Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Ancient Greek Test Reveiw

Today in class we reviewed what is going to be on the test.

  • The three orders of architecture
    • Doric
    • Corinthian
    • Ionic
  • Frieze
    • Decorative statues
  • 508 BC
    • People first revolted against their leaders
  • Ancient Greek sculptures made of
    • Limestone
    • Bronze
    • Marble
  • Main Greek architecture
    • Architectures, sculpture painting painted poetry and music
  • Philosophers
    • Socrates
      • Interested in knowledge and ethics
      • Looked at the big picture- right and wrong; good and evil
      • Asked people what they knew;  questioned people- Socratic method
      • Charged with corruption of the youth of Athens and disrespecting the gods
      • His sentence was death by hemlock poisoning
    • Plato
      • He thought the philosophers should be in charge
      • Allegory of the cave
    • Aristotle
      • Plato's student
      • Founded logical theory
      • Happiness is the goal to life
  • Peloponnesian war
    • Who, what, where, when, why
  • Greek Drama
    • Masks
    • The scheme
  • Archimedes
    • Found the volume by putting something in water
    • Used levy's and pulleys to move things

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