Study Guide: Test on Greece and Rome Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Multiple Choice Exam Keywords: - Homer, The Odyssey - polis an ancient Greek city-state - acropolis means "high city" in Greek, literally city on the extremity and is usually translated into English as Citad - phalanx A compact or close-knit body of people - Socrates, Plato, Aristotle are philosopher and they disagreed with demo. - “The Republic”- form of government in rome before the empire - Idealism (art)- realism - Pericles- a great leader of Athens that ruled/ directed during the Peloponnesian war, died by plague - Delian League- alliance between greek city-states to fight Persia, Athens leader - Peloponnesian war- war between athens and Sparta - Alexander
Discuss the nature of the Homeric epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. How influential were these works to the Greeks? In what ways do these works express the Greek worldview? 13. Examine the social structure of the ancient Greeks.
One example of this is the watchman whom she has posted on top of a building to look for the beacon signal. He says that the estate has become in a state of disarray since the war in Troy started. Penelope who is the wife of Odysseus in Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’ is the daughter of Icarius and Periboea. Her and her husband Odysseus had one son by the name of Telemachus who was born just before Odysseus was called away to war. Having a good idea of the Odyssey myth, when hearing the story, the Greek audience will already know that Penelope is a faithful wife.
3. Research the Oracle at Delphi and other forms of divination in the Greek world. How did the Ancient Greeks use oracles to communicate with the gods, explain & predict events? 4. The Olympic Games integrated and celebrated Greek ideas about athletic competition, the body beautiful, and honoring the gods.
Alison Bechdel’s graphic autobiography, Fun Home, tells the story of Alison’s childhood relationship with her father Bruce, through a broad series of allegorical and literary references. The final page of ¬Fun Home best illustrates the entire story by referring to the common theme Greek mythology, specifically the story of Daedalus and Icarus, in the image of Alison leaping towards her father. The reoccurrence of this story throughout the book also symbolizes the gender-confused, estranged relationship between Alison and her father as they struggle to identify their places in each other’s lives. Many parallels between Alison’s life and Greek mythology appear throughout the story. A simple example of this is the fact that her mother’s name is Helen, the name of the famously beautiful woman who began the Trojan War.
His grandparents Ouranos and Gaia, especially Gaia tried to protect him from the acts of his father Kronos. “By whose thunder the wide earth is shaken”, [9] we can tell he represents the sky, order ,and also the weather.We know that Zeus is wise but, he gets wiser when he swallowed his first wife Metis. ‘’So the goddess might advise him on good and evil”. [10] Moreover, Zeus is personified as a brave and kind when he frees his brothers and uncles. He received from his uncles “the fiery lightning bolt - and lightning’’.
4. How does Alcibiades at once embody both the best and the worst of Athens at the height of the Peloponnesian War? (primary source suggestions: Funeral Oration, Pericles' final speech (class 3/30), Thucydides Book 6 (class
What Greek concept/value does this support? 4. List three Greeks in the land of Death who had fought alongside of Odysseus in the Trojan war. Book XII 1. Why does Odysseus put wax in the crew's ears?
The Greek worshiped the gods of mount Olympus, including Zeus, Aphrodite, Ares, Athena, Apolla, and Poseidon. The Romans worshipped the same gods just under different names, Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Minerva, Pluto, and Neptune. Education was also important to the Romans, although they only sent their male children to school. Both Rome and Greece had key philosophers. Greece had Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle.
It is based on the Greek legend of Oedipus; a story where an Oracle prophesises that Oedipus (the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta) would kill his father and marry his Mother. With this legend, Graham had the basis to compose one of her most emotionally charged works. As with many of her works, Graham manipulated the piece to make Jocasta the protagonist. She did this to allow the audience to focus entirely on the emotions being conveyed. Graham’s Night Journey tells of Jocasta’s destiny, the triumphal entry of Oedipus, their meeting, new love and intimacy and then their devastating discovery that their relationship is not of husband and wife, but actually of mother and son.