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42 Cards in this Set
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agora
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heart of ancient athens; market place and central administration
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anaktoron
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throne room of Mycenaean palace with central hearth
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apobates
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athletic event open to tribes in Panathenaic games involving leaping on and off moving chariot in full armor
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archon
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position of public office/magistrate in e.g. 5th century athens
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boule
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council of 400 under solon's reforms; 500 with a single year duration after reforms of Kleisthenes
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bouleterion
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building where the boule convened, seating for 500 and no more
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cavea
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auditorium of the theater
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corinthian
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style of architecture
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cyclopean
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mycenaean style of walling; believed to have been built by Cyclops. extensive at e.g. Tyrins which even had rooms built into the walls
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Demosion
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belonging to the public; often used on items of public property (dining wear found near tholos)
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diaulos
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2 stade race in olympic and panathenaic games
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dipylon
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name given to the main gate at athens which connected the Kerameikos road to the Panathenaic way. Lit. double gated
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doric
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style of architecture
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dromos
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name given to the entrance passage into Mycenaean tholos tombs and chamber tombs
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ekklesia
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the assembly comprised of adult male Athenian citizens registered in the official list, who met at Pnyx at least 4 times a month
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ekphora
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the carrying of the body to the grave; often depicted on geometric amphora and kraters with deceased on wheeled vehicle
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entasis
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the mathematical adjustments made to the Parthenon to create optical illusions. Eg the curvature of the stylobate or the swelling of the columns
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epinetron
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clay vessels that was placed over the knee. upper surface usually roughened to allow for the carding of the wool (and protection of the knee from the oils) Frequently given as wedding gifts and this decorated with mythical wedding scenes
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eponymous archon
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archon whose name was given to the year
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gigantomachy
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battle of the gods and Giants for control - commonly used as sculptural theme on temples and treasuries - Siphnian treasury 525 BC
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Herm
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usually a squared column with the head of Hermes and genitalia. erected by archons at end of year of office outside royal stoa and often found at crossroads
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hippeis
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second category of Solon's class reforms. those who had sufficient money to purchase horses; usually those who entered cavalry
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horos
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lit. boundary - usually incribed on a stone marking the area of a sanctuary or the limits of a road
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ionic
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architectural form
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kanephoros
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basket bearer - the female often leading sacrificial processions holding a basket (kanoun) containing the sacrificial knife hidden in grain
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klepsydra
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water clock - eg that found in the Agora
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parados
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entrance way to theater
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pentakosiamedimnoi
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highest class of Solon's reforms - 5 hundred bushel-ers
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peplos
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long length dress worn by women; one woven with complex images of Athena's life was deicated to the wooden statue of Athena Polias at the Panathenaia
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phyrric dance
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tribal event in the Panathenaiac games; athena allegedly danced a phyrric dance when she was born fully armoroed from Zeus's head
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pnyx
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where the ekklesia met; lit. squashed together
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propylon
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entrance way to building; eg to Pompeion in Kerameikos; Propylaia (grander version on Acropolis)
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prothesis
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the laying out of the corpse; often depicted on Geometric amphora and kraters
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rhyton
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libation vessel. Minoan and Mycenaean either conical or in shape of animal's head
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stade
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one length of stadium - first ever event at the Olympics in 776 BC
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stylobate
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`the top step of the 3 steps on temple - the level which the columns stand on (though now commonly used to refer to all three stemps)
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thetes
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the lowest of the classes in Solon's reforms - admitted to ekklesia but not permitted to hold public office and to take matters to court
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tholos
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round building - eg Mycenaean tomb, temple to Athena Pronaia at Delphi, tholos in Agora
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triglyph
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area of threee vertical bars dividing up metopes
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tyrant
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lit. somone who takes power by unofficial means; in the case of 6th century Athens not particularly negative connotations - often assocaiated with great building programs
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wanax
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Mycenaean term ofor king found in Linear B tablets
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Xoanon
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wooden cult statue eg Athena Polias
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