Greek Terms

Cards (15)

  • Xenia – guest hospitality 
  • Zeus is the good of Xenia – punishment from Zeus for non-conforming hosts/guests.
  • Nostos - homecoming (Odyssey is Odysseus' nostos)
  • Kleos - glory
  • Kleos Vs nostos - Odysseus' internal conflict
  • Omoi - Woe is me, but Greek.
  • Homeric simile - "the relief that a man's children feel..." --->contextually, this was when people began to travel overseas - extremely dangerous, hence current focus on mortality aspect.
  • Timé
    Honour
  • Oikos
    Household
  • Kyrios
    Patriarch
  • Hetaerae
    Educated courtesans
  • Pornoi
    Low class sex workers
  • Nepos
    Family
  • Sophrosyne
    Self-control / restraint
  • Miasma
    Moral pollution