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Odyssey - Agamemnon
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Undergraduate 2
03/27/2009

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Achilleus
Definition
Greek hero from the Trojan War and a central character in the Illiad.
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Aegeus
Definition
Figure prominent in the founding myth of Athens. Dual father with Poseidon of Theseus. Means Goat-Man.
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Aeolus
Definition
Ruler of the winds
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aetiological
Definition
why something is; like in Greek stories how they try to explain things like fire and where it came from and why.
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Agamemnon
Definition
King of Argos who was murdered in the bathtub by his wife.
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agon
Definition
Conflict of characters in a classic Greek drama; also means contest for a prize
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Aegisthus
Definition
Agamemnon's cousin and Clytemnestra's lover who participated in the plot to murder Agamemnon.
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Alkinoos/Alcinous
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King of the Phaeacians; offers Odysseus xenia and safe passage to Ithaca
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anaktoron
Definition
palace from Eleusinian Mysteries where only the hierophantes could enter
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anthropomorphism
Definition
modeled after humans
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Antikleia
Definition
Odysseus' mother who died of grief from his being gone so long; seen as shade in underworld
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Antinoos/Antinous
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The most arrogant of Penelope's suitors; leads the charge to have Telemachus killed; first suitor slain
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Aphrodite
Definition
goddess of love, sex, and beauty
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Apollo
Definition
God of music, archery, poetry, dance, and carer of herds and flocks.
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Ares
Definition
God of war/bloodlust
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Arete
Definition
wife of Alkinoos, king of the Phaecians
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arete
Definition
manly excellence; strength and valor on the battlefield
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aristeia
Definition
a warrior's prowess; when a hero has his or her finest moments; the slaying of the suitors is an aristeia
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aristoi
Definition
the best
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Artemis
Definition
Apollo's sister; Goddess of the hunt
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Athena
Definition
virgin goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts and prudent warfare
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Athenian Treasury
Definition
one of the best known treasuries of ancient Greece; located in Delphi;
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athlon
Definition
prize
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athlos
Definition
contest
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Atreus
Definition
father of Agamemnon and Menelaus; he boiled Aegisthus' brothers and fed them to Aegisthus' father
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Aulis
Definition
port where the Greek navy rallied before setting off against Troy
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basileus
Definition
ancient Greek official; can be translated to mean chieftain
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Cassandra
Definition
Agamemnon's slave/concubine; agreed to sleep with Apollo, but reneged so she got the gift of prophecy but the curse of no one believing her.
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chaos
Definition
the primal emptiness, space
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Charybdis
Definition
sea monster from the Odyssey; daughter of Poseidon and Gaia; creates huge whirlpools
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choros
Definition
Greek chorus which provided commentary on the action of the play; they were minor actors in Greek plays
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chryselephantine
Definition
made of gold and ivory
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chthonic
Definition
earth based
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Circe
Definition
beautiful witch-goddess who transforms Odysseus's crew into swine when he lands on her island Aiaia (Aeaea)
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cosmogony
Definition
movement from chaos to order; birth of cosmos
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cosmos
Definition
order
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Daedalus(Daidalos)
Definition
Legendary Athenian inventor and craftsman; he built the labyrinth to house the minotaur
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Delos
Definition
Island where Apollo and Artemis were born
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Delphi
Definition
ancient Greek city at the foot of a mountain; this is where the most famous oracle lived;
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Demeter
Definition
The goddess of agriculture
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Dike
Definition
the personification of moral justice
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Dionysia
Definition
celebrations for Dionysus; sang choral odes and drank
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Dionysus
Definition
the god of wine
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Elektra
Definition
The daughter of Agamemnon and Klytemnestra
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Eleusinian Mysteries
Definition
An annual celebration in memory of the abduction and return of Persephone and in honor and Demeter and Bacchus; the actual rites were shrouded in mystery and only initiates were allowed to participate in the more sacred of the ceremonies.
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Eleusis
Definition
site of the temple of Demeter where the Eleusinian Mysteries originated.
