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UNIT 4 THE LEGACY OF THE ANTIQUITY: EXERCISES

1.-GREEK AND ROMAN RELIGION.

1.1. Complete this table about Greek and Roman gods.

Greek name Roman name Meaning Attributes

1. Zeus

2. Juno

3. Aphodite

4. Diana

5. Hermes

6. Minerva

7. Demeter

8. Vesta

9. Poseidón

10. Bacchus

11. Hades

12. Phoebus

13. Ares

14. Vulcano

4.2.- Complete the blank spaces about Greek and Roman religion:

The Greek religion was_________________. Among all gods stood out ________, who was considered the
supreme god Greeks also believed in _________, considered sons from gods and human beings. In the
___________, The Greeks tried to reveal information about future by way of _____________. Priests and
_________________ would answer on behalf of the gods. The most widely consulted oracle was
_______________, in Delphi.

The Roman religion was named ____________________. Romans are polytheists, but the father of all gods
was __________________ Romans had private religious worship, focused on _______________, spirits of
ancestors; ____________________, gods that protected the household and __________________, guardians
of the storeroom..

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2. SPECTACLES AND SPORTS

2.1.-. Fill the gaps about the Panhellenic Games of Antiquity. Choose three elements of every column
and the other one is false.

1 2 3 4 5 6
393 AD olive wreath laurel Bachus Two
Zeus week Hera Apollo pine celery

776 BC wheat Athena Delphii Two Ninfa Nemea

Mars Heracles Olimpia vid Poseidon Zeus Nemeus

1. The Olympic games, in honour of ______, began in ______., with the stadium race, in which wan
Coroebus of Elis. According to tradition, every four years they were held between mid-July and August until
________.,when they were banned by Roman emperor Theodosius.
2. In the Classical period, Olympic Games lasted a ________ and the prize was a sacred wreath made of
______ and seeded by ____________ . The winners were honoured with an statue.
3. Women celebrated their own games in _________, in honour of the goddess _______: the Heraean
Games: The entrance was banned for all men. Women used the same spaces than men and, as a prize,
the received a laurel ________. They had foot races, but not chariot races, fights or boxing.
4. The Pythian Games, in honour of ________ , were celebrated in ________ every four years (two years
after the Olympic Games) since the beginnings of 6th century BC until the end of 4th century AD.. The prize
consisted on a _______ wreath.
5. The Isthmian Games were held in the sanctuary of the god __________ in the Isthmus of Corinth, every
_____ years (year before and after every Olympic game). The prize was a garland of celery, and sometimes
it was made of _____.
6. The Nemean Games were celebrated in the sanctuary of the god ____________ every ______ years
(second and fourth year of every AncientOlympiad). The prize was a garland of ____________

2.2. Explain what Olympic peace was:

2.3.- Classify all the Olympic sports from Greece and their categories:

Poetry * stadion (almost 200 m) * chariot racing (bigas and quadrigas) * long jump * music * diaulos *
wrestling * javelin throw * boxing * long race (dolichos) * discus throw * dance * pankration * hoplitodromos *
horse race *

Foot races Pentathlon Fighting sports Equestrian Artistic races

events

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14. Put these element in an appropriate order about places and activities in the Olympic Games:

Prytaneum Estadium Gymnasium Olympic Board Palestra

In this place all athletes did the Olympic Oath.

Some events, as discus throw or javelin throw, were celebrated there.
In that place there were many competitions, as long jump and wrestling..
All foot races were held there.
The Olympic Fire was kept in this place. It had to be light up during the Olympic
Games.

15. What were the treasures of Greek cities in Olimpia?

3. CLASSICAL ART.

3.1.-Complete the different element of these architectonic orders.

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3.2.-. ¿What kind of ceramic pot is? What is its use?

Name: Name: Name: Name:

Use: Use: Use: Use:

3.3.- Complete the blank spaces about classical art:

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- The Greek architecture was ______________________ as it combined the shatf with architrave. There were
three orders: the _________ the Ionic and the ________________.

- The Roman architecture was ______________________ as the use semicircular ____________ and
___________________. Therefore, Romans used the Greek architectonic orders, as well as two further orders
of their own innovation: the ______________________ and the ____________________ Romans also use
tough materials, such as __________________________, a kind of mortar made with sand, water and lime.

- The art from the first christians is named _____________________ and it was began since the 3rd century.
All deaths were buried in some places, _____________________________, where they celebrated some
rituals. When the Christian religion became local, a Roman building is used as a model for Christian
churches:the _________________

3.4.- Identify these symbols from the Paleochristian art:

3.5.- Mark the different part of a Greek temple:

Pronaos Naos or cella Opisthodomos Peristilus Statue of the god.

3.6.- Put the name of different parts in a Greek theatre: 3.7.. Indicate the part of this Roman theatre.

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2.
3.

3.8.- Answer to these questions:

What is made a mosaic with?

¿What is the meaning of "Cave canem" ? Where was this mosaic

placed in the Roman houses?

4.- CLASSICAL LANGUAGES: LATÍN AND GREEK.

4.1.-Round the more common Greek letters that are use daily and indicate their names:

4.2.- Indicate the meaning of theses words that come from Latin or Greek languages:

Words Origen (Greek or Roman) Meaning

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Democracy

Republic

Philosophy

History

Heart

Physical

Three

Agriculture

Archaic

4.3.-Think about words in Spanish referring to Greek and Latin ones.

Civitas Urbs Polis

5.-GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURE.

5.1-Match the relevant people with their origin and the sciences in which they worked:

Origin Names Sciences

a. Greece. I. Plato 1. Astronomy.

I. Olympias
b. Rome. II. Homer 2. History.
III. Herodotus.
c. Roman Hispania IV. Cornelia 3. Philosophy.
V. Adrian
VI. Sappho 4. Geography
VII. Trajan .
VIII. Socrates 5. Medicine.
IX. Pythagoras
X. Livia 6. Literature.
XI. Aristotle
XII. Archimedes 7. Polítics
XIII. Hippocrates
XIV. Seneca the Younger
XV. Virgilius
XVI. Hypathia

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XVII. Eratosthenes
XVIII. Trajan.
XIX. Theodosius I
XX. Corinna

6. CITIES: FROM GREECE AND ROME TO NOWADAYS..

6.1.- Write the elements of Greek, Roman and modern cities that are related:

Greek cities Roman cities Modern cities

Necrópolis

Forum

Cinemas, theatres

Sewers

Market

Streets and pavements.

Baths

Oikia

Insulae

Defensive construction.