definitions Flashcards
1
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Mythology
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A traditional story that has some kind of collective importance.
2
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Aition
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‘cause’ or an ‘explanation’
3
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Aitiological / Etiological myth
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A myth that explains things.
4
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Traditio
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Latin word for ‘tradition,’ it means handing or passing down.
5
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Lacedaemon
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Sparta
6
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Achaeans
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Name the Greeks gave themselves.
7
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Polis
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City-State
8
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Pederasty
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Involving the relationship of a mature and a younger man. Sometimes sexual, sometimes just a mentorship.
9
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Hoplite
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Greek infantry soldier
10
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Parthenos
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Unmarried woman, virgin
11
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Miasma
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Pollution
12
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Cuneiform
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“Wedge-shaped form,” a writing system used by the Sumerians.
13
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Potnia Theron
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mistress (or queen) of beasts
14
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Enuma Elish
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Babylonian creation myth
15
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Aoidos
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Bard who has been trained in oral tradition; composes in the moment.
