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18 Cards in this Set
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what was the period in the mid 400 BC in Greece?
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Greece's Golden age
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what was their new artistic style called?
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classical
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what was built between 447 BC till 532 BC?
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Parthenon
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what is they artistic showing of distance between objects as they appear to the eye?
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perspective
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what is a building used to worship?
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sanctuaries
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A large vase for storing oil and bulk supplies.
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amphora
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what is a small two handled vase with a wide mouth?
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krater
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a famous Greek sculptor who portrayed what people should look like.
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Myron
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artist who carved the statue of Athena in the Parthenon.
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Phidias
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artist who suffered though the Polynesian war and made life size sculptors of people?
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Praxiteles
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Greeks would form plays in honor of what god?
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Dionysus
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in this type of play the main character struggles against fate only to be doomed to a unhappy ending.
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tragedy
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one of the greatest tragedy writers in the 400's was?
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Aeschylus
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another tragedy writer and was a general in the Athenian Army
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Sophocles
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Greek tragedy writer who focused on they qualities of human beings posses that bring disaster to themselves.
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Euripides
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plays with humorous themes and endings.
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comedies
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one of the most famous writers of comedy was, and made witty comments about leading figures.
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Aristophanes
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well known sporting events that were held in Olympia?
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Olympic Games
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