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Greece Module
Humanities 1010 RODP Module 2
Question | Answer |
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What was a polis? | The city-state; a Greek community. |
What is a kouros? | A standing, nude male statue. |
What is a kore? | A standing female statue, clad in drapery. |
What is the significance of Kritios Boy? | A Greek statue, it is the first to depict movement in statuary. |
Who was Athena? | Greek goddess of wisdom. |
Who was Zeus? | The mythological Greek father of the gods. |
Who was Hera? | Zeus' wife, the queen of heaven in Greek mythology. |
Who was Poseidon? | The brother of Zeus, the god of the sea in Greek mythology. |
What is the Acropolis? | The hill on which the Parthenon and other temples were built. |
What is the Parthenon? | The temple of Athena, from the Greek word "parthenos" meaning virgin. |
Who was Aeschylus? | The first Greek playwright; essentially an optimist in his writings. |
Who was Sophocles? | A Greek tragic poet. |
What was "Oedipus Rex?" | A Greek tragic drama written by Sophocles. |
Who was Euripides? | A Greek tragic poet. |
What is meant by catharsis? | A "purging"; part of a play or story where the audience is relieved of the tension of the action. |
Explain the order of columns. | In architecture, the style of a pillar or column. The Greek orders were the Doric and Ionic. The Romans added the Corinthian order. Each was a particular style of construction and adornment, the Corinthian being the most elaborate. |
Who was Herodotus? | The first Greek historian. |
What is hubris? | Excessive ambition or pride. |
What is hamartia? | A flaw in the character of a noble person that causes a tragic fate. |