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113 Cards in this Set
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1. "Warrior Vase" 2. Mycenae 3. Late Helladic 4. 1150 BC |
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1. House and Tomb of Warrior or Chief ("Heroon") 2. Lefkandi 3. Protogeometric 4. 950 BC |
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1. Dipylon Amphora 2. Athens 3. Late Geometric 4. ca. 760 BC |
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1. Temple Model 2. Argos (actually near Argos) 3. Late Geometric 4. ca. 725-700 BC |
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1. Mantiklos Apollo 2. Thebes 3. Late Geometric 4. ca. 700 BC |
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1. Terracotta Centaur 2. Lefkandi 3. Protogeometric 4. 1000-900 BC |
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1. Chigi Vase 2. Corinth 3. Orientalizing 4. ca. 640 BC |
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1. Griffin Protome from a Bronze Cauldron 2. Olympia 3. Orientalizing 4. 650 BC |
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1. Amphora by the Polyphemus Painter 2. Eleusis 3. Orientalizing 4. 650 BC |
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1. Lady of Auxerre 2. Auxerre (France) 3. Orientalizing 4. 650 BC |
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1. Nikandre Kore (possibly the goddess Artemis) 2. Delos 3. Orientalizing 4. 650 BC |
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1. Reconstruction of Temple of Apollo 2. Isthmia 3. Orientalizing 4. 650 BC |
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1. Pediment, Temple of Artemis 2. Confu 3. Archaic 4. 650 BC |
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1. Metope with Perseus Beheading Medusa 2. Temple C, Selinous 3. Archaic 4. 550 BC |
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1. Naxian Sphinx 2. Delphi 3. Archaic 4. 570 BC |
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1. Plan and Reconstructed View, Temple of Artemis 2. Ephesos 3. Archaic 4. 560 BC |
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1. Black-figure Eye Cup with Ship of Dionysos on Interior by Exekias 2. Athens 3. 540 BC |
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1. Francois Vase by Kleitias and Ergotimos 2. Athens 3. Archaic 4. 570 BC |
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1. Neck amphora by the Amasis Painter with Dionysos and maenads 2. Athens 3. Archaic 4. 540 BC |
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1. New York Kouros 2. Attica 3. Archaic 4. 600-590 BC |
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1. "Croesus" (AKA Anavysos Kouros) 2. Attica 3. Archaic 4. 530 BC |
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1. The Peplos Kore 2. Athenian Acropolis 3. Archaic 4. 540-530 BC |
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1. The Berlin Kore (AKA Berlin Goddess) 2. Attica 3. Archaic 4. 560 BC |
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1. The Calf-Bearer 2. Athenian Acropolis 3. Archaic 4. 550 BC |
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Look at Figure 7.3 to get a better aerial view |
1. Temple of Hera 2. Olympia 3. Archaic 4. 590 BC |
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1. Temple of Apollo (plan & pediment) 2. Delphi 3. Archaic 4. ca. 515 BC |
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1. "Kleobis and Biton" 2. Delphi 3. Archaic 4. 525 BC |
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1. Siphnian Treasury 2. Delphi 3. Archaic 4. 525 BC |
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1. Athenian Treasury 2. Delphi 3. Archaic 4. 480 BC |
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Kerameikos |
The potters' quarter in Athens; also used of a major cemetery in the same area |
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Single inhumations
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Single burials
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Cist graves |
Small pit, often lined with stone and provided with a lid, used for burial |
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Structure |
LOOK IN BOOK FOR DEFINITION |
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Flux |
Calcium in limestone |
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Slag |
Silicate impurities |
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Amphora |
Jar with upright handles on either side of the neck, used for storing wine and oil |
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Multiple-Brush Compass
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Technique used by painters to paint amphoras
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Oinochoe
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A wine jug
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Sintering
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Formed into a mass of iron by heat and pressure
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Apse; apsidal (architecture) |
The curved part of any building shaped roughly like a horseshoe; a building with an apse is "apsidal" |
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"Bomos" (Greek word) |
"Alters" |
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Masseboth |
Standing stones |
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"Toumba" (Greek word) |
Artificial mounds of earth |
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Krater |
Large, deep bowl for mixing wine and water |
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Prothesis
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A credence table
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Polis |
City state |
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Protome |
Projecting, separately made attachment to a vessel or other object, in the shape of a head (human, animal, or supernatural) |
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"Polites" (Greek word) |
Only free adult males were regarded as "citizens" |
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"Ekklesia" (Greek word) |
Assembly of all citizens |
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"Archons, kosmoi" (Greek word) |
Executive officials serving limited terms |
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"Gerousia, boule" (Greek word) |
Older men serving as advisory body |
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"Helots" (Greek word) |
Serfs without political rights ruled by relatively few full citizens |
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"Agora" (Greek word) |
Marketplace |
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"Politis" (Greek word) |
Free-born adult native women |
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"Kurios" (Greek word) |
A male guardian |
