Greece Flashcards

(46 cards)

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The highest portion of a greek city upon which a temple to a principal local deity was located

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Acropolis

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A small garden centered on a statue of Adonis

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Adonis Garden

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Athens’ civic center, lays at the foot of the Acropolis

Market place

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Agora

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The worldview that non-human entities possess a spiritual essence

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Animism

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The attributing of human characteristics and purposes to inanimate objects, animals, plants, or other natural phenomena, or to God

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Anthropomorphic

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In classical Roman houses, an open central court

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Atrium

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Large, oblong hall or church with a central nave, side aisles and curved enclosures at the end

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Basilica

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Area for the governing body, others: Metroon, Tholos

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Bouleterion

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In order, forms the upper part of a column, separates the shaft from the entablature

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Capital

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The upper horizontal part of an order between a capital and the roof. Consists of three parts:
Architrave
Frieze
Cornice

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Entablature

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Makes up the lowest part of an entablature. It rests on the capital of a column

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Architrave

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Forms the middle part, often decorated with a horizontal band of relief structure

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Frieze

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Forms the upper part of an entablature

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Cornice

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A row of columns, each set an equal distance apart

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Colonnade

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Classical portico or roofed colonnade

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Stoa

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A vertical support, in an order, it consists of a shaft and a capital and often rests on a base

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Column

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Triangular segment between the horizontal entablature and the sloping roof at the front of a classical style building

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Pediment

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In classical architecture, consisted of a column and entablature. Served as the basic elements of Greek and Roman architecture

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Order

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The first and simplest of the three Greek orders, only order that has no base

20
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Has a capital decorated with curved spiral scrolls called volutes

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Resembline Ionic order but has an elaborate capital that is decorated with carvings of leaves of the acanthus plant

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A continuous aisle in a circular building. In a church, it serves as a semi-circular aisle that encloses the apse

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Semi-circular area. In most churches, it is at one end of the building and contains the main altar

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Chief area within a church, extending from the main entrance to the transept

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Forms the arms in a T or cross-shaped church
Transept
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A sculpted lyrical woman's figure used as a part of an upright architectural member
Caryatid
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Of or relating to ancient Greek or Latin literature, art or culture
Classical
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Denoting a type of ancient masonry made with massive irregular blocks
Cyclopean
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A slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, introduced to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft
Entasis
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Ancient Greek temple constructed in order to house the ancient wooden cult statue of Athena
Erechtheum
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In an urban Greek or Roman courtyard, an outside sitting room connected to the court, often shaded for summer use
Exedra
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Ornamental grooves, as a Greek column
Fluting
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Large room used and equipped for the performance of various sports
Gymnasium
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Pertaining to Greek language or history
Hellenic
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In urban planning, a method of layout that uses two large cross-axial roads to divide a city into four parts that are further subdivided into blocks
Hippodamian
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Grotto in classical Greece, sacred to nymphs. In Rome, a water garden with a nearby pavillion
Nymphaeum
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Named after the procession which took place during the festival of the Panathencia
Panathenaic way
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Former temple on the Athenia Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron
Parthenon
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In dryland geography, an easy, boulder strewn plain, often at the base of a mountain
Pediment
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A line of columns rimming a courtyard, building or patio
Peristyle
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City state as urban focus of an agricultural community
Polis
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The worship or belief in multiple deities usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals
Polytheism
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A walkway or arcade with a column-supported roof or overhang, often located in or next to a garden
Portico
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A continuous area or expanse that is free, available or unoccupied
Space
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A word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept
Term
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A long portico, used in ancient Greece for athletics
Xystos