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epic cycle
Definition
a collection of Ancient Greek epic poems that related the story of the Trojan War
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epic simile
Definition
also called Homeric simile; it is a detailed comparison in the form of a metaphor that is many lines in length
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Epimetheus
Definition
literally means After-Thought; Prometheus warned him to be suspicious of gifts from Zeus but Epimetheus could not resist the god-made woman, Pandora, when she was offered to him by Zeus and, by accepting her, unwittingly unleashed all the evils upon the world
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epinician poetry
Definition
poetic tribute to a victor; upon a victory
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Eris
Definition
The goddess of Discord or Strife
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epopteia
Definition
advanced state of understanding
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Eurykleia
Definition
Odysseus' servant; she is the first to recognize Odysseus when he returns
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Eurymachus
Definition
he is the second suitor to die; he is manipulative and has some influence over the other suitors
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Gaia
Definition
The ancient Greek goddess of Earth.
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Hades
Definition
Lord of the dead, king of the underworld
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Heinrich Schliemann
Definition
a German archaeologist and excavator of Troy
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Hekabe
Definition
The wife of the last king of Troy, Priam; the mother of Hektor
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Hekate
Definition
The Far-Darter; an earth goddess associated with sorcery, hounds and crossroads.
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Hektor
Definition
he was the supreme commander of the Trojan allies during the siege of Troy; son of King Priam
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Helen
Definition
Wife of Menelaus and queen of Sparta. Helen's abduction from Sparta by the Trojans sparked the Trojan War.
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Helios
Definition
The Sun; the son of the Titans, Hyperion and Theia.
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Hephaistos
Definition
The Smith of the Immortals; made Achilles Trojan War armor
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Hellen
Definition
the mythological patriarch of the Hellenes; he was a man not a girl
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Hera
Definition
wife of Zeus; the queen of the Immortals
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Hermes
Definition
The Herald and Messenger of the Gods; prince of thieves
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Hero
Definition
A priestess at the temple of Aphrodite
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Hestia
Definition
Greek goddess of the household
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hiera
Definition
sacred things
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Hierophantes
Definition
priests; translation is literally revealers of sacred things.
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hieros gamos
Definition
temple marriage or sacred union
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Elotheia
Definition
Goddess of childbirth
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Hippodameia
Definition
mother of Atreus and grandmother of Agamemnon
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homophrosune
Definition
like mindedness which is what Penelope and Odysseus have
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hubris
Definition
actions of those who challenged the gods or their laws
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Iliad
Definition
Homer's epic about the fall of Troy
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Iphigenia
Definition
The daughter of Agamemnon which was sacrificed to Artemis
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Iros
Definition
The beggar who taunted Odysseus at the prompting of the suitors of Penelope
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Kalypso
Definition
The sea nymph who detained Odysseus on the island of Ogygia
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kleos
Definition
renown or glory which Greek heroes strive for
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Klytaimestra
Definition
wife of Agamemnon who murdered him
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komos
Definition
celebrations held in towns or villages with processions and songs
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Kore
Definition
A name for Persephone in Attika as the personification of Virginity; literally, The Daughter,
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Kronos
Definition
One of the Titans; father of Zeus; overthrown by Zeus
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kykeon
Definition
symbolic barley drink could have been hallucinogenic
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Laertes
Definition
The father of Odysseus
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Leda
Definition
wife of the king of Sparta, Tyndareus; mother of Helen
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Linear A
Definition
not yet deciphered system of writing from Minoan sites at Crete and other Greek islands
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Linear B
Definition
An ancient system of writing representing a very early form of Greek; deciphered Michael Ventris
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megaron
Definition
great hall
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Menelaos
Definition
Helen's husband and Agamemnon's brother; King of Sparta during the Trojan War
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menos
Definition
male power
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Mentes
Definition
Athena disguised herself as Mentes when she convinced Telemachus to look for Odysseus; captain of the Taphians
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Mentor
Definition
The loyal advisor and companion of Odysseus. Educated Telemachus while Odysseus was at war.
