Vocab

Question 1

Pithos:

Answer 1

A large jar

Question 2

Priam [2]:

Answer 2

• King of Troy

- Paris’ father

Question 3

Stele:

Answer 3

A wooden or stone slab on ancient graves

Question 4

Pudicitia:

Answer 4

The roman idea of sexual modesty

Question 5

Bulla:

Answer 5

A lucky charm given to Roman children on their naming day

Question 6

Meretrix:

Answer 6

A Roman female prostitute

Question 7

A Pantheon:

Answer 7

A group of gods and godesses

Question 8

Sanctuary:

Answer 8

An area of sacred land set apart from the rest of the city

Question 9

Temple:

Answer 9

A building dedicated to one of the gods and a statue of them as kept inside to represent the name of the gods

Question 10

Kierus:

Answer 10

A greek priest

Question 11

Votives:

Answer 11

Small figurines left at the altar

Question 12

Libations:

Answer 12

Liquid offerings

Question 13

Religious pollution:

Answer 13

A state of uncleanliness acquired by comitting acts that offended the gods

Question 14

The Pythia:

Answer 14

The most ancient type of Greek mantis

Question 15

A Mantis:

Answer 15

A Greek seer, prophet or soothsayer

Question 16

Ololyge:

Answer 16

A high pitched ritual cry, marking the passage from life to death

Question 17

Hearth:

Answer 17

Believed to be controlling of the well being of Rome

Question 18

Pontifex Maximus:

Answer 18

The chief priest of Rome

Question 19

Atrium Vestae:

Answer 19

The house of the Vestal Virgins

Question 20

The Forum:

Answer 20

A rectangular marketplace in the centre of the city

Question 21

The Flaminica Dialis:

Answer 21

Roman priestesses married to the Flamen Dialis

Question 22

Peplos:

Answer 22

A Greek dress made from a long tube of fabric fastened over the shoulders by brooches or pins

Question 23

Ergastinai:

Answer 23

Greek female weavers

Question 24

Frieze:

Answer 24

A horizontal sculptured or painted decoration depicting a scene or a number of scenes

Question 25

Erechtheon:

Answer 25

A temple on the Acropolis

Question 26

Dionysus was the greek god of…[4]:

Answer 26

• Wine
• Theatre
• Ecstacy
• Madness

Question 27

Maenads:

Answer 27

Greek women that celebrated and worshipped Dionysus

Question 28

Ekstasis:

Answer 28

The greek concept of stepping outside of one’s self and becoming someone else

Question 29

Thyrsus [2]:

Answer 29

• A staff covered in Ivy leaves

- A known sybol of Dionysus

Question 30

The Bacchae [definition]:

Answer 30

The most extensive literary source we have on the Dionysus celebrations

Question 31

Pentheus:

Answer 31

King of Thebes in the Bacchae

Question 32

Agave:

Answer 32

The mother of Pentheus in the Bacchae

Question 33

Agnodice:

Answer 33

The first recorded example of a female Athenian doctor for women

Question 34

Amazonomachy:

Answer 34

It was one of the various Mythical battle between the Greeks and the Amazons