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Foundations of Western Culture Test 2
Terms for foundations of western culture test
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Literature
Undergraduate 2
10/30/2013
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Athens
 Definition
Coastal city. It is in the middle of nowhere. Third rate agricultural community.
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Aristocracy
 Definition
collective of nobles ruling the area
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Solon
 Definition
appointed in 594BC to make sweeping changes and freedom to do what’s needed
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Pisistratus
 Definition
makes a bid for power in 560 BC. First tyrant of Athens.
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Cleisthenes
 Definition
succeeds in overthrowing Hippias
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Darius
 Definition
was an emperor
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Marathon
 Definition
North of Athens
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hoplite
 Definition
heavily armored foot soldier from Greece
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Delphi
 Definition
an information hub and think tank
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Themistocles
 Definition
ostracized from a vote
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trireme
 Definition
war galley
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Artemisium
 Definition
naval battle
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ostracism
 Definition
banished for life
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ostrakon
 Definition
kind of writing surface
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Delian League
 Definition
Athenian alliance/empire
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Dionysus
 Definition
god of wine
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Dionysia
 Definition
a large festival
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Masks
 Definition
Minute expression, limited volume, limited vision
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Chorus
 Definition
50 men or more
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Theater
 Definition
produces good acoustics
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"three unities"
 Definition
unity of action, place, and time
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Tragedy
 Definition
Sad ending, ancient topics. Pageant-like qualities
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Comedy
 Definition
happy ending, contemporary things. Always present.
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Aristophanes
 Definition
Greek comic playwright
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Aeschylus
 Definition
playwright of Oresteia
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Oreisteia
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about the the ending of a curse on House of Atreus
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Euripides
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Greek playwright, wrote 19 plays
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Sophocles
 Definition
Greek playwright, wrote 7 plays
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Ismene
 Definition
foil for Antigone
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Haemon
 Definition
son of Creon, betrothed to Antigone
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Pericles
 Definition
famous orator
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Anaxagoras
 Definition
greek philosopher
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Herodotus
 Definition
known as "father of history"
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Piraeus
 Definition
chief port of Athens
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Interlocutor
 Definition
takes part in a dialogue/conversation
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gadfly
 Definition
bites livestock
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kouros
 Definition
means youth
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kore
 Definition
statue of a young woman clothes
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contrapposto
 Definition
asymmetrical arrangement of a human figure
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Mentality of Athens
 Definition
third rate community
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Mentality of Sparta
 Definition
overhaul their culture. everyone in the army
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Socrates
 Definition
short, pot belly, features are out of place. Pest
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Doryphoros
 Definition
"spear-bearer"
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Influence from Persian War and Greek
 Definition
Archaic smile
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Classical
 Definition
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Kritios
 Definition
sculptor. no Persian hair, eyes, or smile
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Polykleitos
 Definition
Sculptor of Doryphoros
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Name of 600 BC painting
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Kouros
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Name of 530 BC painting
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Kroisos Kouros
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Name of 530 BC 2nd Painting
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Pelos Kore
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Name of 480 BC painting
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Kritios Boy
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Name of 340 BC painting
 Definition
Praxiteles- Hermes and infant Dionysus
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