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29 Cards in this Set
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Free standing male youth
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kouros
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–Early kouros still resembled
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egyptian sculpture
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The Spear-Bearer
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Doryphorus
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Perfects the images and proportion of the human anatomy
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Doryphorus
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Roman Copy (Discus Thrower)
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Discobolus
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–His eyes would be filled with precious stones.
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Hellenic Sculpture: Zeus or Poseidon
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Represented the female figure
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kore
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Greeks encountered dark-skinned humans in Egyptian settlements and used -------- to describe them.
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Ethiopian
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Greek encounters with ---------- left the greatest visual legacy of diversity in the ancient period.
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Africans
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the Parthenon dedicated to Athena, The Goddess of Wisdom, Justice, & Balance
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The Acropolis
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The goddess of wisdom, justice, and balance
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Athena
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Column that is simple and severe.
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Doric
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Column that is more delicate and ornamental
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ionic
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Column that is teh most ornate and characterized by capitals consisting of acanthus leaves
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Corinthian
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Civilized Aspect of Humankind = Order
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Lapiths
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Beastly Aspect of Humankind = Chaos
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Centaurs
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The inner struggle of all human beings
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Lapiths and Centaurs
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Expanded the empire to the borders of modern India while toppling major cities.
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alexander the great
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His army of 35,000 however, refused to face the King of Ganges in NW India
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Alexander’s expansion of Greek Empire
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How did alexander the great die?
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Early June 323 BCE, at the age of 32, Alexander runs a high fever, and dies 1 day later in the palace of Nebudcharezzar II.
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After Alexander the Great his empire was split into what three cities.
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Egypt, Persia, Macedonia-Greece
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Who governed Macedonia-Greece after alexander the greats death?
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antigonous family
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Who governed persia after alexander the greats death?
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Seleucid rulers
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Who governed egypt after alexander the greats death?
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ptolemy
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What city replaced athens as a cultural center
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Alexandria
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Who destroyed the library that contained over 500,000 books in alexandria
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julius caesar
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erected to celebrate a naval triumph over syria
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nike of samothrace
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Discovered on the Aegean Island of Samothrace in 1863.
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Nike of Samothrace
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Image of Apollo’s wrath
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Laocoon and His Sons
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