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Metis
Definition
feminine cunning; Macguyver like
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Michael Ventris
Definition
WW2 codebreaker who decoded linear B
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Minos
Definition
King of Crete at the palace Knossos; Odysseus sees him in the Underworld
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Minotaur
Definition
Bull of Minos
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misogyny
Definition
hatred of women
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mystes
Definition
Eleusinian Mysteries initiates
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mythos
Definition
story, legend, plot
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Nausikaa
Definition
beautiful daughter of King Alcinous who finds Odysseus and has a crush on him
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Nestor
Definition
King of Pylos and former warrior in Trojan War; Telemachus goes to him to get information on Odysseus whereabouts
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nostos/Nostoi
Definition
Greek word for homecoming; Nostoi are the collection of homecoming stories
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Oenomaus
Definition
The father of Hippodamia
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oide
Definition
song
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Olympia
Definition
the site of the Temple of Zeus and the Olympian games
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Olympians
Definition
The six children of Kronos (Cronos) and Rheia (Rhea);
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omphalos
Definition
stone at the city of Delphi that covered the Navel of the World
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orchestra
Definition
part of the Greek theater in front of the skene and para skene; literally means dancing space
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Orestes
Definition
Agamemnon's son who avenges his death
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ouranic
Definition
heavenly
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Ouranos
Definition
the Heavens; first-born of Gaia and in all ways her equal
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Pandora
Definition
the first woman; her name means All-Endowed;unleashed all the evil in the world
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panhellenic sanctuaries
Definition
temple to deity; theater; stadium; treasures
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paraskene
Definition
the porch off of the skene where the actors acted
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Paris/Alexandros
Definition
son of king Priam who kidnapped Helen starting Trojan War
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parthenogenesis
Definition
virgin birth
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Pasiphae
Definition
the wife of king Minos who gave birth to the minotaur
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Peitho
Definition
means too prevail; put golden necklaces around pandora's neck
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peithein
Definition
to persuade or try to persuade
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Peleus
Definition
husband of Thetis and father of Akhilleus (Achilles)
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Pelops
Definition
Hippodamia's husband and grandfather of Agamemnon
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Penelope
Definition
Odysseus' wife and Telemachus father
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Persephone
Definition
daughter of Zeus and Demeter and the bride of Hades; taken by Hades to the underworld against her will
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Perses
Definition
titan who was said to "surpass all in wisdom"
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phallocentricism
Definition
masculine centered and influenced
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Pindar
Definition
Greek poet who wrote in an elaborate form with a metrical structure that was common with odes and verse
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poesis
Definition
the making of poetry
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polymetis
Definition
jack of all trades
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Polyphemus
Definition
cyclops son of poseidon who was blinded by Odysseus and his men in the Odyssey
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Poseidon
Definition
The lord of the Sea
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Priam
Definition
King of Troy and Paris' father
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Prometheus
Definition
he defied Zeus and gave fire to humans so he was chained to a mountain
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psychopomos
Definition
Hermes role of taking souls to the underworld
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pythia
Definition
priestesses of Apollo at Delphi who would sit atop tripods and render the prophecies of Apollo
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Pytho
Definition
ancient name for Delphi; means to rot
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python
Definition
large dragon who guarded the chasm at Delphi until killed by Apollo
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Rhea
Definition
one of the Titans; wife of Kronos and Zeus' mom
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rites of separation
Definition
remove the individual from normal social life on the path to adulthood
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rites of transition
Definition
when the person on the path to adulthood transitions to adulthood
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rites of integration
Definition
when the new adult is reintegrated to society
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Sacred Way
Definition
the route to Eleusis
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Scylla
Definition
the other sea monster across from Charbydis at the strait Odysseus had to cross; had many heads with razor sharp teeth
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Syphnian Treasury
Definition
Siphnian Treasury was a dedicated building to the Greek polis, or city-state, of Delphi
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Sir Arthur Evans
Definition
British archaeologist most famous for unearthing the palace of Knossos on the Greek island of Crete
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Sirens
Definition
Sea nymphs who are part woman and part bird; their singing is irresistible and causes sailors to go to them and crash on the rocks
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skene
Definition
part of Greek theater where the background was
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stoa of the athenians
Definition
polygonal wall where the names of freed slaves and victor athletes were carved
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Tantalus
Definition
son of Zeus and the father of Pelops and Niobe
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Telemachy
Definition
first four books of the Odyssey telling the story of Telemachus
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telesterion
Definition
great hall in Eleusis, Telesterion was one of the primary centers of the Eleusinian Mysteries
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theatron
Definition
