Chapter 15

Question 1

Academy

Answer 1

place of learning

- akademia was a grove near Athens named for Akademos

Question 2

Draconian

Answer 2

extremely severe

- Draco compiled first legal code for Athens, where even minor offenses carried harsh penalties

Question 3

ostracism

Answer 3

banishment or exclusion from a group or society
- votes inscribed on ostrakons (piece of pottery) name men considered to be dangerous to democracy, man with the highest votes was sent into exile for 10 years

Question 4

laconic

Answer 4

using few words, concise

- Laconian people were known to be of few words

Question 5

Pyrrhic victory

Answer 5

a victory won at too great a cost

- Pyrrhus (military commander) defeated the romans but suffered huge losses

Question 6

Devils advocate

Answer 6

expresses a contentious opinion in order to provoke debate

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Question 7

sword of damocles

Answer 7

a constantly threatening disaster (live wit this sword of damocles hanging over your head, knowing that you carry the virus for a deadly disease)

Question 8

Olympic games

Answer 8

first in 776 BC, in honour of Zeus, at olympia (greece)

motoo: citius altius fortius (faster higher stronger)

Question 9

spartan

Answer 9

(Adjetcitve) something showing austerity (sternness) or a lack of comfort/luxurry

Question 10

sybarite

Answer 10

a person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury

Question 11

solecism

Answer 11

grmaatical blunder or instance of incorrect behaviour

Question 12

achilles heel

Answer 12

a weakness or vulnerable point

Question 13

the Theogony

Answer 13

Hesiod’s poem: gives account of creation of the world, birth of the gods, and origin of man

Question 14

King god, god of lightning and thunder

Answer 14

Zeus (greek) and Jupiter

Question 15

Wife of zeus, goddess of marriage

Answer 15

Hera and Juno

Question 16

God of the sea and earthquakes

Answer 16

Poseidon and Neptune

Question 17

Goddess of love and sexuality

Answer 17

Aphrodite and Venus

Question 18

4 primal entities

Answer 18

Chaos, Gaia (Earth), Tartarus (dark hell hole), Eros (love, procreative force)

Question 19

Aphrodite’s son, amkes people fall in love

Answer 19

eros and cupid

Question 20

god of war

Answer 20

ares and mars

Question 21

goddess of wisdom and skill in warfare & handicraft

Answer 21

athene and minerva

Question 22

god of metalwork

Answer 22

hephaestus and vulcan

Question 23

goddess of hunting and chastity

Answer 23

artemis and diana

Question 24

god of music, prophecy, and intellect

Answer 24

apollo and apolla

Question 25

nine goddesses of inspiration

Answer 25

muses

Question 26

messenger god, god of travellers and thieves

Answer 26

hermes and mercury

Question 27

goddess of the rainbow

Answer 27

iris

Question 28

goddess of agriculture

Answer 28

demeter and ceres

Question 29

god of wine

Answer 29

dionysus and bacchus

Question 30

god of the underworld

Answer 30

hades and pluto

Question 31

martial

Answer 31

relating to fighting/war

Question 32

vnereal

Answer 32

relating to sexual desire or intercourse

Question 33

mercurial

Answer 33

volatile; subject to sudden/unpredictable changes of mood or mind

Question 34

to muse

Answer 34

to think

Question 35

Bacchanalia

Answer 35

a drunken party

Question 36

aphrodisiac

Answer 36

arousing sexual desire

Question 37

jovial

Answer 37

happy

Question 38

cupidity

Answer 38

greed

Question 39

cosmography

Answer 39

description of the features of the unvierse

Question 40

iridescence

Answer 40

shining with all the colours of the rainbow

Question 41

tantalize

Answer 41

tease

Question 42

under the aegis of

Answer 42

with the protection or sponsorhip

Question 43

Sisyphean task

Answer 43

endless and frustrating

Question 44

Herculean task

Answer 44

very difficult

Question 45

Amazons

Answer 45

a race of female warriors

Question 46

Adonis

Answer 46

beautiful youth who fell in love with his own image

Question 47

King Midas

Answer 47

king who wished that everything he touched would turn to gold

Question 48

Oedipus

Answer 48

protagonist of a greek tragedy who killed his father, married his mother

Question 49

Spartans

Answer 49

greeks known for rigid self-discipline

Question 50

Homer's epic poems

Answer 50

Iliad (account of cause of Greek-Trojan war), Odyssey (story of journey home of Odysseus)

Question 51

work like a trojan

Answer 51

to work very hard

Question 52

achilles' heel

Answer 52

a weakness

Question 53

a Cassandra

Answer 53

one who predicts misfortune but is not believed

Question 54

mentor

Answer 54

a wise and trusted advisor

Question 55

odyssey

Answer 55

a long adventure-filled journey

Question 56

judgement of Paris

Answer 56

a decision that causes a lot of trouble

Question 57

face that launched a thousand ships

Answer 57

Helen of Troy (beauty so great it launched..)

Question 58

to hector

Answer 58

harass or bully

Question 59

between Scylla and Charybdis

Answer 59

between 2 dangers which must be avoided

Question 60

siren

Answer 60

an enticing woman