Greece Flashcards

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batalos

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stuttering asshole

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50 daughters of Danaus

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kill their betrothed, their cousins, on the bridal night; punished by made to pour water into a leaky vat for eternity

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Agathos Daimon

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good spirit; toast to the good spirit of the house, ask the good spirit of the house to protect, intervene, do something good

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Aeschines

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1 of 10 Attic orators; opposed Demosthenes; pro-Macedonian

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Speusippus

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Plato’s nephew; relationship with Lasthenia of Mantinea; took over the academy from Plato

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Demosthenes

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stuttering asshole; anti-Macedonian

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Aphebetus

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Aeschines’ brother

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Lasthinia of Mantinea

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female student of the Academy; went disguised as a man

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Mantinea

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in the Peloponnese, near Argos

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Eubulus

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Treasurer of the Theater Fund; most influential Athenian, took over after Aristophon made mistakes during the Social War; protected Aeschines; incorruptible, master of finance

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