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GREEK TOPIC BACKGROUND QUESTIONS (H-block 2009):

 

Topic: Trojan War 

Presenter: Matt Lieberson

Questions:

1. Which goddess was the one goddess not invited to the wedding?  What did she send up to the wedding?

2. Which archaeologist began exploration to see if there ever was a Trojan War?

3. What two books were based off of the Trojan War?

 

Topic:  Athens in the Golden Age

Presenter: Sir William Quigley

Questions:

1. From what years did the Athenian Golden Age take place?

2.What were the three main goals of Pericles towards Athens?

3.What were two types of dramas?

 

Topic:  Sparta

Presenter: Alex Stein

Questions:

1.  What type of miltary tactic did the Spartans use?

2. Why did they not allow torches to and from meals?

3. What year was the Chigi Vase discovered?

 

Topic:  Olympic Games

Presenter:

Questions:

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Topic:  Greek Heroes/Hero Cycle

Presenter: Ben Webber the Great

Questions:

1. What were some characteristics of the ideal Greek hero?

2. What did Achilles do when King Agamemnon took his slave women away?

3. According to Joseph Campbell, what happened in the hero's journey after crossing the threshold to the Special World?

 

 

Topic:  Class Structure

Presenter: MARY LINDSAY RYAN

Questions:

1. What was the social rank, from top to bottom, of the people in Ancient Athens? 

2. How did women get their social rank?

3. Why did parents feel a need to harshly beat their children?

 

 

Topic:  Art

Presenter: Patrick Phelan 

Questions:

1. What are the four periods of Greek art?

2. What was Mimesis?

3. What did the Greek key symbolize?

 

Topic:  Architecture

Presenter: Sam Fox

Questions:

1. What are the different parts of the Doric columns called?     

2. What is the technique called to join two pieces of stone together?

3. What are the two main types of rooms in an average Greek house?

 

Topic: Socrates

Presenter: Zach Phelan-Waters

Questions:

1. During what years did Socrates live?

2. What is a basic description of the Socratic Method?

3. What's another name for the Socratic Method?