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6. The primary function of an acropolis was religious - to be the city's main temple to its chief god/goddess. True or False

  • False - The primary function of any acropolis was defensive - to be a refuge in times of danger.
  • True

7. What was the Panopoly?

  • army formation
  • Festival of Athena in Athens
  • helmet and breastplate of hoplite
  • Where all the main temples stood

8. Negotiation?

  • The practice of coastal trading by which small vessels load and off-load various commodities in different ports.
  • When an artefact of one material is crafted in imitation of the appearance of an artefact of another material, usually of higher value.
  • The right to return to one's country of origin.
  • When the meaning of use of an artefact is changed by a society.
  • The practice of identifying the work of different artistic 'hands' in the archaeological record, based on the accumulated knowledge of the individual researcher.

9. What is a metope?

  • The entrance to a sacred enclosure
  • a rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs
  • The sacred image of the deity, usually fashioned out of wood
  • A sacred pit, usually for votives or sacrifical remains

10. Who did Aristotle credit with having been the inventor if Greek city planning?

  • Hippadamus of Miletus
  • Pythagoras of Samos
  • Herodotus of Hellicarnassus
  • Pausanias of Athens

11. Frieze

  • the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain
  • triangular shape, placed above the horizontal structure of the entablature, typically supported by columns
  • the topmost member of a column
  • ornament placed on a flat base and mounted at the apex of the pediment of a building in the Classical style

12. Temenos?

  • The sacred enclosure around a temple.
  • The entrance to a sacred enclosure.
  • The sacred image of the deity, usually fashioned out of wood.
  • A sacred pit, usually for votives or sacrifical remains.

13. Which of the following commodities are known to have been carried in Greek transport amphoare?

  • All of them (except slaves)
  • spare ribs
  • olives
  • wine

14. Where is an Architrave on a building?

  • a main beam resting across the tops of columns.
  • another term to describe supporting columns
  • an arch, either decorative or fundimental
  • the base of a metope

15. Guttae?

  • the platform on which the superstructure of the building is erected
  • a short plinth used to support a pedestal, sculpture or column
  • a small water-repelling, cone-shaped projection used in the architrave
  • a triangular shape, placed above the horizontal structure of the entablature, typically supported by columns

16. Where is the Greek colony of Metapontum located?

  • Sicily
  • East coast of Italy
  • South coast of Italy
  • West coast of Italy

17. Propylon?

  • The sacred image of the deity, usually fashioned out of wood
  • The entrance to a sacred enclosure
  • The sacred enclosure around a temple
  • A sacred pit, usually for votives or sacrifical remains

18. Define 'Oikist'?

  • trading post
  • traders
  • leader of colonies
  • colony

19. Xoanon?

  • The entrance to a sacred enclosure
  • A sacred pit, usually for votives or sacrifical remains
  • The sacred image of the deity, usually fashioned out of wood
  • The sacred enclosure around a temple

20. Skeumorphic?

  • When an artefact of one material is crafted in imitation of the appearance of an artefact of another material, usually of higher value.
  • When the meaning of use of an artefact is changed by a society.
  • The practice of coastal trading by which small vessels load and off-load various commodities in different ports.
  • The practice of identifying the work of different artistic 'hands' in the archaeological record, based on the accumulated knowledge of the individual researcher.
  • The right to return to one's country of origin.