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Arts and Culture An Introduction to the Humanities Test 2
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04/07/2014

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Who divided Athens into demes?
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Cleisthenes
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Who was Herodotus? What was he known as?
Definition

He was the first writer to devote himself to history.

The father of history

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Who led the 300?
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Leonides
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Define Acropolis?

What is Acropolis?

 

Definition

Akcro means high.

Polis Means city.

 

A Temple for laws court, shrines and a forum for games.

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Name the 3 greek orders in Architecture?
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Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
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What is the ultimat greek architicture considered the ulitimate paradign?
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The Parthenon
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Who is the creator of tragedy?
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Aeschylus
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What roles does the chorus play in a greek drama?
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Represents the communal perspective,

marks the divisions between scenes of the play

interepets the authurs perspective

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What does Aeschylus three plays dramatize?
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The greek Hometric tribal social system
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What does Sophocles play focus on?
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Individual human rather than broad civil and religious concerns.
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Define Tragedy?
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The fall of a great hero
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According to Aristotle the greatest and most disturbing of the greek tragedy is Eurpidies, why?
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Sophocles depicts people as they ought to be and Euripides depcits them as they really are.
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Who was the father of comedy?
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Aristophanes
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Who was Socrates?
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Famous philosopher, goal self knowledge and truth, father of ethics, famous maxim was Know thyself
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Who was Plato?
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The pupil of Socrates belived the truth could be found in mathmatics.
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Who was Aristotle?
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Alexander the greats tutor known as the father of Science
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What two deciples of displines did Airistotle provide that are still in use?
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Logic and literary theory
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What does the term Hellenistic mean and when did it begin?

 

Definition

Greek influence

After Alexander the greats death

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Who made jury duty a civic repsonsiblity in Athens?
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Solon
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Who established the first code of greek laws?
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Draco
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Why is the golden age of grease the classical period?
Definition
It forms the basis of western civilization
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Who were the famous philosophers of the period?
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Plato, Aristotle, Socrates
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Name the greek tragedy the influenced sigmond freud?
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Oedipus Rex
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Name the 3 accomplishments of Alexander the great?
Definition

Crushed a rebellion in Thebes

Defeated the Persion

Founded the City of Alexandria  after conquering Egypt

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What are some of the policys of Alexnader the great?
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Encourage marriage between his soldiers and middle eastern women

He allowed the conquered to keep their religion

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