festival's 1.5 Flashcards
panathenaia
an yearly athenian festival celebrating athena’s birthday
Great panathenaia
Athenian festival to Athena that took place every four years and contained more athletic Angela tree competitions than the annual panathenaia
panathenaia amphora
Storage Charles containing olive oil given as prizes during the great panathenaia
apobates
Greek for this man to a chariot race in which the rider would dismount and remount the chariot
peplos
A Greek dress
eponymous archon
An athenian magistrate elected for one year a (eponymous meaning that the civil year was named after him)
eleutherae
A town on the northern border of attica
choregos
chorus director -the financial backer of a set of plays at the city dionysia in Athens
dithramb
a choral dance in honour of the God Dionysus
pompe
A grand procession
komos
Meaning reveal a party that took place in the streets in honour of Dionysus
libation
A drink frank port in honour of the gods
theoric fund
A supply of money that was used to pay for the poor to attend the theatre in ancient Athens
lupercus
A Roman God of fertility and purification
luperci
A priest of Lupercus
Lupercus
Lupercus was a protector of the farmers,
noble
a member of the upper class in Rome
lupercal
The Cave in the Palatine hill of Rome where the Lupercal took place
lupercal
The Cave in the Palatine hill of Rome where the lupercalia took place
