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What is the acropolis in a Greek city?
The acropolis is the
highest
point in a Greek city, usually reserved for
religious
buildings.
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What is Actium?
Actium is a port on the west coast of Greece, now called
Preveza.
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What does
aegis
refer to?
The aegis is the
breastplate
or shield of Athena that contained an image of a
gorgon.
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What are Bacchanalia?
Bacchanalia
are
Roman
festivals in honour of Bacchus.
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What is a caduceus?
A caduceus is a
traveller's
staff most closely associated with the god
Hermes
/Mercury.
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What is Cerealia?
Cerealia
is a major festival in honour of Ceres, held in
Rome
every year between 12 and 19 April.
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What does chthonic mean?
Chthonic
relates to the
gods
that were connected with the earth and the underworld.
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What is a
cornucopia?
A
cornucopia
is a
horn shell
that contained an endless supply of food and drink.
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What is a
diadem?
A
diadem
is a crown often associated with gods or kings.
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What is an
epithet
?
An
epithet
is an
adjectival word
or phrase regularly added to a name to denote a physical or personal quality.
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Who were the Etruscans?
The Etruscans are believed to have
inhabited Italy
from at least the
ninth
or
eighth
century BC and were well established by the time
Rome
was founded.
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What does
Hellenes
refer to?
Hellenes
is a collective name for the
Greeks
, a group of people who shared the same social and
religious
customs and language.
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What does hiera mean?
Hiera
is a
Greek
word meaning "
holy
affairs,
" used as a term for religion.
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What is
iconography
?
Iconography
refers to the
symbols
attached to a particular character when represented in an image.
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What is a lararium?
A lararium is a small
shrine
to the household gods (
lars)
that was found in
Roman
homes.
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What is a
lyre
?
A
lyre
is a small Greek
harp
consisting of a sound box with two
curved
arms
connected by a
crossbar
from which strings are attached.
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Who are the
Maenads
?
Maenads
are female followers of
Dionysus.
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What does
Magna Graecia
refer to?
Magna Graecia refers to the region of
southern Italy
and Sicily where there were many
independent Greek
cities.
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What is an
oracle?
An
oracle
is an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a
priest
or
priestess
said to be speaking the words of a god.
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What does pantheon refer to?
Pantheon
refers to the term given to the gods when we
speak
of
them
collectively,
not to be confused with the
Pantheon
in Rome.
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Who are the
plebs
?
Plebs are the
lowest social class
of Romans, making up the majority of the
Roman population.
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What does polytheism mean?
Polytheism
is the belief in many
gods.
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What does religio mean?
Religio
is a Latin word meaning 'the correct
worship
of
the
state
gods
,' used as a term for
religion.
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What is a sarcophagus?
A sarcophagus is a
stone
coffin,
especially one bearing sculpture and
inscriptions.
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What are the roles of the major Greek gods mentioned in the study material?
Zeus
: God of skies, keeper of
Justice,
also god of the
fate
of men.
Poseidon: God of the
sea
and
horses,
important for
sea
journeys.
Hades: God of the
underworld.
Hera:
Goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, and family.
Athena: Goddess of
war
,
craft,
and
wisdom,
linked with Nike, goddess of
victory.
Demeter
: Goddess of agriculture and
harvest,
linked with the town of Eleusis.
Hestia
: Goddess of home and hearth (
fireplace).
Hephaistos: Lame god of
blacksmiths
and
fire
, worshipped by
craftsmen.
Aphrodite: Goddess of
love
and
beauty
, born from the
sea.
Artemis
: Goddess of the moon, hunting, wildlife, and childbirth.
Apollo
: God of the sun, music, education, archery, and prophecy.
Hermes:
God of
travel
and
trade,
messenger of the gods.
Ares
: God of war, giving men courage to stand
firm
in battle.
Dionysus
: God of countryside, wine, and theatre.
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Who
is
Persephone?
Persephone
is a figure mentioned in the text, often associated with the underworld and
agriculture.
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