Karteikarten
Week #4
Karten in diesem Stapel (76)
- 1Define Athene Poliasof the city
- 2Define Poliscity
- 3Define Boulecouncil
- 4Who protected the Boule?Zeus Boulaios
Artemis Boulaia - 5Who protected the Agora?Zeus Agoraios
Hermes Agorios - 6Could someone outside of Athens get an Athenian citizenship?No, it would be extremely hard too
- 7The alter was dedicated to _____ and _____ to gain protection.Zeus Phratrios
Athena Phratria - 8When was the beginning of the year for the Greeks?Hekatombaion (June - July)
- 9What were the 3 great Athenian festivals?1. Panathenaia
2.Anthesteria
3. The Eleusinian Mysteries - 10When and What did the Panathenaia festival celebrate?Hekatombaion 28
Athena's birthday - 11Why was the Panathenaia festival held in the summer?so it was easier for foreigners to attend because it was a wide known Greek event
- 12The Panathenaia festival was known as the day of sacrificing ___ because of _____.100 cows because allies would send cows as gifts
- 13Athena's the daughter of ___ and ____.Metis and Zeus
- 14What is the myth of how Athena was born?A prophecy was told that the child of metis was overthrow Zeus. When Metis becomes pregnant, Zeus hides her. Next day Zeus gets a terrible headache and asks another gold to help him. He does by chopping an axe through the top of Zeus' head, and Athena jumps out
- 15If Athenians won an athletic contest, what would they get?olive oil
- 16The ____ festival was every 4 years.Panathenaia
- 17What was teh role of women in festivals?to be public figures and help the priests by dressing statue and give offerings
- 18____ was a big part of festivalContests and games
- 19What kind of contests did they have at the festivals?music and poetry reciting contests
- 20Anthesteria was the ____ festival.flower
- 21When did the Anthesteria festival occur?winter (january - Februrary)
- 22Which god was the Anthesteria festival dedicated to?Dionysos, god of nature and wine
- 23What happened during the first day of Anthesteria?Called pithoigia, and it was the opening of the new wine jars
- 24What happened during the second day of Anthesteria?called khoes, and they had drinking contests to celebrate dionysos and to bring in the new year.
- 25How many liters did you have to drink in the Anthesteria drinking contests?five, 3.5 L pitchers
- 26Anthesteria drinking contest done ____ and done in ____.fast and done in silence
- 27Why was it unusal that the Anthestria drinking contests were done in silence?Because drinking is seen as a social activity
- 28What age did children start to taste wine?age 3
- 29What happened during the 3rd day of the Anthesteria festival?Called khutria and they would cook vegetables in pots for the spirits of the dead so they would leave, because they festival was over
- 30The Anthesteria festival was a huge festival for all of Greece. True or FalseFalse, it was only held in winter because it was only for Athenians
- 31The Eleusinian mystery festival was open to ___ amount of people.large
- 32Who was the Eleuisinian mystery festival dedicated too?Demeter and persephone
- 33What was the myth of Demeter and Persephone?Hades wanted a wife, he kidnapped persephone by jumping through the ground on a chariot and bringing her to the underworld. When she was there, she ate something that tied her to it, making her unable to leave. Demeter can't find her daughter and searches the whole earth for her. eventaully gives up and stops working. This causes their to be no agriculture for the mortals, so they can't make offerings to the gods. Once zeus sees this, he makes a deal with Hades, 2/3 of the time persephone will stay on earth with her mother, 1/3 of the time she will return to the underworld. Demeter so happy she teaches agriculture to the rest of the mortals on earth, not just the greeks. During the winter, is the time that persephone his away from Demeter in the underworld, and during the summer is when persephone returns to earth.
- 34Where were the greater mysteries performed?Eleusis in Beodromion
- 35What were the initiates of the greater mysteries called?mustai
- 36When the greater mysteries are over, the initiates are called epoptai, which means?those who have seen
- 37What is the job of the messengers to do before the eleusian mysteries start?to go to each city and ask for a truce of 55 days so people who are coming to the festival can travel safely.
