Vocab Flashcards
Pithos:
A large jar
Priam [2]:
- King of Troy
- Paris’ father
Stele:
A wooden or stone slab on ancient graves
Pudicitia:
The roman idea of sexual modesty
Bulla:
A lucky charm given to Roman children on their naming day
Meretrix:
A Roman female prostitute
A Pantheon:
A group of gods and godesses
Sanctuary:
An area of sacred land set apart from the rest of the city
Temple:
A building dedicated to one of the gods and a statue of them as kept inside to represent the name of the gods
Kierus:
A greek priest
Votives:
Small figurines left at the altar
Libations:
Liquid offerings
Religious pollution:
A state of uncleanliness acquired by comitting acts that offended the gods
The Pythia:
The most ancient type of Greek mantis
A Mantis:
A Greek seer, prophet or soothsayer
Ololyge:
A high pitched ritual cry, marking the passage from life to death
Hearth:
Believed to be controlling of the well being of Rome
Pontifex Maximus:
The chief priest of Rome
Atrium Vestae:
The house of the Vestal Virgins
The Forum:
A rectangular marketplace in the centre of the city
The Flaminica Dialis:
Roman priestesses married to the Flamen Dialis
Peplos:
A Greek dress made from a long tube of fabric fastened over the shoulders by brooches or pins
Ergastinai:
Greek female weavers
Frieze:
A horizontal sculptured or painted decoration depicting a scene or a number of scenes
Erechtheon:
A temple on the Acropolis
Dionysus was the greek god of…[4]:
- Wine
- Theatre
- Ecstacy
- Madness
Maenads:
Greek women that celebrated and worshipped Dionysus
Ekstasis:
The greek concept of stepping outside of one’s self and becoming someone else
Thyrsus [2]:
- A staff covered in Ivy leaves
- A known sybol of Dionysus
The Bacchae [definition]:
The most extensive literary source we have on the Dionysus celebrations
Pentheus:
King of Thebes in the Bacchae
Agave:
The mother of Pentheus in the Bacchae
Agnodice:
The first recorded example of a female Athenian doctor for women
Amazonomachy:
It was one of the various Mythical battle between the Greeks and the Amazons
