Greece Religious Terms

Question 1

Polis

Answer 1

A city-state in ancient Greece.

Question 2

Acropolis

Answer 2

high city (the highest part of the polis)

Question 3

Agora

Answer 3

An open space that served as a meeting ground for various activities of the cittizens.

Question 4

Agon

Answer 4

Greek competition. A term for conflict, struggle or contest.

Question 5

Hellenes

Answer 5

What the Greeks called themselves

Question 6

Barbaroi

Answer 6

people who did not speak Greek; barbarians

Question 7

Alter

Answer 7

The place which animals were sacrificed.

Question 8

Sacrifice

Answer 8

A gift of an animal for slaughter as a way to honor gods

Question 9

Apeturia

Answer 9

A ritual initiation in which boys were prepared, then introduced by father/uncle into a religious brotherhood.

Question 10

All Athens Festival

Answer 10

Animal sacrifices for the goddess Athena. If you don’t attend event, then it is considered act of treason.

Question 11

Athens

Answer 11

the capital and largest city of Greece

Question 12

The One (Monad, Demiurge, Prime Mover

Answer 12

The first and highest God is the One, the source, or the Monad.

Question 13

Mystery Initiation

Answer 13

Ways private individuals created relationships with gods.

Question 14

Isis

Answer 14

Principal deity famous for curing the sick and bringing her deceased husband Osirus back to life, and for other magical answers.

Question 15

Delphi

Answer 15

An ancient city in central Greece, in Phocis: site of an oracle of Apollo

Question 16

Oracle

Answer 16

someone or something that can predict the future

Question 17

Enthousiasmos

Answer 17

The special form of divination in which the spirit of Apollo will turn into priestess and spoke through her.

Question 18

Delphic Council

Answer 18

Council of city-states in ancient Greek to formed Pythanian Games to parise the Greek god Apollo.

Question 19

Pythian Games

Answer 19

These games were held every four years in Delphi and honored the god, Apollo.

Question 20

Olympic Games

Answer 20

in ancient Greece, an athletic competition held every four years in honor of Zeus

Question 21

Sparta

Answer 21

one of the most important city-states in ancient Greece and was famous for its military prowess. Ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern Peloponnese, southwestern Greece.

Question 22

Mess hall (phiditia)

Answer 22

Where the Spartans would eat

Question 23

Council of 500

Answer 23

What was the Greek Council of 500?
The Council of 500 represented the full-time government of Athens. It consisted of 500 citizens, 50 from each of the ten tribes, who served for one year. The Council could issue decrees on its own, regarding certain matters, but its main function was to prepare the agenda for meetings of the Assembly.

Question 24

Peoples Courts

Answer 24

The assembly of jurors that votes on court cases.