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Classical Civilizations
Classical Civilizations Final Exam
69
History
12th Grade
01/23/2011

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Guasileus
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a minor official with several within the province of one Wanax
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Hequetai
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important group of courtiers
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Wanax
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another name for a king
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Lawagetas
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'leader of people'
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Koreter
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a group of rural officials
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Prokoreter
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district Governors or Superintendent deputies
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Phaistos Disk
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a 6" diameter clay circle with undeciphered pictographic script found in 1900 with pressed clay signs
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Linear B
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deciphered by Michael Ventris and J. Chadwick in 1952, used from 1400 to its decline in 1100 BC
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Lion's Gate
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gate with wooden doors sheathed in bronze built in 1250 BC, contained a relieving triangle and two lionesses with paws on a post, portrayed power, protection and strength
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Treasury of Atreus
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functioned as a tomb with post and lintel entrance, corbell vaulting stonework with stones carved perfectly together with no morter, lintel estimated at 120 tons with an open relieving triangle and a wooden door sheathed in bronze
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Agamemnon
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king of Mycenae and led the Achaeans in the Trojan War after Menelaus' wife was abducted
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Schliemann
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excavated Mycenae and worked and Troy and Tiryns as well, German archaeologist
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Grave Circle A
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6 graves 5 royal, upright stones like modern graves around the circle, the pits lined with stones for bodies and all royal bodies were sheathed in gold
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Tholos
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beehive tombs much like the Treasury of Atreus
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Scaean Gate
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main gate to the south flanked by a protective tower
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Levels of Troy
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9 in total Troy IIIa destroyed by a fire and Troy VIIa most likely Homers Troy
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Priam
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king of Troy during Trojan War
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Bunarbashi Hill
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mistakenly thought to be Troy
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Hissarlik
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mount in western Turkey, site of excavation of Troy
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City Dionysia
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urban festival established during the tyranny of Pisistratus made to celebrate end of winter and good crops
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Dithyramb
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ancient Greek hymn sung and danced in honour of Dionysus
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Thespis
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a singer of dithyrambs who supposedly introduced a new style where one singer or actor performed the wordsof individual characters in the story
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Aristotle
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comedy began from the leaders of phallic songs
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Aeschylus
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Sophocles
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Euripides
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Deus ex machina
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Trilogy
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Structural patterns of plays
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Episodes
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Choral ode
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Parados
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Stasimon
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Strophe
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Anti-strophe
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Monodos
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Exodos
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Hamartia
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Hubris
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Catharsis
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Prologus
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Agon
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Parabasis
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Pnigos
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Epeisodia
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Exodus
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Aristophanes
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Menander
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Role of Chorus
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Theatron
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Orchestra
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dancing space
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Skene
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building behind the stage
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Thymele
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altar of Dionysus
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Mechane
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a crane used to lift actors into the air
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Diazoma
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a passage usually dividing the auditorium
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Plautus
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played a clown, greatest of playwrights
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Terence
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born a slave in North Africa, made fun of fathers in his plays
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7 stock characters of Plautus
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the braggart, the stupid character, the clown, the gorgeous young lover, the foolish old man, the resourceful, cunning swindler, the prostitute
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Setting
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scaena joined with the audience in architecture
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Tragedy
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Horace
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Elements of Roman Comedy
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coincidence, mistaken identity, violence, jokes, eavesdropping, surprise
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Scaena frons
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front of the stage house
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Vomitoria
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corridors under the seats that lead onto the orchestra
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Pulpitum
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stage
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Cavea
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auditorium
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Tragedy
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based on human suffering that offers its audience pleasure
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Horace
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leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus
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Aeneid Characters
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Aeneas, Dido, Turnus
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