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20 Cards in this Set
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Ma’at |
Egyptian concept of the ideal state of the universe, which must be maintained |
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Hemet |
Most common Egyptian term for "wife." |
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Bilateral filiation |
Identification of a child by both father’s and mother’s name, indicating that the mother had contributed to the child’s heredity |
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Amarna period |
Period in which the “heretic” Pharaoh Akhenaten ruled Egypt and transferred the capital to Amarna |
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Hathoric horns and solar disk |
Insignia associated with the goddess with whom queens were traditionally identified, and for whom they served as priestesses |
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Lotus blossom |
Egyptian symbol of rebirth in the afterlife |
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Tomb chapel |
That area of an Egyptian tomb above the burial shaft, often elaborately decorated, where funerary cult was carried out and the dead were thought to be in close proximity to the living |
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Stela |
Upright stone bearing an inscription. |
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Ka-statue |
Statue placed in tomb as substitute for mummified body, temporary housing for spirit or ka |
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Hieros gamos |
"Sacred marriage" of major female divinity to chief male god, through which she becomes subordinate to him. |
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Thiasos |
Community of women (sodality) organized to worship a particular divinity |
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Lesche |
Spartan assembly of elders who determined whether a male infant would be raised or exposed |
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Epikleros |
In classical Greece, a fatherless girl without brothers through whom the property passes by her marriage to her father's nearest kinsman |
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Pallake |
Greek concubine, kept as long-term companion; brought no dowry and was often a metic; children did not inherit |
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"Myth of Matriarchy" |
A story that justifies the present existence of male dominance by showing how women have proved themselves to be incapable of ruling well. |
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Solon |
Athenian lawgiver responsible for legislation curtailing freedom of women |
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Thesmophoria |
Three-day Athenian festival of Demeter, attended only by women |
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Hydria |
Large Greek clay jug used for bringing water to the house from the fountain house and often decorated with fountain-house scenes. |
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Hetaira |
Literally "companion," high-class Greek courtesan (escort) as opposed to common "porne" |
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Ekdosis |
The Greek wedding ceremony (gamos) in which the bride was formally handed over to her groom and, after the bridal dinner, accompanied him in procession from her house to his |
