QUIZ ON THE ACROPOLIS

1. Who was the politician who planned the buildings on the acropolis?2. What does the word acropolis mean?3. What kind of carving would you find on the Parthenon frieze?4. Explain the word anathyrosis.5. What number of flutes would you typically find on a Doric column?6. Name one of the architects of the Parthenon.7. Which Persian king razed the buildings on the acropolis in 480 BC?8. From where did the Parthenon marble come?9. Who were the Lapiths?10. Which scene was shown on the East Pediment of the Parthenon?11. Photograph12. Who was Themistocles?13. Name the Spartan king who fought at Thermopylae.14. On a Doric temple where would you find a triglyph?15. How did the builders find a level for horizontal lines in a building

then?16. Explain one of the refinements of the Parthenon.17. Name the other architect of the Parthenon.18. Who was the overall designer of the sculptures of the Parthenon.19. On which three places on the Parthenon would you find

sculptures?20. What was different about the roof of the Parthenon compared to

the rest of the building?21. Another refinement on the Parthenon?22. Name the building you had to go through to enter onto the

acropolis.23. Photograph24. What three types of transport were used to get the marble to the

acropolis?25. What was the one metal element in the building of the

Parthenon?26. Name the unusual Ionic temple across from the Parthenon.27. What happened at Salamis?28. Mention one Ionic feature of the parthenon.29. What does the word Parthenon mean?30. What were the two main materials of the statue inside the

Parthenon?31. What does the Parthenon frieze probably show?32. Name two of the other scenes on the Parthenon metopes.33. What length was the frieze?34. Photograph35. Where would you have to go to see most of the Parthenon

sculptures now?36. Who was Jacques Carrey?

37. Who was Lord Elgin?38. What does the word democracy mean?39. Where did the Athenian assembly meet?40. What was a peplos?