Greek 253: Advanced Greek

SPRING 2002

Aristophanes, Frogs


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LINES 1-525

Who were the "big three" of Old Comedy and who identified them as such?

Who were the demagogues as a group?

How were they stereotyped?

Who was Cleon?

Who was Hyperbolus?

Who was Cleophon?

Who was Phrynichus?

Who was Lykis?

Who was Ameipsias?

What was a Stamnos?

What was the Lenaia?

Who was Cleisthenes?

What was Deceleia?

What were the five major events of the Peloponnesian War in the years 411-407?

What were the three major events of the Peloponnesian War in the year 406?

What were the four major events of the Peloponnesian War in the years 405-404?

Who was Molon?

Who was Iophon?

Who was Agathon?

Who was Xenocles?

How much was two obols worth?

Who was Morsimus?

What was the pyrrikhê?

Who was Kinesias?

What were the three days of the Anthesteria?

What was Xu&troi?

Who was Empousa?

Who was Thorycion?

Who was Archedemus?

What were the phrateres?

What does Korinthos son of Zeus mean?

Where were the major entrances to Hades?

What were the major rivers of Hades?

Who was Echidna?

Who was Callias?

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LINES 525-1005

Who was Theramenes?

What was a kothurnos?

What was a prostatês?

Who was Cleon?

Who was Hyperbolus?

What was to barathron?

Who were the Scythians, and what was their relationship to Athens and Athenians?

o( Ditu&laj xw( Skeblu&aj xw( Pardo/kaj

What was a basanos or what did basanizein mean?

What was Heracleia in Diomeia?

Who was Hipponax?

Who was Cleophon?

What was a Qrh|ki/a xelidw/n?

To what myth does e)pi/klauton a)hdo/nion no/mon refer?

To what does ka@n i!sai ge/nwntai refer?

What is a parabasis?

What is an epirrhêma?

What was the message of the epirrhêma of the Frogs Parabasis?

Who was Phrynichus?

What was the decree of Patrocleides?

Who were the Plataeans?

Who was Kleigenes?

What was Kimolos?

What were the three types of coinage to which Aristophanes alludes in the antepirrhêma of the Frogs?

What was a pharmakos?

What did e)c a)ci/ou cu/lou mean?

What was the Prytaneion?

On what occasion was to\ mei=on offered?

To which divinities was an a)rno\j me/laj offered?

To what does [Krhtikai\] monw|di/ai refer?

What was special about the Telephus of Euripides?

Who was Telephus?

Why does Dionysos call for libanwto\n kai\ pu=r?

Why does Aeschylus pray to be a!cion musthri/wn?

What is the overall structure of the contest between Aeschylus and Euripides?

Who was Phrynichus?

What was a griffin-eagle?

What was a hippalektryon?

Who was Cephisophon?

Who was Phormisios?

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LINES 1006-1533 

Who was Orpheus?

Who was Musaeus?

What was the torch-race at the Panathenaia?

Who was Lamachus?

What was a salpinx?

What was Lykabettos?

What was Parnassos?

What was the Paralos?

What is significant about the lines beginning   (Ermh= xqo/nie?

Who was Erasinidos?

What was a lekythion?

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last revised 31 March 2002