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27 Cards in this Set
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Snake Goddess Minoan |
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Bull Leaping Fresco Minoan |
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Funerary Mask Mycenaean |
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Peplos Kore Early Greek |
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Death of Sarpedon by Euphronius Greek |
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Spear Bearer Classical Greek |
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Parthenon Classical Greek |
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Theater by Epidaurus Greek |
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Laocoon Hellenistic Greek |
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Nike Hellenistic Greek |
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Main Characters and Ideas about... The Iliad by Homer |
Characters: Achilles, Hector, Agamemnon Ideas and Details: Lengthy war between Trojans and Achaeans. The Gods' roll in the wars Epic Poem |
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Main Characters and Ideas about... The Odyssey by Homer |
Characters: Odysseus, Penelope, Polyphemus the Cyclops Ideas and Details: Odysseus' Pride, Long journey home, Penolope's fidelity Epic Poem |
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Main Characters and Ideas about... Antigone by Sophocles |
Characters: Antigone, Creon, Haimon, Ismene Ideas and Details: Antigone wants to bury her brother but Creon refuses. Antigone, Haimon, and the wife of Creon commit suicide before he changes his mind. Tragedy |
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Explain Plato's Allegory of the Cave |
The prisoners only know the shadows to be their world, controlled by the puppeteers. This illustrates being trapped by ignorance. Those who leave the cave are the philosophers who obtain the truth |
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Aristotle's Poetics |
First attempts at literary theory or setting a guideline for well-written plays focusing on unity and plot. |
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Tholos, Treasury of Atreus Mycenaean |
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Epic Poem |
The hero is outstanding. ... The setting is large. ... The action is made of deeds of great valour or requiring superhuman courage. Supernatural forces—gods, angels, demons—insert themselves in the action. It is written in a very special style. The poet tries to remain objective. |
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Naturalism |
The idea that only natural laws and forces operate the world |
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Name all points of architecture |
Pediment (upper point), Frieze (entire bar), Doric order, triglyph and metope |
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Pericles |
Led Delian League, general and orator in Athens during Golden Age. Promoted arts and literature |
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Agora |
Central meeting place in Acropolis |
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Greek Tragedy |
1. Plot (Unity of time, place, and location) 2. Character (essential quality; act appropriately for gender/status; believable personalities; act consistently) 3. Thought (theme) 4. Diction (composition of lines; how they are said) 5. Melody (musical element of the chorus) 6. Spectacle (staging) |
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Hamartia |
The fatal flaw of the hero |
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Aristotle's 3 unities |
Time, place, plot |
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Catharsis |
Emotional connection created by the play |
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Xenia |
Hospitality. The importance of providing hospitality for strangers or travelers hoping that one day they might return the favor |
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The Canon |
Polykleitos developed a standard for human proportions using different parts of the body trying to create the perfectly proportionate human |
