more greek vocab

Question 1

erastēs

Answer 1

lover / the one who does the love
older man of homosexual relationship

Question 2

eromenos

Answer 2

the beloved / the one receiving love
younger man of the relationship

Question 3

sumposion

Answer 3

symposium
male drinking party

Question 4

gumnasion

Answer 4

gymnasium
naked place

Question 5

pentekontaitia

Answer 5

“50 year period”
approx 48 year period between xerxes invasion in 479 bc and peloponnesian war in 431 bc

Question 6

stratēgos / stratēgoi

Answer 6

military general

Question 7

stratēgia

Answer 7

position of military general

Question 8

ostrakismos

Answer 8

the practice of using ostraka
scratching the name of man they want banished on a ceramic sherd with a nail

Question 9

peltastēs

Answer 9

javelin man
a soldier with a peltē shield (smaller and lighter than a hoplon)

Question 10

dēmagōgus

Answer 10

politician who holds power by enflaming peoples emotions and prejudices with his public speaking (ie. cleon)

Question 11

epiteichismos

Answer 11

building a fort in enemy territory to serve as a forward