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
what was a ‘lyric’ ?
Poetry with love as its principal theme, which would usually be performed accompanied by a lyre.
What was ‘manus’
power. This is the legal power wielded by a husband over his wife
What is a metaphor?
Comparison made for literary effect
What is a ‘monody’
The solo performance of poetry , personal intimate poetry
What is an ‘oikos’?
The ancient Greek household- this would include not only the family and their slaves but also property and possessions
What is ‘Pandemian eros’?
Common desire for the body, rather than for the mind
What is a parody?
A piece of work which is intended to make fun of another work or a genre of work
What was a ‘paterfamilias’
The male head of the roman household; this was the position of the father of the Roman household and when he died it was passed down to his son.
What was the ‘patria potestas’
The legal power of the paterfamilias over the members of his family ; all legitimate children were subject to this power until the death of their father
What was ‘pederasty’
sexual relationships between an adult male and a pubescent boy
What was a ‘plectrum’?
A small flat object used to pluck or strum the strings of a lyre to produce a sound
What is a polysyndeton?
The use of an unnecessarily large number of conjunctions in a list to emphasise the number of things being listed
What is ‘pothos’?
Sappho uses this term to indicate powerful ‘desire’ (seen in poem 102)
What is ‘praeterito’ ?
saying you will not mention something and in doing so deliberately mentioning it and bringing it up
What is ‘pudicitia’
chastity or modesty- this is the ideal quality of a Roman woman, especially from the upper classes
What is a rhetorical question?
A question to make a point; a question that frames the addressee as it is assumes no one will answer it
What does ‘sine manu’ mean?
without power- this denotes a marriage where the husband did not gain power over his wife and she remained under patria potestas
