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian columns?
This was the god of theater and wine.
Who is Dionysus?
The festival that honored the god Athena.
What is Panathenaea?
The houses were like this in the winter and summer.
What is smoky and cold in the winter, and what is smoky and hot in the summer?
This was the God that spoke through the priestess, also known as the Oracle of Delphi.
Who was Apollo?
These are the three items found on the Parthenon.
What are pediments, frieze, and metopes?
Men played these characters?
What are both male and female characters?
This was the event that allowed men to punch, kick, and even choke the other person.
What is the pancratium?
Athenians lived in crowded, dirty neighborhoods, while the city was known for its beautiful buildings. This is what you can conclude about Athenian values.
What is Athenians believed the city's public life was more important than their private lives?
This is a son of Zeus and is the god of fire and metalworkers.
Who is Hephaestus?
Describe the Doric column.
What is simple, with no base and slimmer towards the top?
These were the four categories that were judge in a play.
What are tragic playwrights, comic playwrights, leading tragic actor, and leading comic actor?
The Greeks love of sports shows this about ancient Greeks.
What is they valued physical health as much as intellect?
The Parthenon was built high atop a hill in Athens. This location reveals what about Athenians.
What is believed honoring the goddess Athena was very important?
People today use religious buildings as places to pray. This is the way Greeks differ when using their temples.
What were greek temples were earthly homes for the gods and goddesses?
Describe Athena's statue inside the Parthenon. List four descriptors.
What is made of wood, covered in ivory, dressed in clothes, and decorated with gold.
This is what is true about Athenian theaters and theaters of today.
What are the seats rise around the stage so people can see and hear.
This is what Greeks called during the Olympics.
What is a truce from all wars so that athletes could travel safely to the games?