Lecture Terms and Questions

September 19, 2000

euchomai	charis	agalma
Phrasikleia	sema	kore
kouros	votive offering ("anathema" < anatithenai)	kosmos
mnema	votive relief	Parthenon
Iktinos and Kallikrates	pediments	Doric
Ionian	Ionian frieze

1. How do you see parallelled in Homeric epic and in votive offerings of the archaic and early classical period a desire to preserve personal kleos and the signs of a gift economy? Give specific examples from readings and lecture.
   
   
2. Explain how the Parthenon frieze, and what it depicts, is a "votive relief writ large."
   

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