Greek Words

Question 1

muthos

Answer 1

myth

Question 2

labrys

Answer 2

double -axe

Question 3

aoidos

Answer 3

bard

Question 4

omphalos

Answer 4

stone

Question 5

Eris

Answer 5

strife

Question 6

archon

Answer 6

leading public official

Question 7

choregos

Answer 7

leader of the chorus (those who pay for a production)

Question 8

aulos

Answer 8

reed pipe

Question 9

dios

Answer 9

Sky-father

Question 10

dike

Answer 10

justice

Question 11

xenia

Answer 11

hospitality

Question 12

anakalypteria

Answer 12

veil lifting (during marriage)

Question 13

katabasis

Answer 13

• descent into underworld (going and returning = heroic, Herakles did it 3+ times)

Question 14

Eggue

Answer 14

betrothal

Question 15

Parthenos

Answer 15

maiden, virgin, unmarried girl

Question 16

Ekdosis

Answer 16

ritual of giving away of the bride

Question 17

Nymphe

Answer 17

bride

Question 18

gamos

Answer 18

marriage

Question 19

gyne

Answer 19

wife, woman, mother of sons

Question 20

ephebe

Answer 20

young man

Question 21

Paeon

Answer 21

healer

Question 22

sparagmos

Answer 22

torn apart (i.e. Actaeon, torn apart by his own team of dogs)

Question 23

nostos

Answer 23

return home to Greece

Question 24

thiasos

Answer 24

dancing in honour of Dionysus

Question 25

Omophagia

Answer 25

eating of raw flesh

Question 26

phallophoria

Answer 26

carrying of the phalus

Question 27

psychopomp

Answer 27

carrier of souls to underworld (Hermes)

Question 28

timé

Answer 28

honour

Question 29

kleos

Answer 29

glory

Question 30

aegis

Answer 30

cape

Question 31

apotheosis

Answer 31

becoming a god

Question 32

aidos

Answer 32

modesty/shame

Question 33

aristeia

Answer 33

excellence/achievements

Question 34

atimos

Answer 34

shame, dishonour

Question 35

andra

Answer 35

man, hero, husband

Question 36

polis

Answer 36

city

Question 37

oikos

Answer 37

family

Question 38

anagnorosis

Answer 38

recognition of the truth

Question 39

peripeteia

Answer 39

reversal

Question 40

enthusiasmos

Answer 40

Empowered by supernatural energy, possession by a god

Question 41

pietas

Answer 41

virtue of devotion and respect to one’s family and one’s nation