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greece coursework
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who was god of fertility wine and drama | dionysus |
| what does dionysus often hold in his hand | a staff,wine or a drinking cup |
| how many followers did dionysus have | 2 |
| what were the names of dionysus's 2 followers | maenads and satyrs |
| what was the main thearte callled in athens | Theatre of Dionysus |
| what was the capaciticy | 17,000 |
| why was the theatre built on a hill | to give the people a better veiw |
| what is the greek word for theatre | theatron |
| what was the path to the stage called | parados |
| who was gang of people who danced an sang in the show | chorus |
| where would the actors get changed | skene |
| where is the skene in the theatre | behind the orchestra |
| what were the four uses of the skene | costumes were stored here ladder held up to trap door from roof actors changed behind painted for scenery |
| name four reasons greeks were masks | actors could play more than 1 character to act as a female character to show emotions easier for audience to see |
| what was a ekkyklema | a platform on two wheels |
| what was an mechane | a crane positioned on the left side of the orchestra |
| what were the three types of plays | tragic comedy and satyr (a comedy usualy tragic) |
| what was chiton | a long robe with a shorter robe on top |
| what was himation | a robe that reached the knees |
| what was the festival that honoured dionysus called | the city of dionysus |
| how long did the city of dionysus last for | 5 days |
| what was the Theoric Fund | it paid for poor people to see the plays |
| where wa the opening ceremony for the city of dionysus held | the theatre of dionysus |
| what happend on the play days | in the morning three tragic plays and a satyr woud be played and after lunch 3 comedies would be played |
| how much of the population in ainchent greece were slaves | 1/3 |
| name four reasons people were slaves | born into slavery.captured and sold by pirates.captured in war.sold by parents |
| whos duty was it to buy slaves | kyros |
| what was the avarege cost of a slave | 165 drachmas |
| at what age were kids aloud to go to school | 7 |
| wwhy were boys educated | to play a politicatol part in athens. to becoma a good kyros |
| what is a kyros | man of the house |
| what is a paidagogos | a family slave that is in charge of boys education |
| what 5 things would you expect a paidagogos to do | keep the father updated on boys education . escort an carry the boys bags to school. supervise the boy. teach the boy good manners sit in on lessons an help with homework |
| what is a Grammatistes | a teacher that would teach reading writing and basic maths |
| what is a kitharistes | music teacher |
| why was p.e important | to prepare boys for the army. every athenian had to join the army for some time . sport was important for the olympics |
| what is a paidotribe | p.e teacher |
| what is a palaistra | exercise centre |
| what is a lyre | a musical instrument like a harp |
| what is an aulos | musical instrument like a flute |
| what 2 words were used for religon | holy affairs or heira |
| how did greeks please their gods | make sacrifice and libitations |
| what is polytheistic | their was many gods |
| what was the good thing about having so many gods | their were gods for every area in life . you could feel close to a particular god |
| what was the bad thing about having so many gods | their were to many gods you dont know who to pray to . some gods were cruel |
| were did olympiuns get their name from | mt olympiun |
| what are the symbols of zeus | throne and thunder bolt |
| what would you prey to ares for | to win a war |
| what is ares symbol | armour |
| what was apollo god of | education,music,medicine,disease,archery,the,sun,prophecy |
| what is the symbol of appollo | lyre and bow |
| what was hephaistos god of | fire,metal,working and artisans |
| what is hephaistos symbol | anvil |
| what is the symbol of appollo | lyre and bow |
| what was hephaistos god of | fire,metal,working and artisans |
| what is hephaistos symbol | anvil |
| what was hermes god of | messenger of gods ,travel and trades |
| what was hermes symbol | winged sandals |
| who was hera married to | zeus |
| what was hera goddess of | marrige and queen of gods |
| what was hera's symbol | the polos (a high round crown) |
| what is demeter goddess of | agriculture and harvest |
| what is demeters symbol | flowers,fruit or grain |
| what was heista goddess of | hearth |
| what was heista's symbol | fire |
| what was artemis goddess of | hunting,child birth and the moon |
| what was artemis symbol | moon,bow or arrow |
| what was athena goddess of | wisdom,weaving,crafts and war |
| what was athenas symbol | an owl or aegis (her sheild) |
| what was aphrodite goddess of | love |
| what was aphrodite's symbol | shell |
| where would people go to worship gods | a temple |
| what was the greek word for sanctuary | temenos |
