KEY WORDS

• DIDACTIC


  to teach or instruct
• TITAN


  generation before the gods
• PANDORA


  first woman in greek mythology
• ZEUS


  king of the gods
• HEPHAESTUS


  god of the forge and craftsmen
• EPIMETHEUS


  a titan whose name means hindsight
• HERMES


  messenger of the gods
• HELEN


  daughter of zeus and leda.

  most beautiful woman in the world
• MENELAUS


  King of sparta
• SPARTA


  a town in the peloponnese area of greece
• MYCENAE


  a town in the peloponnese area of greece
• PARIS


  prince of troy
• APHRODITE


  goddess of love and beauty
• XENIA


  hospitality given to a traveller (ODYSSEY book 1)
• PATRICIAN


  romes noble class (determined by family not money)
• ROMAN CITIZENSHIP


  a high privilege with various rights and protections
• TATIUS


  king of the sabines
• TARPEIA


  a young roman girl
• ROMAN FORUM


  a public square in the centre of rome for businesses
• LUCRETIA


  wife of collatinus
• COLLATINUS


  a leading roman and a distant relative to TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
• SETXTUS TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS


  the kings son
• TARQUINIUS PRISCUS


  King of rome
• PUDICITIA


  the roman idea of sexual modesty
• KYRIOS


  male head of a greek household
• EXPOSURE


  leaving an unwanted baby outside the city to die
• DOWRY

  an amount of money paid to a prospective groom by the brides family
• KYRIA


  the wife of the KYRIOS under the direct control of her husband
• WETNURSE


  a woman who looks after and breastfeeds another womans baby in athens (usually slaves or poorer citizens)
• SYSSITION


  communal mess hall for spartan warriors
• PATERFAMILIAS


  male head of a roman family
• PATRIA POTESTAS


  the power or authority held by the paterfamilias over their family
• BULLA


  a lucky charm in the roman world
• LITTERATOR


  a teacher for primary aged roman children
• FRESCO


  a painting originally done on damp plaster in which the colours become fixed when the plaster dries
• CUM MANU


  a form of marriage (with hand)
• SINE MANU


  a form of marriage (with out hand)
• MATERFAMILIAS


  mother of a roman household
• COEMPTIO


  a roman wedding ceremony (cum manu) where the bride is sold to her husband
• CONFARREATIO


  a traditional pactrictian marriage (cum manu)