qreek quiz 4

Lefkandi

• site of earliest inscribe greek law. Law on the powers of the Kosmos
• Dark ages settlement on the island of Euboia. Contained the burial of a man, woman and four horses. Largest megaron found to date.
• Greek colony/new independent polis / bound to mother city by religious & moral ties
• custom of hospitality, specifically the giving of presents to guests or strangers,

apsidal

• A building the architectural form of which is characterized by a semi-circular end, such as is the case for the hero on of Lefkandi and some early Greek temples in the eighth century BC
• drinking party
• 800-500 BC
• in early Greece, the qualities of excellence that a hero strives to win in a struggle or contest

Toumba at Lefkandi

• located on the lower east slope of the Toumba hillock
• in early Greece, the qualities of excellence that a hero strives to win in a struggle or contest
• site in Aitolia
• First Olympic Games

Basileus

• custom of hospitality, specifically the giving of presents to guests or strangers,
• A building the architectural form of which is characterized by a semi-circular end, such as is the case for the hero on of Lefkandi and some early Greek temples in the eighth century BC
• Greek for "king," which ultimately derives from a Mycenaean title referring to minor local officials. During the Early Iron Age it was applied to the ruling elite of burgeoning communities, and by the end of the Archaic period it was often applied to religious officials of the polls, such as was the case for the Archon Basileus at Athens.
• An aggregate of communities that professed a common ethnic identity, such as the Aitolians or Arkadians, who all claimed descent from a common heroic ancestor.

Heroon at Lefkandi

• traditionally depicted the dead person laid out on a funeral bier as attendants from the household stand, kneel, and engage in lamentations around the corpse
• trading post, a place where traders of 1 nation had exclusive rights to trade with another nation
• Monumental structure in timber and mud brick covering the burials of a man, woman, and four horses. Ca. 1000-950 BC
• adopted a Semitic alphabet in two stages

Oikos

• built and used during Iron age
• A ritual carrying away of a coffin; a funeral procession to a cemetery
• An aggregate of communities that professed a common ethnic identity, such as the Aitolians or Arkadians, who all claimed descent from a common heroic ancestor.
• Literally, "household"; beginning in the Early Iron Age, the oikos was the standard patrilineal family unit consisting of a man, wife, children, house, and all dependents and chattels.

Dipylon Vase

• Dark ages settlement on the island of Euboia. Contained the burial of a man, woman and four horses. Largest megaron found to date.
• traditionally depicted the dead person laid out on a funeral bier as attendants from the household stand, kneel, and engage in lamentations around the corpse
• sprint the length of the stadium
• name | Dipylon Vase, artist | unknown, period | Geometric (Ancient Greek Art, date | circa 750 BC

Ekphora

• Literally, "household"; beginning in the Early Iron Age, the oikos was the standard patrilineal family unit consisting of a man, wife, children, house, and all dependents and chattels.
• site of earliest inscribe greek law. Law on the powers of the Kosmos
• A ritual carrying away of a coffin; a funeral procession to a cemetery
• Where: Coast of Italy, When: 775-750 BC, Characteristics: Mycenean pottery discovered here, metal working quarters, imported pottery for decorative purposes. Nestor Cup, ca. 730 BC: up to date with artistic trends. First times we see writing anywhere in the Greek world. Cultural Flowering.

prothesis

• founded in 776 BC. Greek athletic competitions to celebrate the Gods and feed city-state rivalries
• -Greek olympian - boxing, running, pancration - 5th c. BC, -First to win boxing and pancration in the same games, -Competed in all Panhellenic Games , -Approx. 1300 victories, -Self-proclaimed son of Hercules, -Self-fashioning of god-like, heroic nature, -People think of Milo as a god, Theagenes crafts that image himself
• The early phase of Archaic Greek art (seventh century BCE), so named because of the adoption of forms and motifs from the ancient Near East and Egypt.
• traditionally depicted the dead person laid out on a funeral bier as attendants from the household stand, kneel, and engage in lamentations around the corpse

the polis

• arete and xenia
• a city state in ancient Greece, especially as considered in its ideal form for philosophical purposes.
• adopted a Semitic alphabet in two stages
• 800-500 BC