| acropolis was a temple to worship witch god | athena |
| where was the sacrifice altar in temples | in front of the temple steps |
| what is a naos | it is a dwelling place |
| why did greeks go in the naos | to admire the statues or leave an offering |
| what was a pronaous | valuables were kept in this room |
| what was an opisthodomos | the rest of the temples dedication kept here e.g. treasures from the sale of skins of sacrificed animals |
| why was sacrifices important | it thanks the gods . helped to build a relationship with gods. |
| what was the first three things that happend in a sacrifice | 1.animals were bought 2.sent to sancturary 3.all participants washed themselves |
| what was the 4-6 things that happend in a sacrifice | 4.preist poured water on animals head 5.preist says prayer 6.someone stunned the animal on back of head |
| what was 7-9 things that happend in the sacrifice | 7. the preist slit animals throat 8. blood was collected in a bowl an poured on altar 9.meat from animal was cut |
| what happend to the meat after it was cut | thight bones were wrapped in fat and burned. the smoked burnt and went to heaven for gods. the animals guts were inspected for omens rest of meat was shared with the greeks |
| what happend at dawn in the procession in panathenia | they went through the city of acropolis and sacrificed 100 animals on the way |
| what was the most important festival in athens | panathenia |
| what was a peplos | the birthday present for athena it was a robe |
| when was the grand panathenia | every 4 years |
| how long did the panathenia last for | 8 days |
| what was an oikos | the whole family including slaves grand parents and uncles |
| wat was the foundation for a house made of | stone |
| what were the houses made of | clay bricks |
| what was the main part of a house called | courtyard |
| what is a verandas and were is it built | was built on 1 side of the courtyard to give womken some shade |
| what was the mans room called | andron |
| where was the couches placed in the andron | on the elevated floor |
| who was allowed in the andron | men slaves an foreigners |
| what was the womens area of a house called | gynaikon |
| what was the main room in the gynakin called and what was it for | loom room for women to spin or weave |
| what were the walls of a house made of | clay bricks |
| what is rhapsodes | people who recited greek poetry |
| how many tribes were involved in the tribe contest | 10 an they were all from athens |
| why was panathenia important | chance to celebrate athenas birthday .all athens come together.time to celebrate.compete against other greeks.to show of the athenian system of democracy |
| what is a democracy | for people to vote |
| what is a herm and were would it be found | it is a small statue of hermes found at the front door to show good luck |
| what was a symposium | a party for men to debate or drink libitations |
| what was the womans of the houses job in a symposium | to make garlands for geusts and decorate the andron with flowers and ivy |
| who would cook in the symposium | the kyrios would hire a special chef |
| how many men would share a couch in andron | 2 |
| what hand men in the andron eat and drink with | right |
| who served the food and what on | slaves served it on a small table |
| what did slaves do after dinner | took the tables and swept floor |
| what did the guests do after dinner | wash hands.put perfume on and garends.the drinking began |
| what is a kottabos | a greek drinking game |
| what do u do in the kottabos | flick the dreggs of the wine at a target |
| when a baby was born it was put on the floor then what would happen | the father and mid wife inspected it |
| what would happen if a father refused to accept a baby | it would be taken out the city and exposed |
| what would happen if a baby was exposed | it would die or be captured and enslaved |
| why would a baby be exposed | the mother cant afford to feed another mouth or it was an unwanted pregnancy |
| what would a father put on the front door if the baby is a boy | a wreath of olives |
| what would a father put on the front door if the baby was a girl | a wreath of wool |
| what was amphidromia | it ment that the child wasnt introduced to the rest of the family for 5 days |
| what would the father do when the baby was 5 days old | the father would carry the baby around the family hearth at a run |
| what happend when the baby was 10 days old | the parents named the baby this is what they celebrated instead of birthday |
| what were greek women expected to do daily | spin cook and look after the young |
| what did kyrai mean | women of the house |
| what was the main focus for women | marrige and babies |
| at what age were most girls married | 14 |
| who organised the marriges | the kyrioi of both familys |
| why would they be married | not because of love or romance but because of social and financial |
| what was an hetairi | women that moved freely (did what they want) normaly foreign |
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