Chapter 1 - Helenic Greece

Question 1

Backstage, storage, dressing room building

Answer 1

Skene

Question 2

Wheeled platform to roll in furniture/ people

Answer 2

Eccyclema

Question 3

3 sided painted panels

Answer 3

Periaktoids

Question 4

A god suddenly appears on stage from a crane or trapdoor

Answer 4

Deus ex Machina

Question 5

“High City”, elevated promontory outside Athens containing pantheon and theater

Answer 5

Acropolis

Question 6

Greek architectural code

Answer 6

Order

Question 7

Beam supported by posts

Answer 7

Post and lintel

Question 8

Beam that is supported by columns

Answer 8

Entablature

Question 9

Row of columns

Answer 9

Peristyle

Question 10

Upper horizontal band of entablature

Answer 10

Cornice

Question 11

Middle horizontal band of entablature

Answer 11

Frieze

Question 12

Lower horizontal portion of entablature

Answer 12

Architrave

Question 13

Decorative cushion at the top of a column, helps distribute weight

Answer 13

Capital

Question 14

Column with entasis

Answer 14

Shaft

Question 15

Tapering of top 2/3 of classical column

Answer 15

Entasis

Question 16

Vertical grooves

Answer 16

Fluting

Question 17

Tooth like grooved band

Answer 17

Dentils

Question 18

Three sculpted vertical channels

Answer 18

Triglyphs

Question 19

Relief scenes of mythological figures

Answer 19

Metopes

Question 20

Stepped platform supporting Doric temples

Answer 20

Stylobate

Question 21

Molded cushion at the bottom of Ionic or Corinthian columns

Answer 21

Base

Question 22

Upper decorative zone of interior wall

Answer 22

Crown

Question 23

Wide, middle decorative zone of interior wall

Answer 23

Field

Question 24

Lower decorative zone of interior wall

Answer 24

Dado

Question 25

Large, solid seat with a back, meant for a king or god

Answer 25

Thronos

Question 26

Open meeting place in every Greek city

Answer 26

Agora

Question 27

Center of Greek home, pool of rain water surrounded by peristyle

Answer 27

Atrium

Question 28

Family unit, patriarch greeting room outside atrium

Answer 28

Oikos

Question 29

Light armless chair, outward carved front, inward curved backrest

Answer 29

Klismos

Question 30

Stool with carved animal legs

Answer 30

Diphros

Question 31

Small 3 legged portable dining table

Answer 31

Trapezai

Question 32

Decorative sleeping couch, primary Greek furniture

Answer 32

Kline

Question 33

Sculptures of women used instead of columns

Answer 33

Caryatids

Question 34

One piece of folded fabric, pinned at shoulders

Answer 34

Doric Chiton

Question 35

Single piece of fabric, pinned along arms (like sleeves)

Answer 35

Ionic Chiton

Question 36

Long rectangular draped cloak

Answer 36

Himation

Question 37

Light rectangular cloak pinned at right shoulder or below throat, worn by young men and soldiers

Answer 37

Chlamys

Question 38

Breastplate connected by straps

Answer 38

Cuirass

Question 39

Shin/ ankle armor

Answer 39

Greaves

Question 40

Raised boots worn by actors playing royalty or gods

Answer 40

Cothurnus

Question 41

Big brimmed hat, worn by travelers and farmers

Answer 41

Petasos