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Humn exam 2 define
Humn exam 2 definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Definition of Tyranny | favored commercial classes who try & hold power |
| Definition of Acropolis | fortified high ground |
| Definition of oligarchy | ruled by few |
| Identify Herodotus | "Father of History" & 1st historian |
| Identify Sappho | a female poet who expressed her love for another woman on the island of Lesbo |
| Definition of Areopagus | prestigious governing council of ancient Athens |
| Definition of ostracism | political technique of Greece people believed to be threats to city-state were chosen for exile by popular vote; written on pottery & exile last 10 yrs |
| Definition of Marathon | memory of Philippicles 26 mile run from Marathon to Athens |
| Identify Xeres | Darius' sucessor who invaded Marathon |
| Definition of Thermopylae | gateway for Persian army |
| Identify the Delian League | defensive league compromised of Aegean coast & islands |
| Identify Helots | serf in ancient Sparta aka slave |
| Identify Alcibiades | 450-414 self-serving Athenian political leader & general whose traitorous act ruined Athens |
| Definition of Socratic Method | method of arriving at the truth by question and disputation |
| Identify Thuadides | 460-400 BC Athenian historian |
| Definition of fascade | front of building also sides if emphasized architecturally |
| Definition of colonade | series of columns usually spanned or connected by lintels |
| Definition of portico | porch with a roof supported by columns & pilasters |
| Definition of flute | vertical channeling concave in shape used principally on columns & pilasters |
| Definition of cella | windowless rectangular shape |
| Definition of caryotid | sculptured maidens who replace customary columns |
| Definition of Ictinus | principal architect of Parthenon |
| Identify Myron | sculptor of the Golden Age who did original Discus thrower |
| Identify Phidias | sculptor who celebrated gold &^ ivory cult statue during the Archaic Age. Completed the huge statue of Athena in Parthenon cell & original of Athena Lemnia |
| Identify Polyclitus | a sculptor who tried to formulate a canon (body of rules) for proportions of human figure during the Golden Age & did the original Spear Bearer |
| Identify Praxiteles | sculptor in the Late Classical Age who perhaps did Hermes & the Dionysus |
| Identify classical period | describes a period of Greek history in which it's cultural achievements heightened |
| Definition of humanism | idea that human beings are primary measure of all things |
| Definition of idealism | ideas over reality like perfect forms excluding blemishes |
| Definition of rationalism | external principles prevail over emotional & transitory phases of life |
| Definition of protagonist | central character |
| Definition of mode | scales constructed by adjusting the pitch of tones within the octave |
| Definition of stasimon | "stationary chorus" Greek tragedy in song sung by them |
| Definition of tragic or dramatic irony | protagonist is unaware of vital information & the audiences knows this information |
| Definition of katharsis | "purgation" of emotions as one identifies with the tragedy |
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