IHUM 201
Arete
"prowess or excellence." Areté is the real attribute of the nobleman and is always connected with leadership. Female areté in the Homeric poems can be defined in two words: beauty and domesticity.
In speaking with the poets, Socrates concludes
that the poets compose by inspiration, not skill and knowledge.
At the close of the Archaic period, the Greek city-states united to defeat which foreign enemy?
the Persians
What was the polis?
the city-state
After speaking with the politicians and the poets, Socrates next speaks to
the craftsmen
The move towards a more humanizing and natural style in the Late Classical period is most likely connected to ________.
the defeat of Athens in the Peloponnesian War
Describe Aristotle's notion of the ideal human life.
the good life, virtues, living within reason,
ethos
the idea that musical modes could affect behavior
Oedipus is initially prompted to investigate the death of the previous king because of ________
the oracle of Apollo
The subject of The Iliad, identified at the beginning of the poem, is
the rage of Achilles.
What do art historians think that the archaic smile most likely signified?
the subject was a living human being
Why does Odysseus go to the Underworld?
to speak with Tiresias
Calypso
trapped calypso for 7 years on an island
What did Circe do to Odysseus's crew members?
turned them into swine
Relying on The Apology of Socrates, describe the major tenets, goals, and methods of Socratic philosophy.
we test, examine, and expand our knowledge through questioning and discussing it with others. Socrates's method is based on persuasion, not force.
krater
wide mouth ceramic vessell
Which king is credited with creating the Babylonian legal code?
Hammurabi
The Trojan War begins because of the abduction of whom?
Helen
What name is given to the period of history following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C.E. (and until the rise of the Roman Empire)?
Hellenistic period
Parthenon
Ictinus and Callicrates
Oedipus's real father is
Laius
Head of Alexander the Great
Lysippus
What was the most common medium of the prehistoric art of the Cyclades islands?
Marble Statues
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Mesopotamian
Palace of Knossos
Minoan
Funerary mask
Mycenaean
who made the mask of Agamemnon
Mycenean
Discus Thrower
Myron
Eurycleia
Odysseus's old nurse
How did Oedipus's true father die?
Oedipus killed him for running him off the road
The artist who supervised the sculptural program of the Parthenon was
Phidias
Spear Bearer
Polyclitus
Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus
Praxiteles
Venus of Willendorf
Prehistoric
What does Meletus end up saying about Socrates's religious beliefs?
Socrates doesn't believe in the gods.
Oedipus the King
Sophocles
who wrote Antigone
Sophocles
Agamemnon
a ghost from the underworld
Who is the Greek goddess of wisdom and warfare?
athena
What is the subject of the frieze on the Altar to Zeus at Pergamum?
battle of gods and giants
The Statue of Khafre is an example of
canon of proportions
How does Socrates envision spending time in the afterlife?
continuing to question people
meander
continuous interlocking design
epithet
descriptive word that refers to a quality in a person
Which of the following is not part of Aristotle's most complete definition of happiness?
enjoying a good reputation
relief
figures project from the background
In Ancient Mesopotamia, the function of the ziggurat was to
form the base of the temple
When Oedipus visits the oracle at Delphi,
he learns that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother
Oedipus quarrels with Creon because
he thinks Creon is plotting to take the throne.
When the crew opened the bag of wind and blew the ship all the way back to Aeolus's island, how did the king respond to Odysseus's request for further aid?
he told them to get out
Why does Aristotle say that children can't be called happy?
hey cannot yet act rationally in accordance with virtue.
When Oedipus was born, ________
his ankles were fastened together and he was left to die
What was the advantage of red-figure technique over black-figure technique?
it allowed for more naturalism
Circe
magical being that instructed Odysseus to speak with tiresias
Who does Athena disguise herself as to help Telemachus and Odysseus defeat the suitors?
mentor
what civilization made the snake goddess
minoan
what was the key basis for Sumerian religion?
natural phenomena
Antinous
one of the suitors
Review Aristotle's six parts of tragedy. How does the concept of catharsis fit in? Where and how do we see it?
plot, character, thought, diction, song, spectacle
What is lyric verse?
poetry which conveys personal feelings
Where were ancient Greek plays performed?
Dionysian festivals
What was an important basis for Corinth's political and economic strength during the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.E.?
pottery
What civilization made Stonehenge?
prehistoric
what order is the temple of Hera
Doric
Narmer Palette
Egyptian
What character in the Odyssey illustrates the importance of a proper burial in Greek culture?
Elpenor
Which philosopher tried to explain phenomena in terms of the four elements fire, earth, air, and water?
Empedocles
Which Greek dramatist showed the most sympathy for the problems of women?
Euripides
Who wrote "The Suppliant Women"?
Euripides
How many children do Oedipus and Jocasta have?
Four—two sons and two daughters
cella
small inner room in a greek temple
Ancient Greek sculpture is more likely than Egyptian sculpture to
smile
Eumaeus
A swineherd, an old and loyal servant to Odysseus
who wrote Agamemnon
Aeschylus
who wrote The Eumenides
Aeschylus
Which Egyptian pharaoh rejected the traditional pantheon and focused Egyptian religion around the worship of a single god, Aton?
Akhenaton
Where were the centers of Greek art and learning in the Hellenistic Period?
Alexandria, Pergamum, and Antioch
Harpist figure
Ancient Aegean
Orientalizing style
Ancient Greek style of pottery painting, was characterized by greater representation and narrative depictions
In The Apology of Socrates, Socrates mentions that a lot of the false ideas about him come because he was portrayed unflatteringly in a comedy by ________
Aristophanes
who wrote Lysistrata
Aristophanes
Explain the major differences of approach between Plato and his student Aristotle.
Aristotle looked at the natural world, Plato believed in a separate realm
Laocoön and His Sons
Athenadorus, Agesander, and Polydorus of Rhodes
What accounts for the powerful position of Athens during the first half of the Classical period?
Athens's role in defeating the Persians
Why was the nude statue of Aphrodite of Cnidus by Praxiteles important in the history of western art?
It marked the beginning of the female nude as a subject of art
Xenia
The concept of hospitality was so strong that the ties of guest-friendship often passed down from generation to generation. It is also far more than providing food or shelter.Xenia was seen as sacred to the gods, since one never knew if one's guest might in fact be a disguised god
What is the situation in Thebes at the opening of Oedipus the King?
There is a terrible plague.