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GREEK WORDS Flashcards

1
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Son of Aeolus

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Sisyphus

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Father of Demophoon

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Keleos

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3
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Parthenon

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Temple of Athena

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What happens when Oedipus dies?

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According to Oedipus at Colonus, he is exiled, and has a supernatural death with a hero cult.

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5
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Acropolis

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Hill that Athena’s temple is on

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6
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Exogamous

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`Took a girl away from home

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Merope

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Oedipis’ adopted mother in Corinth

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Polis

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Loyalty to the larger community

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9
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Erikthoneous

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Son of Hephaestus: rape of Athena

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10
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Great sinner, son of Zeus

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Tantalus

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11
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Who challenged truths as a great philosopher but was put to death for it?

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Socrates

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12
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Choregos

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The one who funded the dithyramb

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13
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Hunter becomes the hunted

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Callisto, Actaeon, Pentheus

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14
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Two philosphophers who were put to death

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Socrates and Alcibiades (violated Eleusinian mysteries)

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15
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Oikos

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Loyalty to the household

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16
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Dionysus drives mad:

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  1. Pentheus/Agave 2. Lycurgus 3. Minyads
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17
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Arcas

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Son of Callisto, catasterized

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18
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Time

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Honour for being great, war spoils

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19
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Aristotle

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“the father contributes the nature of the child, the mother was just the nurse to the child that brought the child to age.”

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20
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Miasma

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ritual pollution

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21
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Caduceous

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Hermes

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22
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Oedipus ____ is destroyed, but the health of his ____ is restored

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Oikos, polis

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23
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Coronis

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mother of Asclepius (Apollo killed her)

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24
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Aulos

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Pipe

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25
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Paeaon

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Healer

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26
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Camilla

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Amazon-like warrior killed by Aeneas—ally of Turnus

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27
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How were the centaurs born?

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Ixion tried to sleep with Hera

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28
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Demeter

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The Mother

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29
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Latinus and Amata

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Parents of Lavinia

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30
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When did Anchises and Aeneas travel to Rome? When was Rome founded?

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1225 BCE, founded in 753 BCE

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31
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Performed at city dionysia

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Prometheus Bound, Oresteia

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32
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First to kill own kinsmen

33
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Athena is the divine protector of…

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Perseus, Herakles, Odysseus, Jason

34
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Metamorphosis into a snake

35
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Where was Dionysus raised? Born?

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Mt. Nysa, born in Thebes

36
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Dithyrambs

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Chorus of 50 boys at City Dionysia

37
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Where does Orestes travel from?

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From Argos –> Delphi –> Athens

38
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Aeschylus history of Delphic oracle?

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Gaia –> Themis –> Phoebe –> Apollo (mother to daughter)

39
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Who does Clytemnestra consult when she sees the omen of the hare?

40
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Admetus

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Husband of Alcestis, Apollo serves him

41
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Antigone works for ____, Creon works for ____

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Oikos, polis

42
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Ephebe

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Young man—Apollo is a model

43
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Where was Procne from? Where was Tereus from?

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Procne: Athens Tereus: Thracia

44
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Aeneas tried to embrace ____ 3x.

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Creusa and Anchises

45
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Who held a similar perspective on the father being the only true parent? (Apollo)

46
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Who drove the furies in Oresteia?

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The ghost of Clytemnestra

47
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Eggue

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Parthenos is taken from home

48
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Hephaestus’ cult site is located on:

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Lemnos (also Philoktetes)

49
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Deiphobus

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Helen ruined his household

50
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Archon

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Chose choregos

51
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Transformation of Justice

52
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Pythia

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Female priestesses who gave answers for Apollo

53
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Kleos

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Glory for dying in battle

54
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Both women are angry at their husbands for sacrificing their daughters

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Demeter and Clytemnestra

55
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Polybus

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Oedipus’ adopted father in Corinth

56
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Dios

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Sky-father

57
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Sacrificium

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Sacrificing to a god, do ut des

58
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Dike

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Justice (Zeus)

59
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Do ut des

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I give, so you can give

60
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Nightingale

61
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Who released Thanatos after Sisyphus captured him?

62
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Alcibiades

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violated the Eleusinian mysteries

63
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Aidos

64
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It is my nature to join in love, not hate

65
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Festival of Consualia

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Rape of Sabine women

66
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Pandora

67
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Itylus

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Son of Procne and Tereus

68
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Virilocal

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Took a girl to the husband’s house

69
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Where does Oedipus travel?

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From Thebes to Delphi to Corinth

70
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Brauronia

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Festival dedicated to Artemis, for young girls.

71
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Quirinus

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Apotheosis of Romulus

72
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Lesser Ajax tried to rape _____

73
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Gamos

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Marriage, consummation on wedding night. Gyne, woman, mother

74
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Xenia

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Hospitality (Zeus)

75
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Callisto

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Killed by Artemis, after being raped by Zeus. Mother of Arcas.

76
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Liber

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Dionysus: meaning free

77
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Ekdosis

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Nymphe transitional phase. Rituals marking liminal nature of marriage.

78
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Who was Antigone engaged to?

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Haemon, Creon’s son

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