Ancient Greece - Literature and Performers

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Match the literary figure with their work during the Augustan Age:

Virgil = The Aeneid Pliny = Natural History Horace = Satires and Odes Ovid = Metamorphoses

Match the era with the development in Christianity:

Early Christian Era = Apostle Paul's letters to early home-churches Middle Ages = Church saints Jerome and Augustine advocating oral reading Renaissance Period = Renewed classical interest leading to oral interpretation opportunities Elocutionary Period = Emphasis on proper speaking skills degenerating into artificial performance mode

Match the location with the practice of oral recitation:

Ireland = Fili memorizing sagas and myths of Celts England = Scop attached to a kingdom as a court entertainer Britain = Early missionaries encountering a secular tradition of oral recitation United States = Elocutionary Movement spreading with prescriptive performance modes

Match the literary work with its author in the Middle Ages:

Benedictine monks = Practiced reading aloud privately Geoffrey Chaucer = The Canterbury Tales Church saints Jerome and Augustine = Advocated oral reading to improve comprehension of texts from the bible Celtic heritage = Secular tradition of oral recitation encountered by early missionaries Signup and view all the answers

Match the era with the development in worship services:

5th Century = Standardized liturgy evolving into Catholic Missa or Mass Roman Empire under Theodosius edict = Christianity proclaimed as the state religion leading to church growth Augustan Age = Literary figures performing their own works for royalty and commoners Middle Ages = Immense cathedrals called basilicas built to house crowds Signup and view all the answers

Match the movement with its impact on expression teaching:

Renaissance Period = Renewed classical interest providing oral interpretation opportunities in schools and colleges Elocutionary Period = Emphasis on proper speaking skills degenerating into artificial performance mode Mechanical expression school in 18th Century = Calling for rules, uniformity, imitation, and duplication Protestant reformation and invention of printing press = Making Bible and other books readily available Signup and view all the answers

Match the following terms with their corresponding definitions:

Rhapsodes = Performers who took individualized verses and connected them into stories Minstrels = Itinerant performers invited to sing original poetry in royal courts and villages Antiphony = Recitative device where groups respond as choral echo or question/response Acropolis = Hub for the book business in Ancient Greece Signup and view all the answers

Match the following civilizations with their respective beliefs about the spoken word:

Ancient Greece = Belief that literature was to be heard or said rather than read Ancient Israel = Evolution of synagogue liturgy into a more ritualized service Rome = Belief in therapeutic values of the spoken word and importance of reading aloud in education lonian district = Emergence of rhapsodes and oral interpretation by performers Signup and view all the answers

Match the following time periods with the corresponding events:

8th century B.C = Introduction of itinerant performers called minstrels in Ancient Greece 6th Century B.C = Israel captured followed by evolution of synagogue liturgy 70 A.D. = Transformation of synagogue liturgy into a more ritualized service Time of Christ = Endurance of rhapsodes as performers in Ancient Greece Signup and view all the answers

Match the following terms with their appropriate context:

Song stitchers = Rhapsodes who connected individual verses into stories in Ancient Greece Oral recitation tradition = Independent progression emerging from religious context of ancient Hebrews Synagogue liturgy = Evolution into a more ritualized service after specific historical event Therapeutic values of spoken word = Belief held by the Romans in Ancient Rome Signup and view all the answers

Match the following activities with their corresponding civilizations:

Oral interpretation for business ventures = Performed by other entertainers in the lonian district Telling stories of gods and goddesses = Role of performers in Ancient Greece Promoting Greek tradition of oral tradition = Activity undertaken by Rome to further cultural practices Reading aloud in citizen education = Belief held by Romans as essential for educating citizens Signup and view all the answers

Match the following terms with their associated musical elements:

All Greek verse accompanied by music = Characteristic practice during performances in Ancient Greece Choral echo or question/response = Type of recitative device known as Antiphony Groups responding together in singing = Activity associated with choral echo in Ancient Israel Liturgical response evolution after 70 A.D. = Transformation into ritualized service in Ancient Israel Signup and view all the answers