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Chapter 15 Flashcards

1
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Academy

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place of learning

- akademia was a grove near Athens named for Akademos

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Draconian

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extremely severe

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

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ostracism

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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

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laconic

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using few words, concise

- Laconian people were known to be of few words

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Pyrrhic victory

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a victory won at too great a cost

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

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Devils advocate

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expresses a contentious opinion in order to provoke debate

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sword of damocles

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

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Olympic games

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

motoo: citius altius fortius (faster higher stronger)

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spartan

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

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sybarite

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

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solecism

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grmaatical blunder or instance of incorrect behaviour

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achilles heel

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a weakness or vulnerable point

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the Theogony

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

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King god, god of lightning and thunder

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Zeus (greek) and Jupiter

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Wife of zeus, goddess of marriage

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Hera and Juno

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God of the sea and earthquakes

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Poseidon and Neptune

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Goddess of love and sexuality

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Aphrodite and Venus

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4 primal entities

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

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Aphrodite’s son, amkes people fall in love

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eros and cupid

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god of war

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ares and mars

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21
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goddess of wisdom and skill in warfare & handicraft

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athene and minerva

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god of metalwork

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hephaestus and vulcan

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goddess of hunting and chastity

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artemis and diana

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god of music, prophecy, and intellect

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apollo and apolla

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nine goddesses of inspiration

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muses

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messenger god, god of travellers and thieves

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hermes and mercury

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goddess of the rainbow

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iris

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goddess of agriculture

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demeter and ceres

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god of wine

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dionysus and bacchus

30
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god of the underworld

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hades and pluto

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martial

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relating to fighting/war

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vnereal

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relating to sexual desire or intercourse

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mercurial

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

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to muse

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to think

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Bacchanalia

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a drunken party

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aphrodisiac

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arousing sexual desire

37
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jovial

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happy

38
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cupidity

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greed

39
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cosmography

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description of the features of the unvierse

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iridescence

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shining with all the colours of the rainbow

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tantalize

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tease

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under the aegis of

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with the protection or sponsorhip

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Sisyphean task

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endless and frustrating

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Herculean task

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very difficult

45
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Amazons

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a race of female warriors

46
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Adonis

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beautiful youth who fell in love with his own image

47
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King Midas

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king who wished that everything he touched would turn to gold

48
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Oedipus

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

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Spartans

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greeks known for rigid self-discipline

50
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Homer’s epic poems

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

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work like a trojan

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to work very hard

52
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achilles’ heel

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a weakness

53
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a Cassandra

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one who predicts misfortune but is not believed

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mentor

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a wise and trusted advisor

55
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odyssey

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a long adventure-filled journey

56
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judgement of Paris

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a decision that causes a lot of trouble

57
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face that launched a thousand ships

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

58
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to hector

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harass or bully

59
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between Scylla and Charybdis

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between 2 dangers which must be avoided

60
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siren

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an enticing woman

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