THE AMAZONOMACHY EXAM QUESTIONS

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THE AMAZONOMACHY EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What side of the ionic frieze shows the Herculean Amazonomachy?

Answer:

East and south east

Question 2: What was the dates of the Amazonomachy?

Answer:

Before the 13th century BCE Question 3: Bassae is a temple for Apollo as he turned the plague away from the Phigaleians and kept them from invasion. What name did the Athenians give him?

Answer:

Averter of Evil Question 4: Where in the temple is the frieze of the Amazonomachy and what is so special about it?

Answer:

Naos. You could see the whole freeze while standing in one space.

Question 5: What did the Amazons do if they had a boy from the men in the neighbouring tribe?

Answer:

Killed the baby

Question 6: When wad the Bassae temple built?

Answer:

5th century BCE

Question 7: Why were these scenes chosen to be displayed?

Answer:

A mythical battle takes the place of a historical battle against the Persians

Question 8: What are the three possible etymologies of the word Amazons?

Answer:

A-mazos (without a breast) Ama-zoosi (living together) AMA-zoonais (with girdles)

Question 9: What were the two great battles between the Greeks and the Amazons?

Answer:

Heracles and Hippolyta in his 9th labour/ Heracles brought back an Amazon bride for Theseus and the Amazons declared war on Athens

Question 10: What are five ways to recognise an Amazon?

Answer:

White skin, girdle, barred breast, on a horse, Persian trousers Question 11: Who built the temple at Bassae (same architect as the Parthenon) and when was it built?

Answer:

Iktinos in 450BCE Question 12: Where did the Amazons come from (western two thirds of modern day Turkey)

Answer:

Asia Minor

Question 13: Olympia is in the west of the Peloponnese. Where is Bassae in relation to Olympia?

Answer:

36 miles south east