Greece

Question 1

Anthesteria

Answer 1

1 of 4 yearly festivals for Dionysus in Athens, January full moon; the Basilinna had sex with Dionysus; 3-yo boys given wine to show babyhood was over

Question 2

Gerarai

Answer 2

14 Athenian matrons; assisted at the Anthesteria

Question 3

aristos

Answer 3

aristocratic men

Question 4

andron

Answer 4

held up to 15 couches

Question 5

Archon Basileus

Answer 5

oversaw religious rites; preceded over murder cases

Question 6

Assembly

Answer 6

met every 9 days on the Pnyx; anyone could propose a law or speak out against one; majority rule, then hammered into stone and planted somewhere in the city

Question 7

astynomoi

Answer 7

in charge of the streets: cleaning, making sure shit collectors dumped the shit in the right place, flute girls only allowed to charge 2 drachmas, disputes; 10 member board: 5 in the city and 5 in the Pireus

Question 8

Attica

Answer 8

south of Beoetia; triangle-shaped; light, dry soil suitable for growing fruit

Question 9

Basilinna

Answer 9

Archon Basileus’s wife; had sex with Dionysus during the Anthesterion

Question 10

choiros

Answer 10

piggy; slang for vagina; hetaera named themselves after derivations of this word