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Lectures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
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Undergraduate 3
09/08/2013

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Amphidromia
Definition
ritual performed to confirm legitimacy of newborn infant
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dromena
Definition
"things done" (e.g. ritual actions)
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heireus
Definition
priest
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legomena
Definition
"things said" (e.g. prayers, curses, blessings, oaths)
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mythos
Definition
traditional oral narrative
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orthopraxy
Definition
correct behavior, proper performance of dromena and legomena
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agora
Definition
central square in a town or polis, usually the marketplace
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Apollo Patroos
Definition
Ancestral Apollo, divine ancestor (through his son Ion) of the four original Ionian tribes
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autochthon
Definition
human being born directly from the earth instead of from sexual union of two parents
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deme
Definition
township or county; in Athens, one of the 139 subdivisions both geographical and also within its own municipal and cultic identity
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Erechtheus, Erichthonius
Definition
mythical ancestors of the Athenians
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Eponymous Heroes
Definition
ancestors of the 10 Athenian tribes created after 508/7 BCE
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hestia
Definition
hearth at the center of the household, the deme, and the polis
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polis
Definition
independent city-state, enjoying economic, political, religious autonomy
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asylia
Definition
protection from theft or violation; asylum
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bomos
Definition
raised altar
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bothros
Definition
sacrificial pit
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eschara
Definition
ground-level altar
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hieron
Definition
sacred structure, temple
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naos
Definition
inner room within temple
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numen
Definition
divine "power" or "quality"
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pollution
Definition
state of physical, moral, or religious uncleanness
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temenos
Definition
distinct tract of land belonging to a deity
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agon
Definition
contest, competition
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Aphrodisia
Definition
festival of Aphrodite Pandemos ("uniter of the people")
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Diasia and Maimakteria
Definition
festivals of Zeus Melikhios
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hekatomb
Definition
sacrifice of 100 victims (usually cattle)
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komos
Definition
informal public gathering for the purpose of worship or festival activities
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pannychis
Definition
all-night ritual celebration
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pompe
Definition
religious procession
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Zeus Meilikhios
Definition
Zeus "The Friendly" chthonic snake
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agalma
Definition
statue of a deity
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anathema
Definition
dedicatory object
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charis
Definition
"favor" given to an individual or deity, for which repayment is expected
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do ut des
Definition
"I give so that you might give"
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eucharisterion
Definition
thanks-offering
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thesaurus
Definition
treasury (usually of dedicated objects)
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time
Definition
"honor"
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votive offering
Definition
offering in the fulfillment of a vow
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boutypos
Definition
male ("ox-slayer") responsivle for stunning the victim with an axe
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euphemia
Definition
ritual silence
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hiereuein
Definition
("sanctify"), to sacrifice to a ouranian deity
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hiereus
Definition
priest
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holocaust
Definition
sacrifice in which the entire victim is burned
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kanephoros
Definition
female basket-carrier
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kanoun
Definition
basket containing barley and knife
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mageiros
Definition
male "butcher," sacrificer
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obelos
Definition
spit or skewer for roasting meat
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ololuge
Definition
ritual (female) scream at moment of sacrifice
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splanchna
Definition
intestines and inner organs of the victim
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thuein
Definition
to burn parts of a victim in order for a ouranian deity to share in it
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thusia
Definition
(burnt) sacrifice
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katharma
Definition
"stuff to be cleansed," scapegoat
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katharsis
Definition
act of purifying
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miasma
Definition
ritual pollution
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pharmakos
Definition
drug, poison, medicine, scapegoat
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