Greece Flashcards
Aiakeion
granary; and a place used to display court decisions
Tholos
aka Skias because of its resemblance to a straw hat; the Prytaneion
South Stoa
may have been used for public dining
Prytaneion
seat of government; eternal flame kept lit; the holy fire of Hestia
Eumolpus
a legendary Thracian king; came to Attica either as a bard, a warrior, or a priest of Demeter and Dionysus; mythical ancestor of the priestly clan of the Eumolpids at Eleusis and the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries
Alcibiades
Socrates’ one-time lover; alcoholic, womanizer, long-haired aristocrat, handsome, rich, eloquent, renowned for horse-racing
Amazons
sisters interested in war; lived in Asia Minor; Harmonia was their mother and Ares was their father
Anaximenes of Lampsacus
taught Alexander and accompanied him on his campaigns; composed Euthias’ speech Against Phryne; This is the man used to date the trial to 350-340 because he was appointed to the Macedonian court before Aristotle
Lampsacus
eastern bank of the Hellespont
Miletus
eastern coast of Turkey