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"Hieron" (Greek word) |
Sanctuary |
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"Temenos" (Greek word) |
Enclosed sacred area |
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"Naos" (Greek word) |
Temple |
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Votive |
Gift for a god, usually placed in a sanctuary; includes anything from flowers to small buildings |
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Sphyrelaton (plural: sphyrelata) |
Statues of hammered bronze sheets on wooden core |
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Peripteral |
Having columns on all sides |
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"Hekatompedon" (Greek word) |
"Hundred-footer" |
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"Hoplites" (Greek word) |
Heavily armed infantrymen |
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"Hoplon" (Greek word) |
Shield |
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"Aspis" (Greek word) |
Round shield |
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"Phalanx" (Greek word) |
Infantry formation used in hoplite battles; men standing in parallel rows and marching in unison towards an enemy |
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Metropolis (Greek word: oikistes) |
Each colony had an independent polis; relationships with local indigenous people varied |
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"Orientalizing" |
Extensive use of motifs drawn from Near East (Oriental) |
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Incision, incised |
Line made by scratching with a sharp point; commonly used in ceramics and metalworking |
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Black-figure technique |
Technique using dark, silhouette figures with incised detail and use of added red paint for details |
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Animal friezes |
A horizontal zone running along the length of a building immediately above the architrave (the horizontal blocks resting atop the columns); sometimes portrayed as animals |
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Iconography |
The images or symbols traditionally associated with a particular subject or story |
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Sphinx |
Creature with a lion body, eagle wings, and a woman's head |
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Griffin |
Creature with a lion body, and an eagle's head and wings (sometimes with a rooster's comb as well) |
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"Dipinti" (Greek word) |
Painted inscription |
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Kore |
Young woman |
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"Agalma" (Greek word) |
Statue dedicated to a god; literally a "delight" or treat for the god |
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"Sema" (Greek word) |
Statues, tombs, letters, omens, and other meaningful things |
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Kouros |
Young man |
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Dipteral |
Double colonnade all the way around |
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Distyle-in-antis |
Two columns between the antae in front |
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Prostyle |
A projecting colonnade in front only |
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Amphiprostyle |
A projecting colonnade in front and back |
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Stylos |
Column |
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Distyle |
Two colums |
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Tetrastyle |
Four columns |
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Hexastyle |
Six columns |
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Octastyle |
Eight columns |
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Pan tile |
Flat roof tile |
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Cover tile |
Curved or angled roof tile which covers ("caps") the gaps between pan tiles |
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Antefix |
Upright element along a roof line which keeps the roof tiles in place |
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Laconian system |
LOOK AT LECTURE 16, SLIDE 27 |
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Conrinthian system |
LOOK AT LECTURE 16, SLIDE 27 |
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Pentastyle |
Five columns |
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Apotropaic |
Having the power to prevent evil or bad luck |
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Hypaethral |
Interior open to sky |
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Dentil course |
Substitutes for frieze |
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"Turannos" (Greek word) |
Tyrant |
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Numismatics |
Study of coins |
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Staters |
Cities minting gold or electrum coins in units |
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"Trite" (Greek word) |
"One-third" |
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Obol |
"Rod"; same value as iron rods that previously served as currency |
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Drachma |
"Handful"; 6 obols |
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Didrachm |
2 drachmas |
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Tetradrachm |
4 drachmas |
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Mina |
100 drachmas |
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Talent |
6,000 drachmas or 60 minas |
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"Perioikoi" (Greek word) |
Free non-citizens |
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Late Helladic IIIC and Submycenaen periods
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1200-1050 BC
(Submycenaen was ca. 1100-1050 BC if it was valid) |
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Protogeometric period
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1050-900 BC
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Geometric period
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900-ca.700 BC
(Late Geometric period: 760-700 BC) |
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Orientalizing period
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ca. 700- ca. 600 BC
(Two major regional styles: Protocorinthian [730-620 BC; Corinthian Orientalizing] and Protoattic [700-620/600 BC; Attic Orientalizing]) |
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Archaic period
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ca. 600-480 BC
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