Geometric and Orientalizing Questions
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Chap 5 Ancient Greece--Geometric and Orientalizing ---page 112 1. What does the phrase ?man is the measure of all things? mean? 2. What is humanism? How does this philosophy compare to the Egyptian or Mesopotamian religious sense? 3. Although the ancient Greeks had lofty ideals such as a perfect balance between intellectual and physical disciple, and the principles of democracy, there actual society fell short of an ideal civilization in what ways? 4. Please know about the 12 gods and goddesses listed on page 107. Also the two at the end, Hades and Bacchus. 5. What accomplishments were lost during the ?dark ages?, roughly between 1200 and 700 BCE ? 6. What was the one art that was continued during these centuries?
