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Unit: Ancient Greece

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A beginner's guide to ancient Greece

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Ancient Greece, an introduction
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Introduction to ancient Greek art
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Contrapposto explained
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Introduction to Greek architecture
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The classical orders
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Greek architectural orders
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Black Figures in Classical Greek Art
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Greek sanctuaries as artistic hubs
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Olympic games
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Victorious athlete: The Vaison Daidoumenos
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Prize amphora showing a chariot race
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A competitor in the long jump
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Sprinter on a vase from Rhodes and a bronze running girl
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Pottery

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Greek Vase-Painting, an introduction
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Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique
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Dipylon Amphora
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Terracotta Krater
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Eleusis Amphora
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Sophilos: a new direction in Greek pottery
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The François Vase: story book of Greek mythology
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Exekias, amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a game
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Exekias, Dionysos Kylix
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From tomb to museum: the story of the Sarpedon Krater
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The many meanings of the Sarpedon Krater
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Euthymides, Three Revelers
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Niobid Painter, Niobid Krater
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Daedalic and Archaic

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Lady of Auxerre
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New York Kouros
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Marble Statue of a kouros
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Anavysos Kouros
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Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
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Ancient Greek temples at Paestum, Italy
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Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
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Siphnian Treasury, Delphi
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Anavysos KourosGet 4 of 5 questions to level up!
Peplos KoreGet 4 of 5 questions to level up!

Early classical

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East and West Pediments, Temple of Aphaia, Aegina
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Kritios Boy
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Contrapposto explained
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Charioteer of Delphi
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Artemision Zeus or Poseidon
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Riace Warriors
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Classical

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Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer)
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Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer)
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Myron, Discobolus (Discus Thrower), Roman copy of an ancient Greek bronze
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The Athenian Agora and the experiment in democracy
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Parthenon (Acropolis)
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The Parthenon
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Phidias, Parthenon sculptures (pediments, metopes and frieze)
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Who owns the Parthenon sculptures?
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Egyptian blue on the Parthenon sculptures
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"Plaque of the Ergastines" fragment from the frieze on the east side of the Parthenon
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The Erechtheion
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Caryatid and column from the Erechtheion
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Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis
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Victory (Nike) Adjusting Her Sandal, Temple of Athena Nike (Acropolis)
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Grave Stele of Hegeso
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ParthenonGet 6 of 8 questions to level up!
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Grave Stele of Hegeso Get 5 of 6 questions to level up!

Late classical (4th century)

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Saved by shipwreck, The Antikythera Youth
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How a famous Greek bronze ended up in Rome
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Lysippos, Apoxyomenos (Scraper)
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Lysippos, Farnese Hercules
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Capitoline Venus
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Alexander Sarcophagus
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Hellenistic

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Barberini Faun
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Dying Gaul
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Bronze statue of Eros sleeping
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Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace
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Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
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Apollonius, Seated Boxer
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Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii
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Laocoön and his sons
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Nike of SamothraceGet 4 of 5 questions to level up!
Altar at PergamonGet 5 of 6 questions to level up!
Seated BoxerGet 4 of 5 questions to level up!
Alexander MosaicGet 4 of 5 questions to level up!
Laocoön Get 4 of 5 questions to level up!

Greek art

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Brought to you by Smarthistory. Ancient Greek art was collected in ancient Rome, studied during the Renaissance and formalized in the 19th century. It is the most influential art ever made.