Acropolis Building Project
People, places, terms:
Doric order vs Ionic order (be able both to define, and to recognize)
metope
frieze
capital
pediment
Be able to identify archaic versus classical sculpture, and to describe the central features of each
Be prepared to discuss what Pollitt calls the “Olympian gaze” and be able to describe why Pollitt thinks this a central feature of the period, that is, how this “gaze” fits in with other characteristics of the age (according to Pollitt)
Drama
People, places, terms:
Theater of Dionysus
Be prepared to list the three great tragedians and to describe some of the principal events in their lives
Aeschylus 525-456 BC
Sophocles 496-406 BC
Euripides 486-406 BC
Be prepared to list some principal functions for the chorus in Greek tragedy
Oedipus the King
People, places, terms:
Oedipus
Jocasta
Laius
Sphinx
Teiresias
Apollo = Phoebus = Loxias = Pytho’s god
Delphi = Pytho
Thebes
miasma
riddle of the Sphinx (two versions)
Click here for a summary of the play
Passages from the Oedipus:
The exam will, as with the midterm, contain quotations of certain passages. For these,
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(1)be prepared to give the context (which scene is it from; or if it is from a chorus song, say that)
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(2)be prepared to comment on its significance (see slides and class notes)
