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80 Cards in this Set
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What was a dominant feature of greek society during the hellenic age?
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emphasis on public life
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What was the primary ideal the Greeks strived for?
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balance or moderation in life
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To the greeks, what two gods manifested the extremes of moderation and excess?
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apollo (moderation) dionysus (excesss)
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What did pericles boast about athens?
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he boasted that athens was the model for all of greece
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what characterized the "age of pericles"?
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pericles directed athenian affairs, opened government service to all men, paid salaries to public officials, acropolis
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what was the primary cause of the pelopennesian war?
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athens began to dominate the other city-states
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what was the dream of alexander the great?
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dreamed of creating a world based on both Greek and Persian culture
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what is the essence of classicism?
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striving for perfection, an ideal form
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what unique feature did greek dramas have?
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they dealt with serious moral issues
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what did aristotle claim was the purpose of tragedy in his poetics?
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catharsis
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What important trilogy involved many moral issues?
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unknown
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what did euripides criticize in many of his plays?
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contemporary values
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who was the most successful comin playwright?
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aristophanes
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what was the primary feature and chief legacy of greek old comedy?
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political criticism
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in the play lysistrata why do the women of athens and sparta withold sex from their husbands?
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so they will sign a peace treaty
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why did the greeks believe music was particularly important?
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they believed music fulfilled an ethical function in the training of young citizens
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who are the two most famous greek historians?
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herodotus and thuycdides
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which of these historians wrote the best surviving history of the peloponnesian war as an actual eye witness?
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thucydides
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why is thucydides considered to be the forerunner of modern historians?
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he was the first to purposely keep account for historical purposes
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who were the sophists?
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teachers that claimed to offer their students knowledge that guaranteed success in life
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what is the famous saying of protagoras?
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"man is the measure of all things"
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why did socrates criticize the sophists?
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for their rejection of an enduring moral order
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what did socrates mean when he said 'virtue is knowledge'?
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if one knows what is good, that person will not commit evil acts
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why was socrates criticized and considered dangersous?
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they thought he was corrupting the youth
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what is the socratic method of teaching?
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focused on giving students questions not answers
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who tells us the story of socrates?
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plato
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what was plato's most important contribution to western philosophy?
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school of idealism
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who ruled the ideal society that plato created in the republic?
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philosophers and kings
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where did aristotle propose that knowledge originated?
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argued that knowledge is derived from studying the material world
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what was the focus of greek classical art?
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architecture
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how did aristotle influence western thought?
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writings formed the core of classical learning
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what were the major religious shrines of athens located?
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the acropolis
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what is the name of the central temple on the acropolis?
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the parthenon
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why has the pathenon become one of the most important architectural landmakrs in the west?
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it is the essence of greek architecture
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what kind of capital is on an ionic column?
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scroll's end capital
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which is more opulent-doric or ionic column?
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ionic
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which temple on the acropolic was deciated to athena, poseidon, and the legendary ruler who introduced the horse to athanes?
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Erechtheum
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who designed the erechtheum?
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mnesicles
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what did the high classical sculptural style attempt to show?
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motion
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what kinds of items were on the frieze that decorated the parthenon?
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perfect human forms showing restraint in the midst of struggle.amazons v.s. men, greeks against trojans, and gods against giants
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what was the most important contribution of hellenic greece to the western tradition?
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skeptical spirit rooted in democracy
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What role did Greek culture and society play in the hellenistic world?
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furnished hellenistic world with its diplomatic and commercial lang, its bureucrats, and most cultural forms.
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why is this age called hellenistic?
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because it is greek mixed with other things
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what is the time period of the hellenistic age?
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the death of alexander the great in 323 bc to the triumph of rom over macedonian greece in 146 bc
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with what event does the hellenistic age start?
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the death of alexander the great
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what new freedoms did hellenistic women have?
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greek royals and nongreek women were allowed to conduct their own legal and economic affairs, unmarried women could work in the liberal arts as poets and philosphers etc
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what was the political dream of alexander the great?
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unification of the world into a single empire under a single ruler dominated by greek and persian people
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what were the contributions of near eastern civilizations to hellenistic civilization?
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concept of a ruler-god, mystery cultes that promised immortality, new aesthetic techniques and forms in the arts
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was hellenistic society urban or rural?
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urban
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what was alexanders enduring legacy to the hellenistic world?
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new image of the city-alexandrias
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what was were largest cities during the hellenistic age?
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alexandria and pergamum
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what trait of hellenistic civilization does the nike of samothrace represent?
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ever present threat of war
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what were some of the characteristics of hellenistic classicism?
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eroticism and everyday themes
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In hellenistic classicism, what was the goal of art?
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to serve moral purposes
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what was new comedy and what were its characteristics? who started it?
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new comedy presented satirical scenes from middle class life, comic romances
created by menander |
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what was the favorite subject of new comedy?
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middle class romances
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which other major british author was influenced by new comedy?
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shakespeare!
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what were the four major hellenistic philosophies and the ideas of each?
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cynicism-denounced all religions and government
skepticism-philosophy of doubting-nothing can be really known stoicism-identification with god with nature and reason, wisdom lies in doing one's duty without complaining epicureanism- best life is lived withdrawn from the world, women attracted to epicureanism b/c of its equality among the sexes |
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how did stoics define the word logos?
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reason, what is rational
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why were hellenistic women attracted to epicureanism?
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equality among the sexes
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what were some of the characteristics of hellenistic temples and altars?
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columns were decorated capitals, altars-large and more widespread
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what is 'genre art'?
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art taken from everyday life
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was hellenistic sculpture generally realistic or idealistic?
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realistic
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was the laocoon group probably created by one individual or a group?
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group
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Were temples altered during the hellenistic period?
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yes
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what does this statement describe? "greandeur enhanced the earthly majesty of the ruler who built them"
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temples and altars
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what are the legacies of the hellenistic civilizations-the idea of a new athens?
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new philosophies and religions
grandiose architecture exotic scholarships multi-racial societies state support of the arts |
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who authored the "republic"?
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plato
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who authored 'the allegory of the cave'?
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plato
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who does this statement best describe? investigation of human virtue and truth through questioning
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socrates
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how did aristotle differ from plato?
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he argued that knowledge is derived from studying the material world
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who used the syllogism?
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aristotle
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who was pericles?
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orator and popular leader
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when was the age of pericles?
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460-430 bcb
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who built the acropolis?
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pericles
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who lost the peloponnesian war?
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athens
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who was the first greek dramatist?
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thespis
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who was a major writer of greek old comedy?
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aristophanes
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what was aristophanes most famous play?
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the birds
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who wrote oedipus?
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sophocles
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