Love and Relationships Flashcards
What is ‘anaphora’?
A word or phrase that is repeated at the start of neighbouring clauses for emphatic effect
What is the ‘andron’?
A room on the ground floor of a Greek house which was only used by the kyrios and his guests at the symposium
What is ‘apatheia’?
immunity to pain- this is the desired state of mind for a Stoic , to achieve this, a stoic must place reason above the natural desires of the body
What is an ‘apostrophe’?
A direct address to a third party to break up the narrative voice
What is an ‘arete?
virtue or goodness- this is a difficult concept to define, but it is central to several ancient Greek philosophies
What is an ‘asyndeton’?
A lack of conjunctions in a list to give the description intensity.
What was the ‘chorus’?
A number of performers singing together, which is a familiar feature of Greek drama. Choruses would also perform poems/songs at religious rituals or weddings
What does ‘cum manu’ mean?
with power- this denotes a marriage where the husband gained power over his wife
What is ‘dactylic hexamter’?
an ancient poetic metre in which a line consists of six metrical feet of similar lengths
What is didactic poetry?
Poetry which is intended to teach a lesson to its readers- instructional poetry
What was a ‘dowry’?
A financial agreement made between the families of the bride and groom
What are ‘elegiac couplets’?
an ancient poetic metre which consisted of just two adjacent lines; the first is a line of dactylic hexameter and the second is a shorter pentameter line , which tends to be indented when printed
Who was the ‘erastes’?
the adult in a pederastic relationship
Who was the ‘eromenos’?
The boy in a pederastic relationship
What was ‘eros’?
Sappho uses this word for ‘love’. She also uses the adjective and verb formed of this word .
What does ‘genre’ mean?
A type or kind of artwork into which many can be grouped
What was the ‘gymnasium’?
An area where men would meet to exercise naked
What does ‘homoerotic’ mean?
same sex relationship
what is a ‘hyperbole’?
exaggeration used for literary effect
what was an ‘infamis’?
a person who, because of their profession or conduct, held no legal standing in Roman society (prostitutes, actors and gladiators)
What was a ‘Julian Law’
a law introduced by a member of the Julian family, which included the first five emperors.
Who was the ‘kyrios’
the head of an ancient Greek oikos. the kyrios was responsible for the women, children and unmarried female relatives in the oikos
What is a ‘love elegy’?
A style of roman poetry concerned with the trials and tribulations of love; the poetry was sometimes wistful, sometimes erotic and sometimes taboo
What is a ‘lyre’
A stringed musical instrument played, after Sappho’s time, with a plectrum