where the audience of a Greek tragedy sat to view the performance
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Themis
Definition
the goddess of law and order
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Theseus
Definition
Athenian hero who fought and killed the Minotaur
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Thetis
Definition
the wife of Peleus and the mother of Akhilleus (Achilles)
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Thyestes
Definition
Aigisthos father who was fed his own kids by Atreus
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Titanomachy
Definition
war of the titans
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Titans
Definition
the children of Ouranos (the Heavens) and Gaia (Earth)
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tragos
Definition
means goat; root of the word tragedy which means goat song
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Triptolemus
Definition
mortal man who was the favorite of Demeter; he invented the plow and was the patron of agriculture;
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Tyndareus
Definition
king of Sparta and husband of Leda; Clymenestra's father
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Typhoeus/Typhaon
Definition
son of Hera; a snake bodied monster associated with storms; the creature Apollo killed when he establishing shrine at Delphi
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xenia
Definition
hospitality
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Zanes
Definition
statues paid for by the fines of cheating athletes
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Zeus
Definition
ruler of the gods
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Agave
Definition
Pentheus mother; Bacchae; mutilated son
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Andromache
Definition
Hector's wife
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maenads
Definition
normal followers of Dionysis
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Bacchae
Definition
the women filled with Bacchus. crazy drunk
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Harpies
Definition
female bird monsters; befoul everything
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Caduceus
Definition
medical staff; Hermes
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peplos
Definition
garment woven for statue of Athena in Athens
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sparagmos
Definition
what happened to Pentheus; ritualistic dismemberment
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Sisyphus
Definition
cursed to roll rock up hill only to have it fall back down for eternity
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spartoi
Definition
noble families of Thebes
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Hekatoncheires
Definition
hundredhanded beings from the Theogony; helped Zeus
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Achaeans

 

Definition
One of a Hellenic people believed to have inhabited the Peloponnesus and to have created the Mycenaean civilization
Term
Aegean Sea
Definition
sea between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey
Term
aegis
Definition
shield of athena/zeus with medusa's head on it
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Aeneas (Aineias)
Definition
one of the heroes of Troy key in the founding of Rome
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anagnorisis
Definition
a moment of recognition becoming aware of the real situation
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Antigone
Definition
daughter of Oedipus; sentenced to death by Creon for burying her brother; killed herself
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Ariadne
Definition
daughter of king Minos; helped Theseus beat minotaur
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Asclepius
Definition
God of medicine and healing
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Athenian Acropolis
Definition
held a ceremony every 4 years rivaling the Olympics; a procession would place a pelops on Athena's statue
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Attica
Definition
geographic region in southeastern Greece that surrounds the city of Athens
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Autochthonous
Definition
indigenous; native
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Autonoe
Definition
daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia; sister of Agave; was there when Pentheus was slain
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bacchantes
Definition
cult of female worshippers of Dionysus
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Cadmus
Definition
father of Autonoe and Agave
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Calchas
Definition
prophet who told Agamemnon he must sacrifice his daughter or the fleet couldn't leave for troy
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Castor
Definition
one of the twin sons of Zeus and Leda
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Cecrops
Definition
snake-like being who was thought to be the first king of Athens
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Cerberus
Definition
ferocious multiheaded watchdog of the underworld
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Ceres
Definition
child of Nyx; the personification of Misery
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Chimera
Definition
fire breathing she-beast with three heads: a lion, a snake and a goat
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Creon
Definition
Jokasta's brother; ruler of Thebes who sentenced Antigone to death
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Cyclades
Definition
group of Greek islands in the southern Aegean Sea which circle Delos
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Cypris
Definition
island in the northwestern corner of the Mediterranean Sea
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Deucalion
Definition
son of Prometheus who survived the flood by Zeus
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deus ex machina
Definition
a character or plot device at the end out of the blue that saves the day
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Eileithyia
Definition
Goddess of childbirth
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ekphrasis
Definition
description of a work of art; means out speak or speak out
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Elpenor
Definition
companion of Odysseus on his voyage home to the island of Ithaka; fell off a roof and died appeared as shade in the underworld
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Elysium
Definition
abode of the blessed dead; where heroic and virtuous souls rest
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Eos
Definition
The Dawn
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Erechtheion
Definition
an ancient Greek temple on the north side of the Acropolis of Athens
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Erechtheus
Definition
mythical king of Attika (Attica); his name literally means, The Render
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Erichthonius
Definition
Erechtheus grandfather; mythical king of Athens said to be born of the soil. a result of an attempted rape on Athena
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Erinyes
Definition
another name for the Euminedes; they are called the furies. winged women of fierceness
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Eros
Definition
The god of Love; one of the original four Immortals.
