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Stop #1: The Parthenon
Visit The Greeks-Crucible of Civilization at PBS.org
Click on Pericles and read the selection to answer 1-4.
1.
When was construction begun and when was it completed?
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3.
Who was Pericles? Describe his connection with the Parthenon?
What was the purpose of the Parthenon?
4. Why were its columns made thicker in the center?
Click on the Acropolis Experience and watch both clips to answer the next question.
5.
What did the frieze inside the Parthenon depict and represent?
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Stop #2: The Theatre
Go to the site index of The Greeks-Crucible of Civilization and click on Leisured Life: The Theatre. Also read Theatre
in Ancient Greece: The Festival of Dionysus and answer the following.
1.
Where was the first theatre in Ancient Greece?
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What did the playwrights explore through their plays?
What or who was Dionysus?
4. Describe the festival celebrated in his name.
Return to the site index of The Greeks-Crucible of Civilization and click on Origins of Theatre-The First Actor,
continue reading through The Different Types of Greek Drama and their importance and The Great Playwrights of
Athens. Make sure to watch the video. Read Ancient Greek Drama Study Guide Answer the following.
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6.
Which playwright introduced a second actor to his plays?
What term was used to describe that actor?
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What was the sole actor from earlier plays referred to as? Are these terms also used in literature?
How so?
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What were the three types of plays performed in Ancient Greece? Describe each type.
Describe the element Euripedes added to his plays.
10. Explain the origins of the word thespian.
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Stop #3: Meet Socrates
Return to the Greeks-Crucible of Civilization Home Page and click on Socrates. Read through stopping to watch the
videos.
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Did Socrates fulfill the Ancient Greek ideal of beauty? Detail how so or how not.
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What does the word philosopher mean?
What was at the center of Socrates method of inquiry?
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What was Socrates always in pursuit of?
Who were the Sophists and what was the aim of their teaching methods?
6. What were Socrates’ criticisms of the Sophists?
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Stop #4: Wander Around
Use the site index of The Greeks-Crucible of Civilization to find the passages that will detail the root of the following
words:
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Marathon
Ostracism
Demos