Discoboluus
Kritios Boy
Athena and Marsyas
Antigone
Athenian Society
100

A notable bronze sculptor who specialised in movement.

What is Myron?

100

The aesthetic exhibition of muscles on a figure. Often utilised to idealise the figure in society.

What is musculature?

100

Goddess of strategic warfare and wisdom. She is Miss Hawken's favourite.

What is Athena.

100

This titular character who’s mother is Jocasta and father is Oedipus.

What is Antigone?

100

This outcrop in Athens is the highest point in the city.

What is the Acropolis?

200

A held position in a sequence of movements.

What is Rhythmos?

200

A period of time that signifies the change from archaic and classical.

What is transitional?

200

A body-length garment worn by a Greek woman

What is a peplos?

200

The new ruler of Thebes in the play who’s tyrannical tendencies prevents Antigone from burying her brother.

What is Creon?

200

From 499-459BCE, these wars and their battles were turning points in antiquity and beyond. These wars defined the border between the archaic and the classical.

What is the Persian Wars?

300

Technique used to communicate stoicism in a figure’s facial features.

What is Phidian calm?

300

This pose causes the figure to be asymmetrical in their stance as their weight is mostly on one foot.

What is contrapposto?

300

This wood instrument is the discarded invention of Athena. Marsyas challenged the sun god in a contest by playing this instrument.

What is an aulos?

300

An Athenian playwright who specialised in tragedies. Most notable plays are Antigone and Oedipus Rex.

What is Sophocles?

300

This Greek idea was to inspire young men to be disciplined in personal conduct especially in a military context.

What is kaloskagathos?

400

Between 510-323BCE, this period saw the emergence of Athens as a power and numerous artefacts from ancient Greece.

What is the classical period?

400

Translated as ‘young man’ these statues from the Archaic period were symmetrical in composition.

What is kouros?

400

An act of arrogance in the face of the gods. Committing this act goes against the social hierarchy and severe punishments were issued.

What is hubris?

400

A Greek polis in which Sophocles locates his plays.

What is Thebes?

400

The confederacy of Greek city-states during the Persian Wars under the leadership of Athens.

What is the Delian League

500

Technique used to create stability in an artwork as seen in Discobolus. 

What is composition triangular?

500

An object left in a sacred place for religious purposes. These objects have no practical uses.

What is votive offering?

500

This technique employed by Myron shows his ability to translate myth to sculpture.

What is Narrative Technique?

500

Used to purge the emotions of the audience. The more serious side of theatre filled with despair.

What is Greek tragedy?

500

Held every four years, these games honour their titular goddess and was a moment of unity in Athenian society.

What is the Panathenaic Games?