Key terms

Question 1

lyre

Answer 1

a stringed instrument like a small U-shaped harp with strings fixed to a crossbar

Question 2

plectrum

Answer 2

a small flat tool used for plucking or strumming of a stringed instrument

Question 3

monody

Answer 3

an ode sung by a single actor in a Greek tragedy / a poem lamenting a person’s death

Question 4

chorus

Answer 4

a part of a song which is repeated after each verse

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thiasos

Answer 5

a group of worshippers of a god

Question 6

lyric

Answer 6

a poem of a type that expresses the writer’s emotions, typically briefly and in stanzas or recognized forms

Question 7

stanza

Answer 7

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem like a verse

Question 8

topos

Answer 8

a traditional theme or formula in literature

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eros

Answer 9

the Greek god of erotic love

Question 10

thumos

Answer 10

Thumos is the Ancient Greek concept of spiritedness

Question 11

oikos

Answer 11

Greek household

Question 12

stele

Answer 12

Grave stelae were used for funerary or commemorative purposes.

Question 13

kyrios

Answer 13

Head of the Greek household, responsible for the family , slave, property and possessions

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erastes

Answer 14

‘the lover’ the older partner in a pederastic relationship (20 - mid 20s)

Question 15

eromenos

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‘the beloved’ younger partner in a pederastic relationship (13 - 20)

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gymnasium

Answer 16

an area where men could meet to exercise naked

Question 17

symposium

Answer 17

a social gathering in ancient Greece. At symposia, male citizens would gather for dinner, drinking, conversation, music, and entertainment

Question 18

andron

Answer 18

The literal meaning of andron is “of men,” implying that the andron was a space for men only. But androns were likely multi-functional spaces as is hypothesized for the rest of the Classical Greek house

Question 19

dowry

Answer 19

financial agreement between the families of the bride and groom

Question 20

paterfamilias

Answer 20

the male head of the roman household

Question 21

virtus

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courage virtue, a defining concept in the life of a roman male

Question 22

cursus honorum

Answer 22

‘class of honours’ - a system of political offices in the roman senate elected annually

Question 23

pudicitia

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chastity, sexual modesty ; ideals of an upper class roman woman

Question 24

Julian laws

Answer 24

a law introduced by a member of the Julian family

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stola

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typical dress of a roman woman

Question 26

cum manu

Answer 26

with power - a marriage were the husband gains manus over his wife

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manus

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‘power’ - the legal power of a man had over his wife (lit. hand)

Question 28

sine manu

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‘without power’ - a marriage were the wife was still under the protection of her father

Question 29

infamis

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people with no legal standings in roman - slaves / gladiators / prostitutes

Question 30

patrea potestas

Answer 30

the legal power of the head of house over his family

Question 31

Vice

Answer 31

moral defectiveness, indulging bodily desires and emotions

Question 32

pandemian eros

Answer 32

a common desire for the body

Question 33

stoicism

Answer 33

philosophical school of thought which prized virtue and the soul

Question 34

ascent

Answer 34

culmination of a philosophical argument

Question 35

apatheia

Answer 35

immunity to pain