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HUM 2210 Instructor: Paloma Rodriguez http://hum2210.wordpress.com/ Review of topics and key terms for Exam 2 Part 1: the Greek World 1. Key terms People Herodotus Xerxes Darius Persian Wars Pericles Phidias Alexander the Great Ptolemy Places Acropolis Thermopylae Parthenon Pergamum Alexandria Persepolis Magna Graecia Sicily Concepts Oracle politics Metope Frieze Panhellenic pathos homoerotic 2. Get ready to write an essay about the following topics by creating an outline: 1. The evolution of Greek sculpture from the Archaic period to Hellenistic times. 2. Olympia and Delphi. Religious rituals associated with these places and political value of these panhellenic sanctuaries. 3. Athenian democracy: institutions, representation, participation, voting rights, successes and shortfalls. 4. Spartan society and the battle of Thermopylae. How does this battle represent Spartan values? What does this battle symbolize for the Greeks? What did it mean for the Athenians? Why does Aristophanes mention it in his play Lysistrata? 5. The reconstruction of the Acropolis in Athens: motivation for the reconstruction, origin of the funds and historical background, buildings, decorative program of the Parthenon and its symbolic values. 6. The relationship between the sexes in Greek society: the social role of Greek women vs. Greek men. Male beauty, sexual mores, and the culture of the symposium. 7. Lysistrata. Author, date, plot of the play, comedic elements, political background, social background, feminist reading. 8. Hellenistic sculpture: features and their relationship with the nature of Hellenistic society. 9. Hellenistic society vs. Classical Greek (Athenian) society: differences and similarities. 10. Religion in Hellenistic society vs. Classical Greece (Athens): the gods of the polis vs. mystery cults and divinized monarchs. Part 2: the Roman World Key words and topics for chapter 6: the Roman World People Julius Caesar Augustus Hannibal Aeneas Romulus Sabine Women Cicero Orpheus Places Gaul Carthage Rome Pompeii Concepts/ facts Punic Wars concrete vault/ arch/ dome Coliseum/amphitheater circus baths roman housing Pantheon Trajan’s column triumphal arch 2. Create an outline for the following topic: How did the Romans view themselves? How did they interpret their role as the ruling power in the Mediterranean? Who were the Roman heroes? Which virtues do they exemplify? Illustrate your answers by referring to Roman myths you know (i.e. Sabine women). Part 3: General Review of chapters 4-6 (Rise of the City-States, Golden Age of Athens, and Rome) 1. Put these events in chronological order: ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Roman rule of the Mediterranean Peloponnesian War Persian Wars Punic Wars Emergence of the poleis and Greek colonization Conquests of Alexander the Great Athenian hegemony 2. Short answers 1. Who were the contenders in the Persian Wars? ________________________________ 2. What was the outcome of these wars? _________________________________________ 3. Name one famous battle in this wars _________________________________________ 4. Who were the contenders in the Peloponnesian Wars? ____________________________ 5. What was the outcome of these wars? _________________________________________ 6. Who was the leader of the Athenians in the time of Athenian expansion? ____________ 7. Name at least one of the achievements of this leader: _____________________________ 8. Who took Greek culture into the Near East? __________________________________ 9. Where was he from? ______________________________________________________ 10. Century of Athenian splendor and expansion: ______________________ 11. Century of Macedonian domination and expansion: _____________________ 12. Match the following names with a discipline: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. Aristotle Sophocles Herodotus Aristophanes Phidias Plato Cicero History Drama (Tragedy) Drama (Comedy) Oratory, Rhetoric, forensic speeches Sculpture Philosophy (empirical method, materialism) Philosophy (Idealism) 13. The most famous sanctuary of Apollo: _________________________ 14. The most important temple in Athens: __________________________ 15. Indicate if the following columns are Doric, Ionic or Corinthian. ________________ __________________ 16. The center of Athenian political life: ________________ _________________________ 17. The most important sanctuary for its athletic contests: _____________________ 18. The most important belief of mystery religions: _______________________________ 19. The first Roman emperor _______________________________________ 20. The center of Roman political and business life: _____________________ 21. Two major Roman contributions to architecture: _____________________ 22. The Roman general who conquered Gaul and became dictator for life: _______________ 23. The legendary ancestor of the first king of Rome and of the Julian family: ____________ 24. The legendary first king of Rome: ___________________________ 25. Two prominent members of the Julian family: ______________________________ 26. Look through the pictures in your textbook and provide an example of each style. Write the name of the work and the author if known. Archaic Style: _______________________________________________ Severe Style: ________________________________________________ Classical Style: __________________________________________ Fourth Century Style: _________________________________________ Hellenistic Style: _____________________________________________ 27. . Match the definitions with the styles named above: a) ____________ Incipient anatomical detail, Egyptian influence, rigid posture, frontality, Archaic smile. b) ____________Pathos, agitated movement, melodramatic, theatrical effects. c) ____________Interest in depicting motion and the perfect human body, canon of proportions, restrained motion. d) ____________Interest in the human body, introduction of contrapposto stance, no motion. e) ____________Delicate features of human body, Praxitelean curve, slightly casual.