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1
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Chronological/diadonic

A

organised by period

2
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Contextual/thematic

A

continuity or change

3
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Relative chronology

A

placing examples relative to one another

4
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Primary sources

A

ancient sources in the form of archaeology, literature, histiography

5
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Secondary sources

A

modern sources in the form of monographs, articles, textbooks

6
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Material culture

A

place and time, creators change

7
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Findspot

A

where was it found?

8
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Provenance

A

Where was it made? Who made it?

9
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Kouroi

A

standing nude male

10
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Korai

A

Standing clothed female

11
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Horror vacue

A

fear of the void

12
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Knielaufschema

A

knee-running pose

13
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Kalokagathaia

A

beauty and goodness

14
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Arete

A

virtue and excellence

15
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Chiton

A

drapes made of linen

16
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Himation

A

heavy woolen robe

17
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Temple

A

houses the image of the deity

18
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Cella/naos

A

main area of the temple where the deity is stored

19
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Pronaos

A

porch leading into the temple

20
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Prostyle

A

the building itself with columns

21
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Antefixes

A

fancy drainpipes

22
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Architrave

A

supporting element

23
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Frieze

A

a series of metopes

24
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Tryglyph

A

projecting ends of roof beams

25
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Apotropaic

A

images on the temples to ward off evil spirits

26
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Akroteria

A

roof ornament

27
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Koine

A

common artistic style

28
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Sphyrelaton

A

wooden core with a bronze casing

29
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Anakalypis

A

hand-to-vail gesture

30
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Order

A

aesthetic formula of the style

31
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Entablature

A

everything above the capital

32
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Adyton

A

backroom where priests would store offerings

33
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Intercolumniation

A

space between the columns

34
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Peleus and Thetis

A

Achilles’ parents

35
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Bilingual

A

both back and red-figure

36
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Pioneers

A

first to learn craft entirely from red-figure, they initially appear in 520

37
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Euthymides

A

one of the two most important pioneers

38
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Komos

A

drunken revel

39
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Astyanax

A

Hector’s son

40
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Neoptolomos

A

Achilles’ son

41
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Contraposta

A

counter-pose

42
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Quadriga

A

4 horse chariot

43
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Chryselephantine

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made of ivory and gold