History: UNIT 4

classical

ancient greece and Rome

Sanctuaries

places for the gods to live

types of columns

Doric, ionic, Corinthian

what kind of statues did Myron make?

What people should look like

what kind of statues did Phidias make?

Larger than life statues

what kind of statues did Praxeclites make?

statues reduced to a normal size

Who is the father of tragedy?

Aeschylus

A play by Aeschylus

Oresteia

A play by Sophocles

Odepius Rex

A play by Euripides

Trojan Women

Humorous plays are by:

Aristophanes

Sophocles focused on

human suffering

Aeschylus focused on

struggles against fate

Euripides focused on

qualities that bring disaster

logic

science of reasoning

philosophers

seekers of wisdom and knowledge

Sophists

teachers who thought truth was subjective

Socrates

a philosopher who focused on reasoning by asking questions

The Republic

a book written by Plato about serving the state

Aristotle

a student of Plato who devloped syllogism

Politics

A book by Aristotle about government

Father of History

Herodotus

The Histories

A book by Herodicus

Thales

considered water the basic substance for everything

dialogues

conversations of Socrates

Common greek pottery shapes

Amphora, Krater, Leythos, Kylix

Herodotus stressed the importance of

firsthand observations

First Scientific Historian

Thucydides

Thucydides emphasized

checking facts

Pythagoras

a philosopher who explained everything in math

Eratostenes

scientist who calculated the circumference of the Earth to 1%

Hippocrates

scientist who believed diseases had a natural cause

The people Alexander divided his empire between

Antigonous (MG), Ptoemy (ELS), Seculus (SP)

cynicism

Digones, give up luxuries, live simply

Epicureanism

accept life as it is

stoicism

zeno, do not show feelings

Meander

focus on comedies

Euclid

made his own geometry

Archemides

irrigation and the screw

Maccabees

book that talks about Maccabaes to Judea