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technical terms for marriage in Greek. "Living Together" |
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Greek term for "betrothal" |
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Greek; the part of the marriage ceremony in which the physical transfer of the bride occurs from her father to her husband. |
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Greek; special jar for carrying the water of a bride's pre-nuptual bath |
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Roman term for "bethrothal" |
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Roman household god connected to ancestor worship. |
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the simplest type of Roman marriage, literally means "by use" and requires that the bride and groom live together and intend to be married. |
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an archaic religious form of Roman marriage. Involves the sacrificing a cake made of spelt to Jupiter. By the 1stCentury BCE, only used by those who held certain priesthoods. |
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Latin for "with power". A type of marriage in which the guardianship of the woman passes to the husband. |
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Latin for "without power". A type of marriage in which the guardianship of the woman remains with her father. |
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Roman term for woman who was only married once. |
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An Athenian heiress who is the only surviving child of her father. She is required to marry a close male relative of her father and have a child to inherit the father's property. |
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Greek term for household. It can include the people in the household, the physical household and the concept of a household. |
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Roman term for household. It can include the people in the household, the physical household and the concept of a household. |
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Greek; men's dining room. |
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Roman; main room of the house that is partially open to the sky; the most public area of a Roman house. |
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Pool in the atrium in which rainwater collects. |
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Roman; house (typically physical place) |
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Roman; apartment building |
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Roman; a covered walkway around a garden; private "Greek" half of the large, elaborate Roman domus. |
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Rights celebrated for Artemis by prepubescent girls. |
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Festival to Demeter celebrating individual and civic fertility. |
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"The way up". first day of Thesmophoria. |
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"The fast". Second day of Thesmophoria. |
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"The bearer of beautiful offspring". Third day of Thesmophoria. |
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The hill on which the Thesmophoria was held; usually the sight of the assembly of Athenian male citizens. |
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rights celebrated for Demeter and Persephone in the town of Eleusis. Only members could participate. |
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one of the most important festivals in Athens. Celebrated in honour of their patron goddess, Athena Polias. |
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sacred to Apollo. Presided over by a priestess. |
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sacred to Zeus. Presided over by a priestess. |
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Oracular priestess of Apollo at Cumae. |
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books of prophecies kept in Rome and consulted in times of crisis. |
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Roman household god who was connected to the household security and prosperity. |
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a genre of poetry, sung or recited to the music of a lyre. |
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a lyric poet; the most well known female poet of antiquity. |
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a genre of poetry often used to write love poems. |
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a female Roman love elegist. |
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the art of speaking persuasively. |
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a statue of a young female, used as a temple dedication or grave marker. |
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A ceramic thigh guard to keep women's clothes from getting stained when carding wool. |
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wedding vase used for water for sprinkling the bride. |
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a Greek drinking party, not attended by respectable women. |
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A Greek courtesan. She provides intellectual stimulation, conversation and companionship as well as sexual services. |
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first statue of a nude Aphrodite. |
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a statue of a woman that acts as a column. |
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an alter set up by Augustus that features reliefs of the imperial family, including women and children. |
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tips or wages given to a slave that they are allowed to keep. |
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a woman who is employed to breast feed another woman's child. |
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Greek word for a common prostitute; often a slave. |
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a mistress of Marc Antony who was also a mime actress. |
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a low status form of drama associated with suggestive performances. |
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a Roman dinner and drinking party; similar to a symposium. |
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Greek courtesan famous for her relationship with statesman Pericles and her own intellect. |
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wives of the first citizens of Rome. Their intervention between their warring fathers and husbands prevented bloodshed. |
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as the daughter of the second-last King of Rome, she plotted to kill her father and sister. |
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noblewoman whose rape was avenged by her husband and father, resulting in the founding of the Roman Republic. |
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notorious Roman noblewoman, her reputation was destroyed by Cicero when she was a witness against his protege Marcus Caelius. |
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wife of Marc Antony and she supported him politically and militarily while he was out of Italy. |
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Mother of Brutus, one of Caesar's killers. |
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prominent woman in Pompeii, patroness of the Fuller's Guild. |
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the socio-political phenomenon of voluntary gift giving. |
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the time period between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) and the death of Cleopatra VII (30 BC) |
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Hellenistic kingdom composed of most of the old Persian Empire. |
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Hellenistic kingdom made up of Greece and Macedonia. |
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Hellenistic kingdom centered on Egypt. |
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wife of Ptolemy I and the first Hellenistic Queen of Egypt to be deified. |
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wife and sister of Ptolemy II; they were the first Ptolemaic rulers to practice sibling marriage. |
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the last Hellenistic monarch and last Queen of Egypt. |
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respectable Roman married woman; Female head of household. |
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title given to women. Feminine version of Augustus. Means "revered". |
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a status that indicated a religious and political legal prohibition to do violence in any way. |
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the process of being declared a god or goddess after one's death. |
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Wife of Augustus and first empress in all but name. |
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sister of Augustus and a model of virtuous Roman womanhood. |
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daughter of Augustus who was banished for committing adultery and died while in exile. |
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the priestess who assissted Eleusinian rituals. |
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girls who help weave the sacred robe for the statue of Athena. |
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women who carry baskets of incense in procession. |
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Marble sculptures located within the Athenian Parthenon. Most likely sculpted in the Classical period of the mid 5th Century BCE by the notable sculptor Phidias. |
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