Soren - Quiz 1

Question 1

Themistocles

Answer 1

525 - 459 BC
Athenian politician and general
Non-aristocratic politician who rose to prominence in the early years of Athenian democracy

Question 2

Plataea

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Battle of Plataea 479 BC

An Ancient Greece city in which an alliance of Greek city-states defeated the Persians

Question 3

Sparta

Answer 3

Also known as Lacedaemon
Prominent city-state in ancient Greece located on the Eurotas River
Diarchy, Monarchy Government

Question 4

Pericles

Answer 4

495 - 429 BC

Most prominent and influential greek statesman, orator, and general of Athens during the Golden Age

Question 5

Agora

Answer 5

Central spot in ancient Greek city-states

Literally means “Gathering Place” or “assembly”

Question 6

Kerameikos

Answer 6

Located northwest of the Acropolis in Greece

Question 7

Piraeus

Answer 7

Port city in the region of Attica, Gree

Question 8

Ekklesia

Answer 8

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Question 9

Solon

Answer 9

638 - 558 BC
Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet
Efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in archaic Athens

Question 10

Democracy

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Question 11

Boule

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Question 12

Ostracism

Answer 12

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Question 13

Socrates

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469 - 399 BC
Classical Greek Athenian philosopher
One of the founders of Wester philosophy

Question 14

Acropolis

Answer 14

Located in Athens
Is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens
Contains several historic buildings, Parthenon for example

Question 15

Propylaea

Answer 15

Opened 432 BC
Gateway to acropolis in Athens
Classical Architecture, Doric
Architect: Mnesikles

Question 16

Parthenon

Answer 16

Opened 438 BC
Temple on the Athenian Acropolis in Greece
Dedicated to goddess Athena
Classical architecture, Doric
Architects: Phidias, Callicrates, Ictinus

Question 17

The Parthenon Sculptures

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Question 18

Phidias

Answer 18

490 - 430 BC
Greek sculptor, painter and architect
Structures: Parthenon, Statues of Zeuis at Olympia, Elgin Marbles

Question 19

Erectheum

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Opened 405 BC
Ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis dedicated to Athena and Poseidon
Classical architecture, Ionic order
Architect: Mnesikles

Question 20

Panathenaea and athletic events

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Question 21

Parthenon Frieze

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438 BC
Low-relief pentellic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Partenons naos
Under direction of Pheidias

Question 22

Peplos

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Question 23

Dionysia

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Question 24

Greek Theater Architecture

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Question 25

The Oresteia

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A trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus

Concerns the end of the curse on the House of Atreus

Question 26

Orestes

Answer 26

Greek hereo in Greek mythology
Son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon
Subject of several Ancient Greek plays
Madness and purification

Question 27

Sophocles

Answer 27

496 – 406 BC
One of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.
Books and plays: Oedipus the King, Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus

Question 28

Tragedy

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Question 29

Comedy

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Question 30

Deus Ex Machina

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Question 31

Dorothy Arzner

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1897 - 1979
An American film director
Throughout her directing times (Late 1920’s to early 1940’s) she was the only woman working in the field

Question 32

Westlake School and its importance

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Question 33

William and Cecil B. De Mille

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Question 34

James Cruze

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Question 35

Isadora Duncan

Answer 35

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Question 36

Marion Morgan

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Question 37

Greek tragedy

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Question 38

Sophocles

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Question 39

Oedipus

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Question 40

Eironeia

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Question 41

Hubris

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Question 42

Antigone

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