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A #history #quiz to revise the basics of #Greek_Civilisation
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In architecture, element at the upper end of the column
Base
Shaft
Entablature
Capital
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Name this sculpture of Myron
Discobolus
Kouros
Doryphoros
Hermes trowing disc
3
Autohor of the sculpture "Discobolus"
Fidias
Myron
Praxiteles
Demostenes
4
Famous Greek mathematic.
Phidias
Plato
Pericles
Pytagoras
5
Sculpture of Polyclitus, showing a standing athlete, carrying a spear on his left shoulder.
Doryphoros
Kouros
Hermes
Discobolus
6
In Ancient Greece, he was the god of beauty and also of music, poetry, the sun and light,
Apollo
Hermes
Ares
Hades
7
Part of a greec theatre where the chorus acted.
proscenium
auditorium
orchestra
platea
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Part of the ancient greek theatre reserved for the actors
syumposium
platea
proscenium
orchestra
9
In Greek mythology, son of Chronos and Rea god of the Sea and other waters.
Eolos
Jupiter
Poseidon
Hades
10
In this architectonic order the capital of a column was made up of spirals known as volutes
Ionic
Corintian
Dorian
Spartan
11
In Ancient Greece, part of a house reserved for women. Children live there.
Symposium
Andron
Gimnasyum
Gynaeceum
12
Famous epic poem, traditionally attributed to Homer, which tells episodes of the Trojan War.
Tragedy
Iliad
Odyssey
Gilgames
13
Room in the Greek house reserved exclusively for men
andron
gymnasium
stadium
gynaeceum
14
Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer famous for his "Principle"
Archimedes
Pericles
Aristotle
Demosthenes
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Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure,
Aphrodite
Hera
Athenea
Demeter
16
In the Greek house, room reserved exclusively for men
andron
gynaeceum
gymnasium
stadium
17
Greek god of war, son of Zeus and Hera
Hermes
Hades
Ares
Dionysus
18
In the archaic period, male sculptures used as memorials in the tombs of young warriors.
Lacoon and His Sons
Kouroi
Doriphoros
Discobulos
19
Temple on the Acropolis of Athens dedicated to Athena, their patron.
Olymp
Theatre
Gimnasium
Parthenon
20
Greek goddess of wisdom, craft and war and patron of the city of Athens
Hera
Athena
Demeter
Aprodite
21
King of the gods of Mount Olympus.
Chronos
Chaos
Poseidon
Zeus
22
Philosopher in Classical Greece. Founder of the Academy. Aristotle was his most famous student.
Socrates
Pericles
Tales of Miletus
Plato
23
Name this sculpture.
Koré
Nike tying a sandal
Aphrodite
Victory of Samotrace
24
In Greek theatre, plays about everyday people that made fun at politicians, philosophers, etc.
Tragedies
Comedies
Lyrics
Drama
25
Belief that considers human beings to be the most significant entity of the universe.
Rationalism
Anthropocentrism
Biocentrism
Universalism
26
In Ancient Greece, he was the most important author of comedies
Pytagoras
Aristofanes
Phidias
Homer
27
In Greek mithology, god of the underworld, son of Chronos and brother of Zeus.
Apollo
Jupiter
Hades
Afres
28
We can find it in the capital of a Ionic column
Acanthus leaves
metope
Volute
frieze
29
In greek theatre, plays about kings, heroes and gods who decide people's destiny.
Lyrics
Comedies
Tragedies
Epic poems
30
In Ancienty Greece, only this group of people had civil rights
citizens
free men
helots
slaves
31
This kind of water clock was used to mesure the time of an orator in the athenian assemblies.
clepsydra
agora
ecclesia
ostrakon
32
Author of the sculpture "Hermes and the infant Dyonisus"
Euclydes
Myron
Aristotle
Praxiteles
33
Sculpture of a man fighting with a giant snake. It's the best example of Hellenistic sculpture
Doryphoros
Discobolus
Kouroi
Laocoön and his sons
34
The ancient Greeks consider him the author of the
Iliad
and the
Odyssey
,
Policltus
Pericles
Tales of Miletus
Homer
35
Famous Greek mathematic known as "father of Geometry".
Euclydes
Fidias
Aristotle
Socrates
36
The oldest architectonic order. The column had no base and the capital was very simple.
Ionic
Corinthian
Spartan
Doric
37
Greek philosopher and scientist. He studied at Plato's Academy. He educated Alexander the G.
Aristotle
Plato
Heraclitus
Socrates
38
In Greek mithology, god of the grape harvest, wine, and theatre.
Hades
Dyonisos
Hermes
Apollo
39
Greek assembly held in the agora open to all male citizens.
andron
ostrakon
democracy
ecclesia
40
They were used to decorate capitals of Corinthian order.
Geometrical drawings
Acanthus leaves
Human figures
Flowers
41
Sculpture of a woman figure serving as a support as a column.
Caryatide
Volute
Kouroi
Shaft
42
Most common order during the Hellenistic period. Capitals had acanthus leaves to decorate them
Spartan
Dorian
Ionian
Corinthian
43
Sculptures of young girls in the archaic period
Korai
Doriphoros
Victory of Samotrace
Cariatydes
44
In Sparta slaves were known as...
helots
citizens
strategoi
non-citizens
45
Famous epic poem that tells the adventures of Ulysses on his return from the War of Troy.
The Odyssey
The Iliad
Adventures in the Sea
The Long Journey
46
In Grek mithology, god of transport and communications
Ares
Hades
Aphrodite
Hermes