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QUICK FIRE VOCABULARY Flashcards

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agora

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main market and civic centre

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Anthesteria

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mid-February festival to celebrate the year’s vintage of wine - also associated with young children

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apadana

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great audience hall in Persian royal palace

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Apis Bull

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sacred bill of Egyptian religion which Cambyses fatally wounded

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archaic

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‘old’ = relating to period in Greek history 750-479BC ending with the expulsion of the Persian threat from Greece.

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archon

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one of nine senior magistrates responsible for areas of Athenian policy for year

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Arrephoroi

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7-11 year old girls who served the cult of Athena Polias on the Acropolis

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Assembly

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formal meeting of citizens

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aristocracy

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group considered superior to all other groups who gained their privileges from birth

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arta

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Persian concept of truth

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aulos

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double reed pipe

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Athenian Empire

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name given to the Delian League after Athens had taken control of it and placed the treasury in Athens

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ballista

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missile weapon that launched large projectiles

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choregos

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financial backer of plays

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City Dionysia

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greatest Athenian drama festival - late March

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classical period (Greece)

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479-323 BC - expulsion of Persian threat to the death of Alexander

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Council of the Areopagus

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aristocratic council of ex-archons

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cuneiform

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early system of writing using wedge shaped marks on clay tablets with a blunt reed

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Delian league

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a modern name used to describe the military alliance of 477 bc of numerous Greek states, led by Athens, against Persian aggression after the Persian Wars.

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deme

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village or district of the town of Athens which formed a single polity

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dikast

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citizen judge and juror in the Athenian court system

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Dipylon Gate

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one the main gates into Athens

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deify

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to accord someone the status of a god

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dithyramb

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choral dance sung in honour of Dionysus

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divinination

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practice of seeking knowledge of the future through supernatural means

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dokimasia

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test given to citizen before he could serve as a magistrate

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dowry

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payment given by bride’s father to the groom as part of the marriage contract

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drauga

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Persian concept of lying, ‘the lie’

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earth and water (Persian)

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symbolic token of submission given to the Persians

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ephebe

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young Athenian man preparing for citizenship

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epitaph

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inscription on a tombstone remembering the dead person

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epithet

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adjective describing a particular role or characteristic (‘white armed”, “swift”, “distant deadly archer”)

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Erechthion

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temple of Athena and Poseidon which housed the olive wood statue of Athena Polias

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euthanal

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magistrate’s report on his year in office

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frieze

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horizontal band of sculptured decoration

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Great Panathenaia

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Held every four years, larger version of the annual Panathenaia

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Hellenic League 5thC

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Modern name given to the military alliance of thirty odd Greek cities resisting Persian incursions of Greece 480/79BC

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Hellenic League 4th C

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Federation of Greek states created by Philip of Macedon after the battle of Chaeronea to facilitate his use of the military against Persia.

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Hellenic Treasurers

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Athenian magistrates elected annually at Athen, responsible for collecting tribute from the Delian League allies.

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Hellenistic Age

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From the death of Alexander in 323BC to the emergence of the Roman Empire in 31BC. It was when Greek influence was at its peak across Europe and Asia.

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