REVIEW SHEET FOR TEST TWO:

Please note: this review sheet is meant as a guide. It is not intended to be completely representative of material likely to show up on the test.

Chapters (in Fleming) to be covered: 3 and 4

Secondary Text (Matthews and Platt) selection to be covered: Epicurus, Vergil

Lectures to be covered: all of them since the last test

Number and style of questions: 50 multiple choice (~~10-13 of them use pictures)

Key terms and people:

Hellenism, Hellenic

Philip of Macedonia

Alexander the Great

Plutarch (on the qualities of Alexander the Great –see Hellenism I)

Diodorus (on the final plans of A the G -see Hellenism I)

Attalids (Eumenes II, Attalus I, Attalus II)

Altar of Zeus (frieze and architecture), Gaul and his Wife, Dying Gaul, Old Market Woman®

First School of Pergamon vs. Second School of Pergamon

Pergamene acropolis

As compared to the Athenian acropolis

Pluralism, Cosmopolitanism

The key ideas in Hellenistic Society (e.g., empiricism)

-As compared to Hellenic Society

Antiquarianism

-Theocritus, Altar of Zeus

Epicurus on god, on pleasure, and on the value of philosophy

Hedonism

The musical contribution of Hellenism

Battle of Issus mosaic® individualism

Painting in Hellenistic times

King Mausolus® individualism

Etruscans

Etruscan Tombs; what were they like; what was found in them?

Sarcophagi

Etruscan Temple as described by Vitruvius: p. 96

Compare with Hellenism:

Julius Caesar

Pater familias, Pater patriae

Republic

Standing army- what is it? What effects did it have on Rome?

Slavery and its effects

Ara Pacis Augustae

Dictator

-the first dictator was…

Emperor

-the first emperor was…

Bread and Circuses: what they are, the political function they played, their origins, etc.

Colosseum: seating capacity, the different architectural orders in the columns

-the role of music at these events

Bathhouses--- why these may have helped keep the underclass satiated

Amusement Art; art for the masses

-examples of

-why this may be bad for society

Athenaeus’s thoughts on popular art (~200 AD)