unit 2a part two greece

Seated boxer, Hellenistic

Athlete, older

Not idealization of athletes, but athleticism and dedication

Buried in a hill near Roman building

Would be in locker room

Athena Nike, Hellenistic

samothrace wins victory, makes big fountain with this work on it

She’s goddess of victory, crowns victors

Niobid Krater, early classical

By Niobid painter

Depicts children of Niobe

She boasts she’s better than Lido (god) bc she has more children and lido then sends her sons to kill Niobes children

Isn’t on ground line of register

Red figure method

Uses foreshortening

Alexander Mosiac

Copy of a Greek Hellenistic painting

Depicts battle of Issus between Alexander the Great (on horse), and Darius lll of Persia (reaching to fallen soldier)

Uses foreshortening

Athenian Acropolis

religious center of city

Arena is the patron deity of Athens

After Persian defeat, pereches convinces to rebuild acropolis

Delian league like NATO for Greek cities

Worshiping site dedicated to Athena

Panathenaic festival celebrates all of Athens and its different groups w congrats and games

Parthenon Temple

No priests, no alter (not rly a temple)

Created by Iktinos + Kallikrates

Athena Parthenaos = Athena the virgin warrior

PEDIMENTS

Back/West = content between Athena and Poseidon for control of Athens, Athena wins cus olive tree

Front/East = Birth of Athena

METOPES

Amazonomachy (back) - battle of the Amazonians

Gigantomachy (front) - battle of giants vs Greek gods

Centauromachy (side) - battle of centaurs

Sack of Troy (side) - Greeks vs Trojans

Theme: Good Greeks vs Savages

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Inner friezes depict panatenaic

Erechtheion

Ionic

Unique, asymmetrical

Has shrine of Athena Polias (original wooden cult statue)

Has statue of Zeus w/ an olive tree from the contest

South porch has women (caryatids) as the columns

Represents mourners for erechtheus

Temple of Athena Nike

Smallest

Built by Kallikrates

Ionic

Amphiprostyle

Nike figures on frieze

Nike adjusting her sandal on south side of parapet

Unrealistic Phidian