definitions pt 2

Question 1

Aegis

Answer 1

“Goat Skin” - Most commonly known as the armor Athena received from Zeus; it has tassels- it appears kind of like a throw.

Question 2

Dike

Answer 2

Justice

Question 3

Horae

Answer 3

Seasons

Question 4

Xenia

Answer 4

“A formal institution of friendship.” - Refers to the law of hospitality.

Question 5

Mnemosyne

Answer 5

Memory

Question 6

Moerae

Answer 6

Fates

Question 7

Anthropomorphism

Answer 7

This describes how the Greeks would portray their gods as beings in the shape of men and women who act and think like human beings.

Question 8

Psychopompos

Answer 8

“Soul-Guider”
- a title specifically attached to Hermes

Question 9

Herms

Answer 9

A road sign, boundary marker, signpost etc

Question 10

Aristoi

Answer 10

the best men

Question 11

Kakoi

Answer 11

the bad men

Question 12

Phobos

Answer 12

Panic

Question 13

Deimos

Answer 13

Fear

Question 14

Galatea

Answer 14

milk

Question 15

Parthenos

Answer 15

Unmarried, virgin girl

Question 16

Anaktoron

Answer 16

“palace”, “place of the king”
- mentioned alongside the Eleusinian cult

Question 17

Telesteron

Answer 17

temple, “hall of initiation”

Question 18

Kykeon

Answer 18

Drink offered to Demeter in the Homeric Hymn.

Question 19

Hiera

Answer 19

“Sacred things”

Question 20

Thyrsus

Answer 20

A staff made of fennel stalk, usually tipped with a pinecone
- relevant to Dionysus and his followers

Question 21

Satyrs

Answer 21

“horse-men”

Question 22

Silenus

Answer 22

“goat-men,” specifically one guy named Silenus that was considered the leader of these goat-men.

Question 23

Maenads

Answer 23

Female worshippers of Dionysus

Question 24

Sparagmos

Answer 24

Dismemberment

Question 25

Bosporus

Answer 25

“cows-crossing”

Question 26

Dictys

Answer 26

“net”

Question 27

Harpe

Answer 27

“snatcher,” “reaper”

Question 28

Chrysaor

Answer 28

“gold sword”

Question 29

Epaphus

Answer 29

Son of Io; “he who has been touched”