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Study Guide for the Second Exam

Humanities 120/Philosophy 230

   

The second quiz will be similar in format to the first quiz.  It will cover of Chapter 3 of WH.  It will also cover the readings  from Plato, Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound, Euripedes’ The Trojan Women, Herodotus' Histories, and Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War.  The exam is cumulative so you should review material from the first exam.

 

  1. You will be shown images on the screen and asked identify the civilization within which works of art and architecture were produced.  Be able to identify Paleolithic, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Archaic Greek, Hellenic Greek.

  2. Be able to identify the Second Temple of of Hera, the Parthenon, the Erechtheum, and the theater at Epidauros.  Also be able to identify Hermes with the Infant Dionysus, Doryphoros, and Athena Parthenos.  If the name of the architect or artist is known, you should learn it.  Be sure to review the earlier buildings.

  3. Know these people and gods:
    Gods: Dionysus, Apollo, Athena, Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Aphrodite, Hermes
    Leaders: Pericles, Xerxes, Alcibiades
    Philosophers: Protagorus, Gorgias, Socrates
    Pl    aywrights: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
    Historians: Herodotus, Thucydides
    Architects and sculptors: Ictinus and Callicrates, Polykleitos, Praxiteles, Phidias, Mnesicles.
  1. Review the cultural terms at the end of Chapter 3. 
  2. Study the maps on pages 56.  Know the locations of  Athens, Sparta, Thebes, the Black Sea, Ionian Sea, and the locations required on the first quiz as well.
     
  3. Know the order and significance of major historical events such as the Persian Wars, the formation of the Delian League, and the Peloponnesian War, and the Spartan and Theban hegemony.
  4. Be prepared to answer short-answer questions on the major primary sources in philosophy and literature.
  5. There will be an essay question.  It will be one of the following:

    a.  Explain the theme of Euripedes' The Trojan Women.  Is this theme strengthened or weakened by setting the play in Troy rather than the Athens of his day?