Greece Flashcards

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Aiakeion

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granary; and a place used to display court decisions

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Tholos

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aka Skias because of its resemblance to a straw hat; the Prytaneion

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South Stoa

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may have been used for public dining

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Prytaneion

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seat of government; eternal flame kept lit; the holy fire of Hestia

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Eumolpus

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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

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Alcibiades

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Socrates’ one-time lover; alcoholic, womanizer, long-haired aristocrat, handsome, rich, eloquent, renowned for horse-racing

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Amazons

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sisters interested in war; lived in Asia Minor; Harmonia was their mother and Ares was their father

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Anaximenes of Lampsacus

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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

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Lampsacus

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eastern bank of the Hellespont

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Miletus

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eastern coast of Turkey

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