Assignment #3

Questions answered with lecture by Joan Connolly. https://youtu.be/76pNYG-BXcY

What did the Athenians do with the pieces of the old Parthenon?

They left it as a smoking ruin. They were concerned that if they cleaned it up nobody would remember or believe that it happened. When they cleaned they up they made it into a memorial display making sure nobody would forget.

What are the two rivers of Athens?

The Kephisos and Eridanos rivers.

What Greek word does she use that means ’the girls’ or ’the virgins’?

Parthenon

Another religious building, according to Connolly, that has a symbol of sacrifice over the door?

Christian Churches and at the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.

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