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20 Cards in this Set
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What does classical mean?
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An artistic style
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Building for the gods.
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Temple on the acropolis in Athens.
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Sanctuaries.
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Places of worship.
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Perspective.
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Or the artist showing of distance between objects as they appear to the eye
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Greek Arts.
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Love of beauty was expressed in the painting and scupture.
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Painting on vases.
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Designed their pottery with different shapes that were suited for different functions.
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Amphora
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A large vase for storing oil and other bulk supplies.
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Sculpting the human body.
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Reached it's height in Athens during the time of Pericles.
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Myron
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One of the greatest sculptures of Geece's "Golden Age".
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Phidias
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Was in charge of the parthenon's sculptures.
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Praxitel
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The work of another famous Greek sculpture.
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Drama and Theater
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First people to write and per formplays which they presented twice a year at feastivals.
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Aeschylus
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The first of the great writers of tragedies in the 400 B.C.
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Tragedy
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Lead character struggles against fate only to be doomed.
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Sophocles
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Served as a general in the Athenian army and had lived through most of the Peloponnesain War.
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Euripides
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The last of the three great Greek tragedians.
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Comedies
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Plays with humorous themes and happy endings.
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Aristophenas
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The most famous writer of comedies.
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Olympic games
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Believing that healthy bodies made the best use of natures gifts.
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Olympia
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Feastval in honor of Zues
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