The Greeks
Across
- 1. Center of civic and commercial life
- 5. Oil bottle used for perfume.
- 7. Goddess of love and beauty.
- 8. Oil bottle used for burial offerings.
- 10. Greek art style that reflects influences from Egypt and Near East.
- 13. Italian word that describes the sculptural technique in which the figure’s leg tha holds the weight is called the engaged leg, and the other, the free leg.
- 15. General assembly of citizens
- 20. One of three Temple orders. Columns have capitals with a simple, scroll design.
- 21. Vase painting style in which figures are left red and background filled in black.
- 22. Liquid Offerings
- 24. Messenger of the Gods.
- 25. Father of Zeus
- 27. Hill in Athens on which sits the Temple to Athena.
- 28. One of three Temple orders. Columns have simple, unadorned capitals.
- 29. One of the greatest Greek achievements. Written by Homer.
- 32. Refers to statue of “Female Figure”
- 33. Colonnaded hall with a covered portico (porch).
- 34. Bowl shaped cup for drinking wine.
- 35. Overwhelming pride. A major characteristic of Greek heroes.
Down
- 2. Goddess of War and Wisdom.
- 3. Refers to statue of “Standing Youth”
- 4. Double scroll that can be seen in the design of the Ionic Temple’s column capital.
- 6. Vase painting style in which the entire design is silhouetted in black against reddish clay.
- 9. Study of the structural forces and counterforces active in buildings in order to create balance.
- 11. One of three Temple orders. Columns have capitals with complex, ornate designs.
- 12. Traitor who helped Sparta win the Peloponnesian War.
- 14. Exclusive drinking party for men
- 16. Temple to Athena. Sits on Acropolis.
- 17. The oldest Greek style in the arts.
- 18. The room in a temple that houses statue of respective God or Goddess.
- 19. A vessel in which wine was mixed with water.
- 23. Jar used to pour wine or water
- 26. A large, well-armored infantry from the citizenry.
- 27. God of War
- 30. Two-handled vase for storing wine or oil
- 31. God of Sky and Weather