OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Myth and Religion (Temples and Festivals) overview quiz quiz

The triangular gable at each end, filled with carved sculpture

The open-air altar at the front where the sacrifice actually took place

The surrounding row of columns that ran around the outside of the building

The inner room that housed the cult statue

At the open-air altar in front of the temple

Inside the cella, the inner room where the cult statue was kept

Up on the roof of the temple, as close to the gods as possible

In the priest's own house, away from the gaze of the worshippers

Doric has a scroll-shaped capital and a moulded base, while Ionic has a plain cushion and no base

Doric has a plain cushion-shaped capital and no base, Ionic a scroll-shaped capital and a base

Doric columns are always much taller and far more slender than Ionic columns are

Ionic columns are never used in temples and are only ever found in private houses

The pediments

The metopes

The frieze

The cult statue

A cella, the inner room used to house the cult statue of the god

An altar in front of the building where the animal sacrifices were made

Columns made of carefully cut and shaped blocks of stone

A high podium with steps only at the front

The central opening at the top of its dome

The main altar at which the priests made their sacrifices to the gods

The great cult statue of Jupiter that stood inside the building

The front porch with its tall columns leading into the temple

By passing a long period of special religious training in a separate priestly caste

By birth, election or lot, often as a public office

Only ever by the king, who personally appointed every priest in the land

By buying the post outright from the temple for a large sum of money

The whole animal, leaving nothing at all for the worshippers to eat

Only the skin of the animal, which was stripped off and thrown onto the fire

The thigh-bones wrapped in fat

Nothing at all was burned, and the whole animal was eaten by the worshippers

A gift of weapons and armour dedicated to a temple after a victory

A prayer said completely in silence, with no words spoken out loud

An animal sacrifice carried out at the altar in front of the temple

An offering of liquid poured out to a god

Reciprocity: honour the gods so that they help you

Faith alone, with no need for any ritual, sacrifice or offering of any kind

The gods owed humans nothing at all and simply ignored everything they did

Worship was strictly forbidden in public and could only ever be done in secret

The Saturnalia

The Panathenaia

The Lupercalia

The City Dionysia

A grand military triumph to celebrate a Roman general's victory in battle

A solemn festival of the dead at which Roman families honoured their dead ancestors

A winter festival of feasting, gift-giving and role-reversal in honour of Saturn

A drama competition at which new tragedies and comedies were performed