CLAS 1000: Final Exam
74 Cards in this Set
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Odysseus, Phoenix, Ajax
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The three members to the embassy of Achilles in Book 9 of the Iliad
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Chriseis
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Priestess of Apollo Agammemnon was obliged to return to her father in the Iliad
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Aphrodite
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Rescues Paris from his duel with Menelaus
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Athens, Thebes, Pylus
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Three centers prominent in Mycenean period
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Apollo, Aphrodite
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Gods fighting for Trojans in the Iliad
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Hera, Athena
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Goddesses fighting for Achaeans in the Iliad
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Gifts, An Apology
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Two things Nestor recommend Agammemnon offer Achilles
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Hephaestus
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God who constructed shield of Achilles
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Briseis
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Captive girl who mourned the death of Patroclus
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Chariot racing, wrestling, Javelin throw, Discuss toss
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Athletic contest from funeral games for Patroclus
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Father of Glory
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What does Patroclus' name mean
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Kleos
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Greek term for glory
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Ate
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Greek term for madness
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Linear A
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Writing system used my Minoans
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Cauldron, Tripod, mules, women
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Items Achilles offered as prizes at funeral games
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Linear B
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Writing system used by Myceneans
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Time
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Greek term for honor
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geras
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Greek term for prize
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Nichoria, Lefkhandi
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Two sites with apsidal houses prominent during the Dark Age
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Cnossus
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Rectangular building with perch and hearth in Mycenean palace
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Tholos
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Tomb common in bronze age that resembles a beehive
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Lerna
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Site where house of tiles was located
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Early Bronze
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What period does house of tiles belong
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Cyclopedan
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Early bronze age culture defined by flat, marble female figurines
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Minotaur
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Half man, half bull creature in labyrinth of Crete
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Xenia
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Greek term for hospitality
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Agamemmnon
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Treasure of Atreus is tomb of what hero in the Iliad?
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Akrotiri
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Site buried in volcanic ash in 1628 BCE
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Olympia
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One site with evidence of religious activity in Dark Age
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Krater
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Type of pottery shape used in bronze age
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Anthropomorphic
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term giving a human figure to divine beings
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Protogeometric
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style of pottery decoration categorized by concentric circles and semicircles
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1800-1200 BCE
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Dates for late bronze age (Mycenaean period)
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Epimetheus
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Prometheus' brother
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Philia
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Greek term for friendship
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Muses
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Gods Hesiod invokes at beginning of Theogony and Works and Days
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Aphrodite
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Who was born from Cronus' genitals in Theogony
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Gaia
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Who plans to overthrow Uranus in Theogony?
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1200-800
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Dates for Dark Age Greece
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Francthi
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Cave in Greece with evidence of occupation from 20,000 BCE-3,000 BCE
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Work, Women
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In Hesiod's Work and Days, the two punishments for mankind
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Meleager
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Story of which hero convinces Achilles to return to battle
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Wolf
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Scholar Responsible for excavating the Minoan Culture
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Neolithic
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Invention of the plow occurred in this period
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Plague
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Not a probably cause of the fall of the Bronze Age civilization
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Achaeans, Argives, Danaans
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Names used to designate the Greeks in The Iliad
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Epithet
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Term applied to two word "stock phrase," in the Iliad like "Grey-eyed Athena"
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Ekphrasis
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Long digression in the Iliad, such as the description of Achilles Shield
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Glaucus, Diomedes
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Two figures who exchange armor in book 6 of the Iliad
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Iron, Gold, Heroes
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Races of Humankind described by Hesiod in Works and Days
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Achilles, Odysseus, Diomedes
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Who Athena protects in the Iliad
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Athena
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Child of Zeus only (no mother)
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Cyclopes
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Group that helps Olympian Gods in war with Titans in Theogony
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Didactic
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Works and Days is this type of poem
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Hephaestus
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In works and days, which God makes Pandora
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Priam
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Who retrieves hector's body in the Iliad
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Justice, Kings, Oathes
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All of these are Zeus' direct control
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Hipparchus, Hippias
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Two sons of Pisistratus who ruled Athens from 527-510
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500-Measures Men
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Term Pentakosiomedimnoi
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Cylon
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Olympian victor who failed to set himself up as Tyrant by seizing Acropolis in 632 BCE
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Draco
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Known for early laws on homocide in Athens, 620 BCE
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Lycurgus
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Legendary King and Lawgiver of Archaic Sparta
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Helot
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Greek term for state owned slaves at Sparta
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Overseers
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English term for Ephors
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Theogonus, Alcaeus
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Two Lyric poets from Archaic Period
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Kouros
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Greek term for freestanding male youth sculptures
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Hoplites
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Greek term for heavily armed footsoldiers in Archaic Greece
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Athens
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City with Treasury building at Delphi
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Sicily, Italy
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Two regions colonized by Greeks in Archaic period
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Oligarchy
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English translation means "rule by few"
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Satrapies
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term for provinces of the persian Empire
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Cyrus II
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Founder of Persian Empire
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Triremes
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Light, maneuverable warships
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Ostracism
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System where athenians would vote to send someone to exile for 10 years
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