The Acropolis & The Parthenon Frieze
11 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.The Peloponnesian Legue transfered its treasury to Athens after disatser in?
- A.
Sparta
- B.
Egypt
- C.
Corinth
- D.
Attica
- 2.The 1st Peloponnesian war (undeclared) was faught between Athens and?
- A.
Sparta Leagues
- B.
Rome
- C.
Lesbos
- D.
Egypt
- 3.Pericles was elected proecutor of ?
- A.
Ephialtes
- B.
Plutarch
- C.
Pausanias
- D.
Cimon
- 4.Public building program largely took place in?
- A.
440-430's BCE
- B.
340-330 BCE
- C.
820-800 BCE
- D.
720-770 BCE
- 5.Perccles can from a __________background
- A.
It is not known
- B.
Son of a freed slave
- C.
Aristocratic
- D.
Rural farming family
- 6.Doric order is?
- A.
A legue of city states
- B.
A type of architecture
- C.
Pericles' council
- D.
Name for 5th cent historians
- 7.Topography is the Acropolis means?
- A.
Its wealth
- B.
Its fame
- C.
It's location relation to the rest of Athens
- D.
How close it was to teh Sea
- 8.Which of the fololowing is NOT a temple of the Acropolis ?
- A.
Temple Athene Nike
- B.
Shrine of Artemis Brauronia
- C.
Precinct of Poseidon
- D.
Temple of the Sun and Apollo
- 9.How many sets of metopes are there on the Parthenon ?
- A.
2
- B.
4
- C.
6
- D.
8
- 10.Acording to Pausanias the pediment of the entrence of the Parthenon?
- A.
Birth of Athena
- B.
Birth of Athens
- C.
Birth of Aphrodite
- D.
Birth of Poseidon
- 11.The Parthenon frieze is often thought to depict ?
- A.
Festival Panthenaia
- B.
Festival Dionysus
- C.
Festival Peania
- D.
Festival of Athena Pilos
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