- 38What were the only 2 qualifications to be apart of the greater mysteries?had to be able to speak greek and not be polluted by blood guilt
- 39Who was king Archon?he was the overseer of the eleusian mysteries
- 40Who was the chief priest from the Eumolipdia family?Hierophants
- 41Who was the torch holder?Daidoukhos
- 42What happened during the process of the great mysteries?Youths (18-19) carry sacred objects from Eleusis to Athens. on 15th of month, people met in Agora and were invited to take part in mysteries. Next day, participants bath in the sea and sacrifice a piglet. after 2 days they would travel from athens to Eleusis to bring sacred objects back. They would carry myrtle branch, a walking stick and a sack and walk along sacred way to eleusis at night. on certian days participants would do purification rituals, sacrifices and fasting then the secret part of the ritual followed. Initiats gathered in Telesterion, experienced rituals, saw sacred objects and told sacred matters. once they emerged they were thought to be new people, those who have seen
- 43Defome agonCompetition
- 44____ wasa core value of Athenian lives.competition
- 45____ is used to scrap off mixture of sweat, dust and oil from body after athletic competition.Strigil
- 46What are the right places to compete for honour?atheltic competitions and festivals. control environment
- 47What is the myth of Ajax and his honour?After achilleus dies in battle, Ajax and Odysseus bring his body back to Greek camp. Ajax expects to get Achilleus' armour as a form of honour and respect, but the leaders decide to give it to Odysseus. Angered, Ajax kills a flock of sheep. Ashamed by what he has done and realizing how much he made the situation worst, he kills himself. Because it is better to die then have no honour
- 48Who were the olympic games in honour of?Zeus
- 49When and where were the olympic games held?In the city of Elis, every 4 years for 5 days during the summer
- 50What was the olympic truce?All states participating in games were firbidden to go to war against eachother
- 51When are the Nemaen games held?every 2 years in summer, every 2nd and 4th year of the Olympiad
- 52Who were the Nemaen games in honour of?Zeus
- 53Who were the Pythian games in honour of?Apollo at Delphie
- 54When were the Pythian games held?Every 4 years on summer, every 3rd year of olympiad
- 55In the Pythian games, the ____ contests were more important then the ___ contestsmusical contests were more important then the athletic contests
- 56In the Nemean games, there were both ___ contests and ___ contestsmusical contests and athletic contests
- 57The Olypmics only had ____ gamesAthletic
- 58You would win an olive crown in the ____ gamesOlympic
- 59You would win an olive crown and on of wild celery in the ____ gamesNemean
- 60You would win the laurel crown in the ___ gamesPythian
- 61Who were the Isthmian games in honour of?Poseidon
- 62When were the isthmian games?Every 2 years in spring, every 1st and 3rd year of Olympiad
- 63You would win a crown of pine branches, then one of dry celery in the ____ gamesIsthmian
- 64Name 2 great athletes from KronosPhayllos and Milon
- 65Great athletes would most likely get a job in politics because of their success in athletics. True or False?True
- 66___ and jealously were a huge occurrence in Athenian society.envy
- 67Greek society is based on ____ not guilt.shame
- 68Why are people more affected by shame rather then guilt in society?Because guilt is something that is personal to you, while shame is the bad opinion of the people around you. What people thought of you more important then anything else.
- 69It is better to die with ____, then live without it.honour
- 70Define Philotimialove of honour
- 71Define AtimiaDishonour
- 72Define TimeHonour
- 73What is an ostracism?When someone within Athenian community becomes to successful or has wronged multiple people, the community can vote to have him exiled from Athens, and he wouldn't be allowed to come back for 10 years.
- 74Athenians needed ____ number of votes for an ostracism to be valid.6000
- 75Define Ostrakonpotshead
- 76If there was an archer on the back of the ostracism ballets, then the man that was ostracized was a ____.friend of enemies
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