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Eteocles
Definition
oldest son of Oedipus and Jocasta
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etymology
Definition
the study of the history/roots of words and how they changed over time
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Eumenides
Definition
Another name for the Erinyes, Greek deities of vengeance
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Europa
Definition
abducted by Zeus as a bull and taken to Crete where she became it's first queen
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Eurydice
Definition
wife of Kreon who killed herself after learning her son killed himself
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Ganymede
Definition
abducted by Zeus and made the cup bearer of the Immortals becoming immortal himself
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Gorgons
Definition
the three hideous daughters of Phorkys with snakes writhing from their heads, wrists and waists
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Graces
Definition
Graces are the attendants of Aphrodite; they are the incarnation of Grace and Charm;
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Haemon
Definition
son Kreon and Eurydike who was in love with Antigone and killed himself when she killed herself
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hamartia
Definition
error in judgment or unwitting mistake in a tragedy; like how Oedipus tries to prevent the incestuous relationship and murder of his father and instead causes it
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Heracles
Definition
The ultimate hero; the son of Zeus and the mortal, Alkmene
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Hermai
Definition
statues with a head on top of a squared lower section; were made for protection
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Homeric Hymns
Definition
A collection of poems dedicated to the various Greek Immortals.
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Icarus
Definition
son of Daedalus who died when he flew too close to the son during an escape causing his wings to melt
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Ino
Definition
the daughter of Kadmus and Harmonia; the sister of Agave and Autonoe.
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Ionia
Definition
ancient region on the western coast of Asia Minor which included the adjacent islands in the Aegean Sea
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Ismene
Definition
one of the unfortunate daughters of king Oedipus of the city of Thebes
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Iulus
Definition
son of Aineias (Aeneas) and Kreusa (Creusa); he was also called Askanius
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Jocasta
Definition
wife of Laius and wife/mother of Oedipus
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Laius
Definition
Oedipus father who was killed by Oedipus; Jocasta's husband.
