Worksheets2: Greek and Roman temples
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following is the name for the steps leading up to a temple?
Stereobate
Stylobate
Peripteral
Colonnade
Which of the following is NOT a decorative feature on the outside of a temple
Metope
Triglyph
Naos
Pediment
Which names are given to the central part of temple that functions as the god's house?
Naos
Pronaos
Opisthodomos
Cella
What is the name of number 6 and what was it for?
Pronaos
Housing the cult statue
Treasury
Opisthodomos
What type of columns does the Parthenon have?
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Engaged
What words are associated with this image?
Volutes
Ionic
Capital
Architrave
What are metopes?
Another word for the stone pillars that support the temple with a post and lintel structure
Triangular spaces at the tope of the temple, often containing sculpture
Square slabs, often containing sculpture, situated above the architrave
Rectangular slabs with grooves carved into them, situated above the architrave
To whom was the Parthenon dedicated?
Parthians
Minerva
Poseidon
Athena
To whom was the temple at Olympia dedicated?
Artemis
Zeus
Hera
Dionysus
Which temple has Corinthian columns?
Zeus at Olympia
Zeus at Athens
Parthenon
Temple of Nike on the acropolis
You could enter both Greek temples and Roman temples from both the front and the rear. True, false or half right?
True
False
Greek temples only
Roman temples only
What is a caryatid?
A statue of the god situated in the cella or naos
A chryselephantine statue
A ritual basin that contained water
Sculpted female figures taking the places of columns
Which is the name given to religious 'pollution'?
Miasma
Cacophany
Euphony
Calypso
What is significant about the word 'temenos'?
Gives us the word 'temple'
Sanctuary
A basin of purified water
A healing centre
On which side would you enter a Greek temple?
North
East
South
West
Which word is not associated with columns?
Colonnade
Peristyle
Crepidoma
Peripteral
What is the name given to a circular temple?
Prostyle
Dipteral
Tholos
In Antis
Which is the 'youngest' or ‘latest’ column order?
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Which term is given to the concave grooves carved into a column from top to bottom?
Flutes
Shafts
Frieze
Capital
Which was the simplest column style/order?
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
