University of Arkansas.
Study Guide: CLST 1003/1003H.
Fall, 2009.
Professor Daniel B. Levine.
The second hour exam will be in class (2:30 PM) on Monday, December 7,
2009.
Students will bring blank blue books to class.
I. SHORT ANSWERS: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF GREECE, Chapters 6, 7,
and 8. Students will answer two (out of a choice of four) from the
following (15%).
Biers Ch. 6:
What years does the “Orientalizing Period” comprise, and why
is it called “Orientalizing”?
What is a “cella”? (The Greek word is naos.)
What is a “peripteral temple”?
How is an Ionic column different from a Doric column?
What is the “Black Figure” technique of vase painting?
What were decorated bronze cauldrons used for?
Biers Ch. 7:
What years does “Archaic Greek Art” encompass? What period
follows it?
In what years did the two Persian invasions of Greece take place? What
happened in those wars?
Why were stone temples more expensive to make than wooden ones?
How were the Archaic temples of Asia Minor different from those in Greece
proper? (Use the term “dipteral columniation,” and make your answer
more impressive!)
Why was the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus “was classed as one of
the wonders of the ancient world”?
What were “treasuries” used for? Where were they located? What
did they look like?
What does “agora” mean? What was in the Agora of Athens?
Define: kouros; kore. Why were kouros figures naked, but kore figures
clothed?
When did Red Figure style begin, and how did it compare to the black-figure
style?
What are bilingual vases?
Biers Ch. 8:
What was Perikles’ position in Athens of the fifth century? What did
he have to do with art?
Why did Sparta oppose the Athenian Empire?
Who was Phidias? What did he do? (see pages 22, 196, 197, 222, 234-235)
What kind of stone was used for the Zeus Temple at Olympia, and how was
it ‘dressed up’? What was the subject of its metopes?
Why was the Temple of Hephaistos at Athens so well preserved?
What was the statue of Athena Parthenos made of?
What uses did the Parthenon have?
Why was the Erechtheion’s plan so complex?
What was the Propylaia used for?
II. RELATIONSHIPS: Describe the relationship between the following,
with examples from the works of Herodotus, Thucydides, Aeschylus, and Aristophanes
(Describe how they interact, the importance for the context, the development
of character, cultural knowledge of the period, the effect on the audience).
[Students will write on two out of four choices from the following.]
30%
RELATIONSHIPS IN HERODOTUS
Solon and Croesus (Herodotus 1.29-34, 1.86)
Cyrus the Great and Queen Tomyris of the Massagetae (Herodotus 1. 204-216)
Scythian Men and the Amazons (Herodotus 4.110-117)
Aristagoras Tyrant of Miletus and Lacedaemonian King Cleomenes (Herodotus
5.48-55)
Miltiades the Athenian General, and Callimachus of Aphidnae the War Archon
in 490 at Marathon (Herodotus 6.109-117)
Xerxes the Persian King and Demaratus the former Spartan King (Herodotus
7.101-105; 7.208-210)
Xerxes the Persian King and Artemisia the woman admiral from Halicarnassus
(Herodotus 7.99, 8.68-69, 8.87-88, 8.93. 8.101-103, 8.107).
