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Classical Test Review
for evans' students
45
English
9th Grade
04/27/2010

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Term
Ionia
Definition
A region that is in present-day Turkey named after the Ionian tribes that once occupied it. A shore of the Aegean sea.
Term
Sappho of Lesbos
Definition

-6th century BC

-"To an Army Wife in Sardis"

-"Hymn to Aphrodite"

-Fragments of poetry

Term
Pre-Socratic Philosophers
Definition

Pythagoras

Thales ("First philosopher" - water)

Heraclitus (opposition and flux)

Empedocles (four elements: Earth, air, fire and water; evolution)

Democritus (atoms)

Anaxagoras (theory of the sun & moon)

Term

Geometric style (vase painting)

 

Definition
this:
http://z.about.com/d/atheism/1/0/q/T/GeometricStyleVase02-l.jpg
Term
Theater of Dionysus
Definition
A large theater in Athens. Built at the foot of the Acropolis.
Term
Thespis
Definition
The first person to ever appear as an actor in a play, hence the term "thespian"
Term
Aeschylus
Definition
The Orestia
Term
Sophocles
Definition
The Theban Trilogy: Oedipus Rex
Term
Sigmund Freud
Definition
The Interpretation of Dreams - The Oedipus Complex.
Oedipus Complex = A want to kill your father and marry your mother. The opposite of this is the Electra Complex, where you want to kill your mother and marry your father.
Term
Woody Allen
Definition
Oedipus Wrecks
Term
Protagoras
Definition
"Man is measure of all things"
Term
Socrates
Definition
The Apology
Term
Plato
Definition
The Republic
Dialogues (We read this aloud in class - Liam was Plato)
Term
Aristotle
Definition
"Tragedy", from the Poetics, introducing the idea of catharsis - pity and fear - and tragic flaw

Nichomachean Ethics: The doctrine of the mean
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Pericles
Definition
-Prominent and influential statesman
-Orator
-General of Athens during the Golden Age
Term
Herodotus
Definition
-Historian ("Father of History")
Term
Thucydides
Definition
"History of the Peloponnesian War"
Term
The Acropolis
Definition
Elevated ground where the town center would be in Ancient Greece
Term
The Parthenon
Definition
Temple to the Greek goddess Athena
Term
The Parthenon Frieze
Definition
Designed by Phidias (aka the Elgin Marbles)
Term
The three orders (types of columns)
Definition
Doric
Ionian
Corinthian
Term
Kouros and kore figures
Definition
Early Greek sculpture representations of people.
Kore = male
Kouros = female
Term
Myron
Definition
"Discus Thrower" (Discobolus)

^
SOUNDS AND LOOKS LIKE DISCO BALL. REMEMBER IT, FOLKS.
Term
Praxiteles
Definition
Hermes with the young Dionysus
Term
Black-figure style
Definition
This:
http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/32/30432-004-B5FD66EB.jpg
Term
Red-figure style
Definition
This:
http://www.artfromancientlands.com/images/ApulianRedFigureKraterPF0006.jpg
Term
Alexander the Great
Definition
Greek king of Macedon. Created one of the most celebrated empires of all time.
Term
Epicurus
Definition
Epicureanism, in Alain de Botton's "Consolations of Philosophy"
Term
Zeno of Citium
Definition
Founder of Stoicism, which considers destructive emotions to be results of errors in judgement
Term
The Dying Gaul
Definition
This:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dying_gaul.jpg

It's actually a copy of a lost ancient sculpture
Term
Aphrodite of Melos (Venus de Milo)
Definition
This:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Venus_de_Milo_Louvre_Ma399_n4.jpg
Term
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, c. 190 BC
Definition
This:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Nike_of_Samothrake_Louvre_Ma2369_n4.jpg
Term
The Laocoon
Definition
This:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Laocoon_Pio-Clementino_Inv1059-1064-1067.jpg
Term
Augustus
Definition
Augustan Age (Who would have guessed?)
Term
Catullus
Definition
Love poems
Term
Horace
Definition
"The Golden Mean"
"Carpe Diem"
Term
Platus
Definition
-"Pseudolus"
-"Miles Gloriosus"
Term
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Definition
-Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
-Starring Zero Mostel
Term
Seneca
Definition
Stoic philosophy in The Consolations of Philosophy
Term
Marcus Aurelius
Definition
An emperor of Rome and a Stoic philosopher
Term
Arch
Definition
This:
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/korea_north/arch_of_triumph_pyongyang_north_korea_photo_kfa.jpg
Term
Aqueducts and roads
Definition
Aqueduct:

http://www.dialogueinaction.net/en/system/files/images/roman-aqueduct-segovia-segaq3.jpg

Road:

http://c99.e2bn.net/e2bn/leas/c99/web/portal%20editor%20area/Roman%20Roads/Roman%20Roads/section2-tvl-backto--media-4-quizX5Fid-z20080924142546322X2Dw007.dbplc.comX2DX54X50X2DX50rocessor55X2D16790-u-20080924142546322X2Dw007.dbplc.comX2DX54X50X2DX50rocessor55X2D16790-z-f.jpeg
Term
Forum
Definition
This:

http://www.legionxxiv.org/lrgforumplan/forumrostra.jpg

The central meeting place of a city: where the most important buildings were.
Term
Pantheon
Definition
A temple to the god of ancient Rome.

This:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Pantheon_rome_2005may.jpg
Term
Colosseum
Definition
Ampitheatre of ancient Rome, where the gladiators fought, etc.

This:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Colosseum_in_Rome%2C_Italy_-_April_2007.jpg
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