S2_Military + Religion + Building (Rooms of a House)

• Peltast: Lightly armed infantry
• Hoplite: Heavily armed infantry
• Phalanx: (Military formation) wall of shields with spears coming out
• sarissa: a 16 foot spear (introduced by Philip II of Macedon)
• oxybeles: precursor to a ballista, cross bow-ish thing
• Panathenaic Festival (ATHENIAN): the purpose was to present Athena Polias with a new peplos
• Carnea (SPARTAN w/ OTHER DORIC STATES): end of the summer, honored Apollo
• hyporchema: mimic dance that accompanied worship songs of Apollo
• geranos: "crane dance", honor of Theseus
• prosodic: processional dance to the altar of a deity (specifically Apollo or Artemis),followed by the Paean hymn
• Paean hymn: Hymn to Apollo
• Eleusis: Mystery cults; Demeter and Dionysus
• Greek Temples always face East
• dipteral temple: Its peristyle is two rows deep
• propylon: the entrance
• naos: innermost room, the god resides here
• opisthodomos: back room of the temple, added to balance the pronaos
• Megaron: large central room, contained central hearth
• oikos: house to your family and household
• Odeon: Music Hall
• Hippodrome: Chariot Racing