RELATIONSHIPS IN THUCYDIDES
Pericles and Athens (Thucydides 1.139-145; 2.34-47)
Kleon and Diodotus, Athenians (Thucydides 3.35-50)
The Melians (of the island of Melos) and the Athenians (Thucydides 5.84-116)
Alcibiades and Nikias, Athenian Generals (Thucydides 6.8-31)
RELATIONSHIPS IN AESCHYLUS’ ORESTEIA
Clytemnestra and Cassandra (Aeschylus Agamemnon)
Agamemnon and Iphigeneia (Aeschylus Agamemnon)
Aegisthus and Orestes (Aeschylus Libation Bearers)
Orestes and Electra (Aeschylus Libation Bearers)
Orestes and Clytemnestra (Aeschylus Libation Bearers)
Apollo and Orestes (Aeschylus The Furies)
The Furies and Athena (Aeschylus The Furies)
RELATIONSHIPS IN ARISTOPHANES’ BIRDS, LYSISTRATA, WOMEN
AT THE THESMOPHORIA
Peisetaerus, Euelpides, and Athens (Aristophanes Birds prologue)
Cloudcuckooland and the gods (Aristophanes Birds)
Peisetaerus and Princess (Basileia, Aristophanes Birds end)
Chorus of Old Men and Chorus of Old Women (Aristophanes Lysistrata)
Lysistrata and the Magistrate (Aristophanes, Lysistrata)
Cinesias and Myrrhine (Aristophanes, Lysistrata)
Euripides’ Kinsman and the Scythian Archer (Aristophanes Women at
the Thesmophoria)
The women at the Thesmophoria and Euripides (Aristophanes Women at
the Thesmophoria)
Cleisthenes and the Athenian Women at the Thesmophoria (Aristophanes
Women at the Thesmophoria)
III. QUOTATIONS: Students will identify the speaker, context, and
addressee in two quotations from our readings. Fair game quotations
are from the following places: Herodotus 7.140-142, 8.88; Thucydides 1.66-71;
Agamemnon 281-316; Libation Bearers 183-211; The Furies
64-84, 657-673; Birds 1102-1118, 1632-1634, Lysistrata 148-154,
599-602, 1113-1135; Women at the Thesmophoria 81-84, 467-519, 730-738,
1123-1124. (15%)
IV. CLASSICS IN OUR WORLD: Students will briefly explain 1) the modern
meaning, 2) the ancient concept/story behind the ‘Classics in Our World’
words that students have presented to date, and 3) write a sentence using
the modern meaning of the word, to show an understanding of the relation
between the modern meaning and its ancient origin. [Students will write
on two out of four.] 20%
hector (as a verb, as a noun)
Electra complex
solon
mausoleum
Midas’ ass’s ears
terpsichorean
draconian
harpy
procrustean
protean
Example of minimum answer: Nestor: 1) Definition: A wise old man 2) Ancient
Concept/Story: Old man in the Iliad. 3) Sentence: Dr. Levine is a Nestor.
Example of a more complete answer: Nestor: 1) Definition: A venerable
and wise old man who talks a lot. 2) Ancient Concept/Story: In the Iliad,
Nestor makes long speeches and tells his fellow heroes of his many exploits
in the past. He rules over a third generation of men. He attempts to mediate
in the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilles (1), and advises Patroclus
to put on Achilles’ armor to help the beleaguered Achaeans when the Trojans
are at the ships. After all, he says, Patroclus is older, and so Achilles
should listen to him. He has a cup that only he can lift easily (11). 3)
Sentence: The landslide reelection of Ronald Reagan in 1984 (when he was
73 years old) can be partially attributed to the fact that many Americans
saw him as the Nestor of American politics — due to his long political
experience and his words that were, like Nestor’s ‘sweeter than honey.’
V. SLIDES: Students will look at slides and explain the items portrayed.
Students will identify the subject of the images and use relevant terminology
to describe them. This can include identification of the period, and description
of the use, significance, and material, as relevant.
Fair game for slides: Biers Figs. 6.1 (Temple Plan), 6.12 (Mantiklos
Kouros), 6.19 (Eleusis Amphora), 7.9 (Treasuries), 7.12 (New York Kouros),
7.16, 7.17 (Peplos Kore), 7.30-32 (François Vase), 7.49-7.52 (Archaic
Coins), 8.1-8.2 (Zeus Temple at Olympia), 8.6-8.10 (Parthenon), 8.40-8.43
(Parthenon frieze), 8.50 (Athena Parthenos), 8.57 (Pentheseleia cup interior),
8.62 (White Ground Lekythos), 8.63 (Transport Amphoras), and any slides
relating to the Oresteia. [Students will write on three or
four slides]. (20%)
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