Greek Terms

Question 0

Nemesis

Answer 0

Just indignation. Retribution. A supernatural force that tracks down those who have committed an offense.

Question 1

Hubris

Answer 1

Overweening pride and insolence

Question 2

Dike

Answer 2

Justice arrived at by thought and reflection

Question 3

Sophrosyne

Answer 3

The ideal if the classic Greeks. Balance harmony beauty blah blah

Question 4

Chronos

Answer 4

Time as the unfolding of all things

Question 5

Mimesis

Answer 5

Imitation

Question 6

Catharsis

Answer 6

The purging and illuminating that tragedy effects through pithy and fear

Question 7

Hamartia

Answer 7

The “tragic flaw”; a blindness

Question 8

Miasma

Answer 8

A dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere

Question 9

Matricide

Answer 9

The act if killing ones mother

Question 10

Citadel

Answer 10

A fortress that commands a city

Question 11

Saffron

Answer 11

Yellow-orange

Question 12

Libation

Answer 12

An intoxicating beverage when drunk in ceremonial or celebrative situations

Question 13

Rapine

Answer 13

The violent seizure and carrying off of another’s property

Question 14

Myrrh

Answer 14

A small spiny tree

Question 15

Wraith

Answer 15

A visible spirit

Question 16

Acropolis

Answer 16

A raised area holding a building or cluster of buildings.

Question 17

Augury

Answer 17

An omen, token, or indication

Question 18

Cozen

Answer 18

To cheat, deceive, or trick

Question 19

Cuirass

Answer 19

Defensive armor for torso, a breastplate and backplate

Question 20

Festal

Answer 20

Pertaining to or befitting a feast, or festival

Question 21

Harpy

Answer 21

A ravenous, filthy monster having a woman’s head and a birds body

Question 22

Hummock

Answer 22

A knoll or hillock

Question 23

Marjoram

Answer 23

Any of several aromatic herbs

Question 24

Propitious

Answer 24

Presenting favorable conditions

Question 25

Rondure

Answer 25

A circle or sphere