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11/10/2013

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Aegeus
Definition
King of Athens in the Medea Play
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Agathon
Definition
Athenian tragic poet who appears in Plato's Symposium
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Androgynous
Definition
Having both female and male characteristics
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Aphrodite
Definition
Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess
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Architrave
Definition
A plain horizontal band of stone on top of the capitals that looked like simple cushions and supported the columns
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Artemis
Definition
Goddess of the hunt, sacred to Hippolytus
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Aspasia
Definition
Hetaira companion of Pericles
Influential on Athenian politics through Pericles
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Athena
Definition
Goddess of reason and intelligent activities, arts and literature
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Aulos
Definition
Wind Instrument, more like an oboe than a flute
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Castes
Definition
Class Stratification,
Lower Middle Class - included Heralds, Aulos-Players and Cooks
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Choregos
Definition
Wealthy Athenian Citizen who financed the production of plays
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City Dionysia
Definition
The Second-Most Important Festival in Athens in honor of the God Dionysus, composed of 4 days of plays
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Cleon
Definition
Son of Cleaenetus,
Hot-Tempered Citizen - argued for Killing Mytileneans
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Colchis
Definition
Area in Asia Minor where Madea comes from
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Corinth
Definition
City-State where the Medea play takes place
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Creon
Definition
King of Corinth in the Medea play
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Delos
Definition
The Sanctuary of the God Apollo
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Diodotus
Definition
Son of Eucrates who opposed the proposal of Cleon to Killing Mytileneans
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Doric Order
Definition
Style of Greek Temple with sturdy columns that rested directly on the top step of the temple
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Erastes
Definition
A Young Adult active partner in pederesty
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Eromenos
Definition
An Adolescent Passive teenager in a pederestic relationship
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Eulogy
Definition
Speech, or Writing in praise of a person(s) or thing(s), especially one recently dead or retired
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Grammatistes
Definition
Teacher of older boys
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Herm / Hermai
Definition
Phallic Sculpture
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Hermes
Definition
The guardian of ways and cross-roads and God of Thieves
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Iktinos
Definition
Greek Architect and the CHIEF Designer of the Parthenon at Athens
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Ionic Order
Definition
Style of Greek Temple with slim columns which rested on a base and were topped by volute capitals
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Jason
Definition
Son of Aeson, King of Iocus, former husband of Medea
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Kallikrates
Definition
Greek architect Co-designer of the Parthenon at Athens
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Kithara
Definition
Heavy seven-stringed lyre
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Lapiths
Definition
Legendary Men who lived with the Centaurs
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Lesbos
Definition
Greek Island located in the North-Eastern Aegean Sea, home of Sappho
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Lord Elgin
Definition
Scottish Nobleman and Diplomat known for cracking part of the Parthenon when moving it to England
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Marathon
Definition
Location of famous battle during the Persian War
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Medea
Definition
Barbarian Princess and Sorceress, Princess of Colchis and wife of Jason
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Metopes
Definition
Rectangles that could be decorated with paint or sculpture
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Mytilene
Definition
Area attacked by Athens after refusing to pay tribute
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Naos
Definition
Room in a Temple with statue of a God
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Orchestra
Definition
The area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus
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Paidagogos
Definition
A Household Slave selected for the task of accompanying the boy during the day to school
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Palaistra, Palaistrai
Definition
Greek Wrestling School
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Pediment
Definition
The Pitched Roof of a Greek Temple
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Peripteral
Definition
A Temple with a Peristyle
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Pericles
Definition
A Greek statesman, Partner of Aspasia The most prominent and influential Statesman
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Peristyle
Definition
The Colonnade running around the four sides of the Temple
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Persepolis
Definition
Ancient Capital of Persian Empire, ruled by Xerxes
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Phaedra
Definition
Theseus wife and daughter of Minos and Pasiphaƫ
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Phallus Bird
Definition
type of erotic vase painting with a phallic bird often pleasuring a woman
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Phidias
Definition
Sculptor who made the gold and ivory statue of Athena in the Parthenon
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Pornai
Definition
Greek prostitutes
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Poseidon
Definition
God of the Sea
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Proagon
Definition
An Official Theatrical Presentation taking place a few days before the Great Dionysia began
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Satyr play
Definition
Greek Bawdy Comedy that followed Tragedies
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Scatological
Definition
When a person is sexually aroused by fecal matter
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Skene
Definition
Background Building of a Greek Stage, used for storage
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Sophists
Definition
Teachers of Rhetoric and Arguing - uninterested in truth
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Theatron
Definition
Where the Audience of a Greek Tragedy sat to view the plays
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Theseus
Definition
The mythical Founder-King of Athens, son of Aegeus and Poseidon, father of Hippolytus
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Thespis
Definition
First Actor to play a character
(OTHER THAN HIMSELF)
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Thucydides
Definition
Greek Historian who pioneered researching history
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Triglyphs
Definition
Vertically grooved rectangles that resemble beam ends
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Xenophobia
Definition
Fear of Outsiders
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Xenophon
Definition
Greek Historian and Soldier, who admired Socrates and wrote a Symposium
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