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04/23/2013

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Sunoikein
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technical terms for marriage in Greek. "Living Together"
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Engue
Definition
Greek term for "betrothal"
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Ekdosis
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Greek; the part of the marriage ceremony in which the physical transfer of the bride occurs from her father to her husband.
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Gamos
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Greek; wedding feast.
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Loutrophoros
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Greek; special jar for carrying the water of a bride's pre-nuptual bath
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Sponsalia
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Roman term for "bethrothal"
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Lares
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Roman household god connected to ancestor worship.
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Talassio
Definition
Roman marriage cry.
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Hymen Hymenaeus
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Roman marriage cry.
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Usus
Definition
the simplest type of Roman marriage, literally means "by use" and requires that the bride and groom live together and intend to be married.
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Confarreatio
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an archaic religious form of Roman marriage. Involves the sacrificing a cake made of spelt to Jupiter. By the 1stCentury BCE, only used by those who held certain priesthoods.
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cum manu
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Latin for "with power". A type of marriage in which the guardianship of the woman passes to the husband.
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sine manu
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Latin for "without power". A type of marriage in which the guardianship of the woman remains with her father.
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Univira
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Roman term for woman who was only married once.
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Epikieros
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An Athenian heiress who is the only surviving child of her father. She is required to marry a close male relative of her father and have a child to inherit the father's property.
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Epithalamium
Definition
Marriage song
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Oikos
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Greek term for household. It can include the people in the household, the physical household and the concept of a household.
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Familia
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Roman term for household. It can include the people in the household, the physical household and the concept of a household.
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Andron
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Greek; men's dining room.
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Gunaikon
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Greek; women's quarters.
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Atrium
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Roman; main room of the house that is partially open to the sky; the most public area of a Roman house.
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Impulvium
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Pool in the atrium in which rainwater collects.
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Domus
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Roman; house (typically physical place)
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Insula
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Roman; apartment building
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Peristyle Court
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Roman; a covered walkway around a garden; private "Greek" half of the large, elaborate Roman domus.
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Arkteia
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Rights celebrated for Artemis by prepubescent girls.
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Thesmophoria
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Festival to Demeter celebrating individual and civic fertility.
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Anodes
Definition
"The way up". first day of Thesmophoria.
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Nesteia
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"The fast". Second day of Thesmophoria.
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Kalligeneia
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"The bearer of beautiful offspring". Third day of Thesmophoria.
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Pnyx
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The hill on which the Thesmophoria was held; usually the sight of the assembly of Athenian male citizens.
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Eleusinian Mysteries
Definition
rights celebrated for Demeter and Persephone in the town of Eleusis. Only members could participate.
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Panathenaia
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one of the most important festivals in Athens. Celebrated in honour of their patron goddess, Athena Polias.
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Delphic Oracle
Definition
sacred to Apollo. Presided over by a priestess.
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Dodona Oracle
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sacred to Zeus. Presided over by a priestess.
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Bona Dea
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Roman; the Good Goddess
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The Sibyl
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Oracular priestess of Apollo at Cumae.
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Sibylline Books
Definition
books of prophecies kept in Rome and consulted in times of crisis.
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Penates
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Roman household god who was connected to the household security and prosperity.
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Lararium
Definition
Shrine to Lares
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Bacchus
Definition
god of wine and ecstasy.
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Lyric
Definition
a genre of poetry, sung or recited to the music of a lyre.
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Sappho
Definition
a lyric poet; the most well known female poet of antiquity.
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Elegy
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a genre of poetry often used to write love poems.
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Sulpicia
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a female Roman love elegist.
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Rhetoric
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the art of speaking persuasively.
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Forensic Oratory
Definition
Legal Speeches.
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Deliberative Oratory
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Political Speeches.
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Epideictic Oratory
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"show off" Speeches.
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Kore
Definition
a statue of a young female, used as a temple dedication or grave marker.
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Epinetron
Definition
A ceramic thigh guard to keep women's clothes from getting stained when carding wool.
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Lebes gamikos
Definition
wedding vase used for water for sprinkling the bride.
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Symposium
Definition
a Greek drinking party, not attended by respectable women.
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Hetaira
Definition
A Greek courtesan. She provides intellectual stimulation, conversation and companionship as well as sexual services.
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Cnidian Aphrodite
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first statue of a nude Aphrodite.
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Karyatid
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a statue of a woman that acts as a column.
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Ana Pacis/Alter of Peace
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an alter set up by Augustus that features reliefs of the imperial family, including women and children.
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Peculium
Definition
tips or wages given to a slave that they are allowed to keep.
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Wet nurse
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a woman who is employed to breast feed another woman's child.
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Porne
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Greek word for a common prostitute; often a slave.
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Cythens/Volumnia
Definition
a mistress of Marc Antony who was also a mime actress.
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Mime
Definition
a low status form of drama associated with suggestive performances.
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Conuiuium
Definition
a Roman dinner and drinking party; similar to a symposium.
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Aspasia
Definition
Greek courtesan famous for her relationship with statesman Pericles and her own intellect.
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Sabine Women
Definition
wives of the first citizens of Rome. Their intervention between their warring fathers and husbands prevented bloodshed.
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Tullia
Definition
as the daughter of the second-last King of Rome, she plotted to kill her father and sister.
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Lucretia
Definition
noblewoman whose rape was avenged by her husband and father, resulting in the founding of the Roman Republic.
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Clodia
Definition
notorious Roman noblewoman, her reputation was destroyed by Cicero when she was a witness against his protege Marcus Caelius.
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Fulvia
Definition
wife of Marc Antony and she supported him politically and militarily while he was out of Italy.
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Servilia
Definition
Mother of Brutus, one of Caesar's killers.
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Eumachia
Definition
prominent woman in Pompeii, patroness of the Fuller's Guild.
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Euergetism
Definition
the socio-political phenomenon of voluntary gift giving.
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Hellenistic
Definition
the time period between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) and the death of Cleopatra VII (30 BC)
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Seleucid Kingdom
Definition
Hellenistic kingdom composed of most of the old Persian Empire.
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Antigonid Kingdom
Definition
Hellenistic kingdom made up of Greece and Macedonia.
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Ptolemaic Kingdom
Definition
Hellenistic kingdom centered on Egypt.
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Arsinoe I
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wife of Ptolemy I and the first Hellenistic Queen of Egypt to be deified.
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Arsinoe II Philadelpus
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wife and sister of Ptolemy II; they were the first Ptolemaic rulers to practice sibling marriage.
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Cleopatra VII
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the last Hellenistic monarch and last Queen of Egypt.
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Matrona
Definition
respectable Roman married woman; Female head of household.
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Augusta
Definition
title given to women. Feminine version of Augustus. Means "revered".
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Sacrosanctitas
Definition
a status that indicated a religious and political legal prohibition to do violence in any way.
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Apotheosis
Definition
the process of being declared a god or goddess after one's death.
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Livia
Definition
Wife of Augustus and first empress in all but name.
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Octavia
Definition
sister of Augustus and a model of virtuous Roman womanhood.
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Julia the Elder
Definition
daughter of Augustus who was banished for committing adultery and died while in exile.
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Hierophantides
Definition
the priestess who assissted Eleusinian rituals.
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Arrhephoros
Definition
girls who help weave the sacred robe for the statue of Athena.
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Kanephoroi
Definition
women who carry baskets of incense in procession.
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Parthenon Frieze
Definition
Marble sculptures located within the Athenian Parthenon. Most likely sculpted in the Classical period of the mid 5th Century BCE by the notable sculptor Phidias.
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