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Lenaia
Definition
were dramatic festivals in Athens and Ionia to Dionysis
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Leto
Definition
consort of Zeus; mother of Apollo and Artemis;
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Medusa
Definition
Gorgon who was mortal but anyone who gazed upon her face was turned to stone
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metopes
Definition
square spaces between the triglyphs of a Doric frieze, either plain or adorned with carved work; from the Greek word Metope, i.e. meta = between and ope = opening
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miasma
Definition
opposite of sacred, polluted; means you are defiles and cannot participate in sacred rituals
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Moirai
Definition
The Fates; Goddesses who determine human fate; three daughters of Zeus and Themis
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Muses
Definition
nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; the goddesses of all the creative arts
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Neoptolemus
Definition
The son of Akhilleus(Achilles); he killed the Trojan king, Priam
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Nymphs
Definition
general term for maidens who occupy rivers, springs, mountains, etc; the name nymph literally means Bride
Term
Oedipus
Definition
unfortunate King of Thebes who was cursed; he killed his dad then married his mom Jocasta; then he had kids by that union
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Okeanos
Definition
Ocean; one of the Titans
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Oresteia
Definition
a trilogy written by the Aeskhylus (Aeschylus); Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, and the Eumenides
Term
Pan
Definition
The Goat-God; the king of the mountains; the protector of shepherds and flocks who lives in the forests and byways; had goat legs and horns; he played a pipe called a syrinx
Term
Panathenaia
Definition
an ancient religious festival in Athens in the honor of the patron of the city, Athena
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pantheon
Definition
a set of all the gods of a particular or mythology; can also refer to a temple or sacred building explicitly dedicated to "all deities", avoiding the difficulty of giving an exhaustive list
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Parthenon
Definition
a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis; the most important surviving building of Classical Greece
Term
parthenos
Definition
"Virgin", an epithet of the goddess Athena
Term
Peloponnesian War
Definition
an Ancient Greek military war, fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta
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Peloponnesus
Definition
Another name for the Peloponnesian Peninsula
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Pentheus
Definition
was a king of Thebes; son of Echion and Agave
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peripeteia
Definition
a reversal of circumstances, or turning point
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Phaiakians
Definition
Odysseus was washed ashore in the land of the Phaiakians; they gave him gifts and passage back to Ithaca
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Polydeuces
Definition
He and his brother, Kastor (Castor), were called the Dioskuri (Dioscuri); the twin sons of Zeus and Leda and the brothers of Helen, Klytemnestra (Clytemnestra) and Phoibe (Phoebe).
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Polynices
Definition
youngest son of king Oedipus and Jocasta; he was refuse proper burial leading to the events in Antigone
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Potnia Theron
Definition
mistress of animals
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princeps
Definition
a Latin word meanining "first in time or order; the first, chief, the most eminent, distinguished, or noble; the first man, first person"
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Propylaia
Definition
The gateway to the Akropolis (Acropolis) at Athens.
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Persephone
Definition
the daughter of Demeter and Zeus; the wife of Hades and queen of the Underworld
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Pyrrha
Definition
wife of Deucalion; she and Deucalion survived the flood that Zeus sent to destroy the human race; threw stones to repopulate earth
Term
satyr play
Definition
a lighthearted joking tragedy played at the end of a tragic play
Term
satyrs
Definition
One of a class of woodland deities who were attendant on Bakkhus (Bacchus); represented as part human, part horse and sometimes part goat; noted for their riotousness and lasciviousness.
Term
Semele
Definition
daughter of Kadmus (Cadmus) and Harmonia; the mother, by Zeus, of Dionysus; she was mortal but after the birth of Dionysus she became immortal; the sister of Ino, Agaue, Polydorus and Autonoe;
Term
Sphinx
Definition
monster which was usually represented as having the head and breast of a woman, the body of a lion and the wings of an eagle; Oedipus correctly answered her riddle so she killed herself thus lifting the curse from Thebes
Term
syncretism
Definition
the combination of different forms of belief or practice; like how the Romans adopted Greek Gods
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synoikism
Definition
process of bringing many settlements together into a political unity
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Teiresias
Definition
blind prophet who prophesized Oedipus being the problem, Antigone's whole plot, and he helped Odysseus in the Odyssey
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Telemachos
Definition
Odysseus' and Penelope's son; when his father returned home after a twenty year absence, Telemachos helped him kill the suitors of Penelope
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thyrsus(thyrsos)
Definition
giant fennel covered with ivy vines and leaves;associated with Dionysus and his followers, the Satyrs and Maenads
Term
Tithonus
Definition
fell in love with Eos (Dawn) and when she asked Zeus if Tithonos could be made immortal she forgot to ask for his eternal youth; when he became old and feeble, Eos locked him in a private room and closed the shining doors forever
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hierophant
Definition
chief priest at the Eleusinian Mysteries; combination of ta hiera, "the holy," and phainein, "to show"
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katabasis
Definition
a trip to the underworld
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Mnemosyne
Definition
goddess of memory
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