Hellenistic - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1st Council of Nicea Correct Answer: Called for by Constantine I and held in Alexandria, Egypt. Set guidelines for the Catholic Church-Nicene Creed was made and it was also established that Jesus and God were one in the same or "coeternal". The attempt of the council was to systemize the church by asking "who was Jesus?"- Images of Jesus began to become more solidified during this time 2nd Council of Nicea Correct Answer: Called for by Pope Gregory III; declared that the use of icon...

PrehistoricThis period includes the earliest artworks made by humans (as early as 35,000 years ago). During the Paleolithic Age, subject matter and meaning tends to focus on procreation, food and hunting. MesopotamianMeaning "the land between rivers," this period of time includes the development of writing and agriculture. Art from this time tends to focus on promoting the power of the ruler as king/hero/semi-divine. Ancient EgyptianRegion of Africa that grew out of the Nile river; d...

Greek Mythology Test Review (2024) – Questions & Answers (Graded A+) Greek Mythology Test Review (2024) – Questions & Answers (Graded A+) What are the Types of Myths - ANSWER - Divine Myth: a story that explains a phenomenon Legend: a story of a mythical human character Folktale: traditional story passed down through generations What is a Classical Myth - ANSWER - A classic myth is a story that, through its classical form, has attained a kind of immortality because its inherent arc...

NBST 515-001 Exam Questions And Answers intertestamental period - ANS about 400 BC to 1 AD 2nd temple period - ANS 530 BC to 70AD Gnosticism - ANS material word is evil and said Jesus could not have been a person - ANS taught that pleasure (in the sense of happiness, not necessarily sensual pleasure) was the chief good in life. This led to an advocacy of "hedonism," the pursuit of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle. Stoicism - ANS taught the dutiful accepta...

CHRM 1330 Exam 1 Questions & Answers 2024/2025 The ptolemies? (to the south of Palestine in Egypt. (Backup - seleucids in Syria) - ANSWERSWhat was the political status of Judea upon the death of Alexander the Great? (Who ruled the Jewish homeland at this point?) 3x as many Jews living outside Palestine than in it - ANSWERSHow was the Jewish population distributed during the Hellenistic period? (Where did the majority of the Jewish people live? Within Palestine or outside that Jewish home...

Geometric correct answers 900-700 BC Orientalizing correct answers 700-600 BC Archaic correct answers 600-480 BC Classical correct answers 480-400 BC Fourth Century correct answers 399-323 BC Hellenistic correct answers 323-146 BC Roman correct answers 146 BC- 330 AD Medieval correct answers 330-1400 AD Renaissance correct answers AD Baroque correct answers AD Neoclassical correct answers AD Modern correct answers 1850- Present Zeus correct answers Parents:...

Chorus correct answers In ancient Greek Drama, a group of performers who sang and danced, sometimes participating in the action but usually simply commenting on it. In modern times, performers in a musical play who sing and dance as a group Thespian correct answers Synonym for performer; from thespis, who is said to have been the first actor in ancient Greek theatre City Dionysia correct answers The most important Greek festival in honor of the god Dionysus, and the first to include drama ...

CSET English Subtest 1 Latest Update Graded A Villanelle An intricate French poetic form with 19 lines divided into 5 3-lined stanzas (called tercets), and one final quatrain. It has only 2 rhyming sounds, so it is difficult to write one in English. Petrarchan sonnet Italian sonnet with the rhyme scheme of abba abba. It divides into 2 parts, the first part being an octet and the second being a sestet. Elizabethan or Shakespearean Sonnet Written in iambic pentameter and consisting of three quat...

CLC 106 Midterm Exam Questions with Correct Answers Ritual - Answer-A traditional pattern of action Folktale - Answer-Ordinary folk, talking animals, strange creatures, giants, witches. Unspecified, generic Legend - Answer-Mortal heroes. Distant past, known places Myth - Answer-Immortal gods. In illo tempore, sacred space "at that (other) time." Etiology myth(origin myth) - Answer-Intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomenon, proper names. Aeschylus - Answer...

TX PACT 7-12 Social Studies (732 Composite)Which of the following bibliographic citations identifies a primary historical source? Alden, Michael. (1920). The Prime Minister and the Great War. London: Morebanks. Nash, Olivia, ed. (1936). Interpretations of Causality: Europe and the Onset of World War I1. Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press. Connaught, Sir Lawrence. (1955). Collected Correspondence from the Foreign Office, 1914-to1918. London: Hamilton and Wiggins. Mayer, Arno. (1...