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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.