CLSICS 281 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Red-Figure Pottery, Mimnermus, Croesus
22 Sep 2016
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-be able to distinguish black and red figure vases; know how each are produced; know when the red figure vases start to be produced. -be able to identify and discuss the significance of the kouros/kour statue. Symbolism of youth; placed in a burial site; represent the person who died at the time of their prime; grave-marker; temples. -be able to identify and discuss the significance of the poems discussed in class, by: * mimnermus of colophon (the poem about the glory of youth, pessimism re: old age) advantage of youth and disadvantage. * archilochus intense personal reflection; ugly man who fights. * tyrtaeus advocated place in line; fight bravely for polis. * theognis (agathoi/kakoi) agathoi dishonored; kakoi getting honor. * xenophanes of colophon glory in olympic games does nothing for the community. -be able to describe the ideas of, and the significance of the natural scientists/philosophers from miletus: thales, anaximander,
