Study Guide for CLAS 50 Midterm
The first section will consist of slide identifications (6 or so). Succinctly convey the
following information: name of object/site/architectural example, etc. (this may be
something specific [Chigi vase] or a general class [protogeometric cup]); date (again, this
may be specific or general depending on the subject), brief description, material,
significance.
 The slide IDs will most likely come from the powerpoint presentations (which can
be viewed on-line by following the links to Classics 170A, courses, classics home
page).
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As a general rule of thumb entries in the list of terms for each class and shown in
the powerpoint lectures are likely candidates to appear as slide IDs
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Finally, slide ID’s can also come from the readings (textbook and packet), even in
cases where the object did not appear in class
Bronze Age
Dark Ages
Geometric Period
Orientalizing Period
Archaic Period
Classical Period
Stratification
Terminus Post Quem
Dendrochronology
Indo-Europeans
H. Schliemann
Bronze Age
Homeric Epic
Classical period
Troy and Trojan War
Mycenaeans, Minoans
Knossos
Mycenae, Shaft Graves
Mask of Agamemnon
Rhyton
Cyclopean masonry
Lion Gate
Relieving triangle
Tholos tomb
Pylos, home of King Nestor
Megaron
Linear B
M. Ventris
Wanax
SubMycenaean
Warrior Burials
Zagora, settlement
Sybrita, Crete
Fibula (pin)
Big Man
Hoplite
Exekias
Marathon
Achilles and Penthesilia
Chigi Vase
Suicide of Ajax
Tyrtaeus
Andokides/Bilingual vases
Olympia, Altar of Zeus
Pioneers
Stadium race course
Euphronius
Treasury of the Athenians
Death of Sarpedon
Serpent column, Delphi
Euthymides
Tithe
Phintias
Colonization
Kritios Boy
Foundation dates for Sicilian colonies
pentaconter
Blonde Boy
Pithecusae
Euthydikos Kore
Nestor’s Cup
Tyrant Slayers
Akragas
Temple of Zeus, Olympia
Megara Hyblaea, Agora
Old Seer
Metaponto, Rural Land Division
Ethnicity
Athenian Empire
Cranial deformation
Tribute Lists
Dorians and Ionians (peplos and chiton)
Symposium
Erechtheum
Locri plaques
Parthenon
Paestum and Lucanians
Panathenaic Festival
Elements of Doric architectural order
Thermon
Panathenaic Way
Thermon, Metope
optical refinements
Temple of Hera at Olympia
Mantiklos Apollo
Mourning Athena
Nikandre Dedication
Centaur metope
Kouros type
Early Kouros from Sounion
Kroisos Kouros
Spartan Funerary Relief
Temple of Hera near Argos
Kleobis and Biton
Chief
Lefkandi
Polis
Dipylon Cemetery, Vases
Geometric temple model
Phoenicians, alphabet
Delphi
Pythian Priestess
Pytho
Polyphemus Vase (Cyclops)
Corinthian pottery, Orientalizing
Plank first construction
Amphora
Ulu Burun shipwreck
Black Figure/Red Figure
J.D. Beazley/Connoisseurship
Nessos Amphora
Eye cup
Synoptic time
White-ground lekythos
Loutrophoros
Sanctuary of Kaberioi
The second part of the exam will be an essay. You will have choice. Possible topics
include:
1. What was the point of the Archaic kouroi and korai? Do you consider them to be
conceptual (idealistic) or representational (realistic) works of art? Give examples.
2. In what ways have the discoveries made at Lefkandi changed our understanding of
Early Iron Age Greece?
3. Is colonization a cause or effect of polis development? How did it contribute to
Greek developments on the mainland?
4. When did the polis rise and what archaeological indications do we have that it rose?
What are the most important of these indications?
5. What was the nature of the Greeks’ relationship to Near Eastern art and ideas? Would
you characterize this relationship as one of imitation or adaptation? Give examples.
How did this relationship change over time?
6. Consider the Mycenaean palatial centers. What do the architectural aspects of the
palaces and the nearby tombs reveal about economic, political, and/or social factors?
7. “Archaeology is capable of proving or disproving the historical accuracy of the
written record.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Discuss examples
from Greece ca. 1500 to 400 B.C.
8. Many textbooks on Greek Art and Architecture consider the Parthenon and its
sculptural program to represent the epitome of the Doric order. Do you agree with
this assessment of the temple and its decoration? Why? Why not? In your response,
make sure to consider temples built both before the Parthenon.
9. What causes change in the archaeological record? Consider examples of change from
Orientalizing, Archaic, and Classical Greece (7th century to 5th century B.C.).