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Private Life: birth & marriage & death Flashcards

1
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What does a fillet of wood over the door symbolize

A

Birth of a girl

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2
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amphidromia

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Formal ceremony of purification of a child

Took place on the fifth(or seventh) day after birth

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3
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Dekate

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Public ceremony where a child was ceremoniously acknowledged by the father and received its name
Tenth day after birth

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4
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What were male children most often named

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Named after paternal (and sometimes) maternal grandfather

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5
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What did fathers have power over

A

The exposure of an infant

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6
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How were marriages formed

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Arranged marriages by parents

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7
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enguesis/engue

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Formal betrothal

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8
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Who gave the bride away

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The nearest male relative

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9
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Kurios

A

Male relative

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10
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What made a formal betrothal invalid

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If the formal betrothal was omitted, performed by the wrong person

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11
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What happens if the formal betrothal was invalid

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Marriage was void and children illegitimate

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12
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How did the ages of the bride and groom compare

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Man was considerable older than the woman

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13
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Prios/ pherne

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Dowry

Property and land

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14
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What happens to the dowry if there is a divorce

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Remained property of the wife must be returned

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15
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Progamia

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Preliminary religious ceremonies that occupied the interval between the betrothal and the actual wedding

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16
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Which season was a favorite for marrying

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Winter

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17
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Gamelion

A

Marriage month

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18
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What are some lucky days for marriage

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4th day after new moon & day of full moon

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19
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What happened in marriage ceremonies in Athens

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Both bride and groom washed inn water brought from the fountain Callirrhoe

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20
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Thoine gamike

A

Wedding feast

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21
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Where was the thoine gamike held

A

House of brides father

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22
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What happened at the thoine gamike

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Sacrifice was made and sesame wedding cake was eaten

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23
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What does a wreath of olive over the door symbolize

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Birth of a boy

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24
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When did the weeding procession occur

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After the wedding feast

25
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What happened at the wedding procession

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The bride wearing a veil was conveyed to her future home

Bride sat in between groom and best man in chariot

26
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Who followed the brides chariot in the wedding procession

A

The brides mother

Crowd of revelers and flute players

27
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What was the job of the brides mother in the procession

A

To carry torches lit at the paternal hearth

28
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Paranumphos

A

The best man

29
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Who received the bride once the bride arrived at the home

A

The grooms mother

30
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Kataxusmata

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A welcoming of the bride with a shower of fruits and sweetmeats after she was received by the grooms mother

31
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What did the bride and groom eat when they entered the bridal chamber

A

A quince

32
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Epithalamia

A

Marriage hymns

33
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Who sang the marriage hymns

A

The bridesmaids outside the bridal chamber

34
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When would the marriage ceremony be concluded

A

Day after bedding ceremony

35
Q

What occurred at the conclusion of the marriage ceremony

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The bride, unveiled, would greet friends and relatives to receive gifts and good wishes

36
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What happened when a man died

A

Body was washed by the women of the family,

Dressed in white, and laid on the couch with feet to the door

37
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Prothesis

A

“Lying in state”
Describes how the body was laid out
Feet towards the door

38
Q

Obal

A

Coin which was placed in mouth of the body as a fee for Charon

39
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Lekuthos

A

An oil flask

40
Q

What was placed at the head of the body in death

A

The Lekuthos -oil flask-

41
Q

What was placed in the hand of the deathee

A

A melitoussa -honey cake-

42
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Melitoussa

A

A honey cake

43
Q

Threnodoi

A

Hired mourners

44
Q

What was placed at the door and what happened with it

A

A vessel of water

Departing guests sprinkled themselves with the water to avoid ceremonial pollution

45
Q

Ekthora

A

Actual burial

46
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When did the ekthora take place

A

After the day of the Prothesis

Carried through the by sunrise

47
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What was the first event of the ekthora

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Body was placed on a bier and conveyed either on a car or on the shoulders of friends (men in front , women in back)

48
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What was the second group to follow in the ekthora

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Hired mourners and flute players followed the bier

49
Q

What was placed in the grave with the body

A

Vases and other articles

50
Q

How many times was a dead man saluted

A

3 times by name

51
Q

What happened after the burial was complete

A

A funeral feast (perideipnon)

52
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perideipnon

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Funeral feast held at closest relative to the burial

53
Q

Where were cemeteries usually placed

A

Along side public roads

54
Q

How were graves marked

A

By a mound (tumbos)
Or a slab (stele)
Usually with the simplest inscription required for i.d

55
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What was in the inscription of the buried

A

The name, fathers name, and the deme to which the deceased belonged

56
Q

Tumbos

A

A mound

57
Q

Stele

A

Slab

58
Q

Signs of Greek mourning

A

Black dress

Hair cut close

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