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What is the double headed axe in Minoan culture called
Labrys
Where was the largest Minoan castle
Knossos on Crete
Where did the Minoans mainly live?
Crete
The Cycladic was what type of Culture
Bronze Age
there was a volcano that destroyed where
Akrotiri
what was teh mycaenaenan palace state leader called
wanax
what was the mycanaean writing system
linear b
what were Mycenean palaces centered around
a megara: a room with four columns and a fire hearth
What language did the mycenaeans speak
an indo-european language
who led the mycenaean culture
warriors
how were the dead disposed in teh dark ages
many different ways
where did most greeks live during the dark ages
small settlements
what is not a charactereistic of the ealy dark ages
eradication of the mycenaeans
what was the largest building from the dark ages
the Heroon of Lefkandi
who did teh dark age greeks learn to write from
phoenicians
where was one of teh earliest extant examples of greek alphabet found
Dipylon Oinochoe
what was not a function of a greek temple
communal prayer
where was teh earliet use of stone in greek temples found
Temple of Apollo at Dreros
terracotta models of geometric era temples were found where
perachora
where was the earliest example of Phoenician writing in greece found
Knossos
which is not part of a typical greek temple
a peplos
what does the Aristonothos Krater depict
a sea battle scene between the Greeks and Etruscans and include a subtle insult aimed at its owner
where was black figure ware developed
corinth
what is a kore
a slablike, freestanding marble statye of a woman typical of Archaic Greece
where was teh oldest Greek temple decorated with sculpture
Temple A at Prinias
what order is characterized by captials with volutes set on bases and typically having 24 flutes
Ionic Order
who did the Spartans enslave
People of Messenia
what is contrapposto
a pose where a figure is depicted with one leg bearing the individual’s weight and with the other flexed resluting in uneven hips and a relaxed stance
what order is characterized by columns with simple circular capitals with no base that were sometimes fluted
doric order
what is one of the earliest all-stone temples characterized by one of teh earliest extant sculpted pediments featuring a running medusa
the temple at Artemis at Corcyra
Who assisted the Ionian city states against Persia
Athens and Eretria
where was teh first greek victory against the persians
Battle of Marathon
what marked teh beginning of teh Classical Era
end of teh Persian Wars
what was the Delian League
a league founded by the Athenians to contain Persia and seek revenge
What defines the start of the athenian empire
the movement of the Delian Treasury
what was found in teh parthenon
a 12 meter statue of athena
What is teh Erechtheion famous for
Its Ionic and Carytid columns
which athenian general was banished after defeat at Amphipolis
Thucydides
who said that ordinary people “run their cities far better than intelligent ones, for these want to seem wiser than the laws and to outdo whatever nonsense is said in public assemblies?
Cleon
Where was the earliest Corinthian caputal was found
The Temple of Apollo at Bassai
what were commonly used as grave markers
white ground lekythoi
who kept changing allegiances during teh latter part of teh Peloponnesian Wars
Alcibades of Athens
what thing changes teh canon of proportions to 7:1
The Doryphoros of Polykleitos
Who was a close friend of teh king of Persia
Lysander
Who were slaughtered by teh Athenians
All the Men of the city of Melos
What changes the canon of proportions in Greek sculpture to a ratio of 8:1
Lysippos
Where does the best examples of Greek domestic houses come from
the site of Olynthos
Why is teh Aphrodite at Knidos famous
it is the first monumental 3-d fully nude female
what did the new theme in Athenian art after Peloponnesian wars involve
Personifications of peace and war
What was teh Sacred Band
Elite Hoplites of Thebes
What is not typical pieve of Greek clothing
Akratismos
what was teh main drink of ancient greeks
water
what was not expected of wealthy athenians
freeing their slaves
what were drinking banquets held in a houses ‘man cave’ called
andron
what were residents of athens that werent citizens called
metics
what was a common greek term for athenian slaves
andrapodan
what was not a way to become a classical greek slave
debt bondage
what is teh highest modern estimate of athenian slave population
40 percent of total population
what were the enserfed population of thessaly called
penestae
what was a right of athenian slaves
not being struck
where are teh roots of greek theatre
religoius celebrations associated with dionysus
who wrote teh first critical study of tragedy
Aristotle
Who wrote the Theogony
Hesiod
who introduced the concept of dues ex machina
Euripides
Who does Aristophenes parody in The Clouds
Socrates
what god was considered a psychopomp who guided souls into the afterlife
Hermes
why did greeks sacrifice animals
belief that it bult up goodwill through the giving of gifts
Who was not a titan
uranus
Who was associated with oracles at Delphi
Apollo
What was the main requirement for worship
presence of an altar
what was not one of the original ten labours of Heracles
steal the apples of the Hesperides
Who was not one of the argonauts
Odysseus .
who is the hero of the Iliad
Achilles
who puts out the eye of the cyclops Polyphemus
Odysseus
Who was not one of the chthonic villains defeated by Theseuswha
Medusa
what wer stone weights used by greek athletes while running called
halteres
how long was a stade
roughly 185 meters
what was the hoplitodromos
a foot race in armour
what was not part of the pentathlon
boxing
what was not part of the panhellenic games
panathenaic games
who was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth of athens
socrates
who said that there will not be justice in cities unless they are ruled by philosopher kings
Plato
what is not a tenet of greek astronomy
the earth is flat
who was the earliest recognized greek philosopher
Thales
who was believed to be the first physician
Asclepius
What league was founded by Philip II to invade Persia
Corithian League
where did alexander die
Babylon
who was Philip II heir
Alexander III
what was Alexander’s first battle in Asia
The battle of the Grancius
where did Philip II grow up
as a hostage in Thebes
who was one of the Diadochi
Mithradates
AFtere the First war of teh Diadochi, who was not in charge of a chunk of ALexander’s empire
Perridiccas
Alexander’s son and wifer were murdered by who
Cassander
who stole alexander’s body on its way to burial
Ptolemy