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Acropolis |
ἀκρόπολις |
Citadel or upper fortified part of a greek city, esp of Athens [from akron = summit and polis = city] |
Buxton p61; ACOD |
Actium |
city with an Apollo sanctuary |
Buxton p166 |
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ad hoc |
Latin: created or designed for a particular purpose |
Guinagh |
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aegis |
impregnable shield associated with Zeus and Athena. |
CMD |
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agalma |
ἄγαλμα , ατος , τό |
glory, delight, honour, |
Buxton p211; LSJ |
Aglauros |
Ἄγλαυρος |
A daughter of Kekrops, worshipped on the Acropolis at Athens. |
Buxton p30; LSJ |
agôn |
ἀγών, ῶνος , ὁ |
gathering, assembly esp. assembly met to see games |
A-S; LSJ |
Agrionia |
festival at Orchomenos and Chaironeia |
Buxton p20 |
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aition |
αἴτιος , α , ον |
cause of i.e. culpable, responsible, |
Buxton p280; LSJ |
Alcaeus |
A Poet |
Buxton p164 |
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aletris |
ἀλετρίς , ίδος , ἡ |
A female slave who grinds corn. At Athens, one of the noble maidens who prepared meal for the offering-cakes. |
Buxton p284; LSJ |
altis |
Ἄλτις , ιος , ἡ |
A precinct (bounded by a low wall), The sacred precinct of Zeus at Olympia, |
Buxton p165; LSJ |
Amyklai |
Pausanias, Periegesis Hellados 3.16 Amyklai is a town South of Sparta to the west of Eurotas. |
Buxton p27 |
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anathema |
ἀνάθεμα , ατος , τό |
properly, like "anathêma" , anything dedicated, |
Buxton p191; LSJ |
anathêma |
ἀνάθημα , ατος , τό |
That which is set up [from anatithêmi ]: hence, like "agalma" , votive offering set up in a temple, |
Buxton p191; LSJ |
anatithenai |
ἀνατεθῆναι |
votive offering |
Buxton p191; LSJ |
Anthia |
Anthia is dressed as Artemis in the Ephesian Tale of Xenophon of Ephesus. |
Buxton p63 |
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anthippasia |
a mock battle of calvalry with 5 tribes (phylia) against the other 5 tribes |
Neils p97 |
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apobates |
or parabates; a person in a race at festivals who leaped from his chariot in full armour and nimbly back again |
Buxton p63 |
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apoina |
gifts of reconciliation or recompense |
Neils p110 |
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apotropaic |
having power to avert evil influece or bad luck |
Buxton p287; ACOD |
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arbor felix |
Latin: fruit bearing tree |
Buxton p280 |
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arbor infelix |
Latin: unproductive tree; mort-bois (free to be taken from the woods) |
Buxton p280 |
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Archaic Period (Greek) |
c. 800 - 479 BCE including the founding of the Olympic games 776 BCE and the end of the Persian wars 479 BCE |
H & P p17 |
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archontes |
ἄρχων , οντος , ὁ |
magistrates |
Buxton p40; LSJ |
archousa |
president [from "archo", to be first]. |
Buxton p42; LSJ |
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Argos |
City in NE Peloponnesus, 4.8 km inland from the Gulf of Argos. |
Buxton p27, Columbia Encyc. |
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aristeia |
Communal rewards of gifts of gratitude by the State to individuals |
Neils p108, 116 |
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Aristogiton |
Aristogiton and Harmodius conspired to kill the despots Hippias and Hipparchus (Pisistratus sons) at the Panathenaea, when all the citizens were required to attend in arms. |
Buxton p59; W. Smith, #5 |
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arktoi |
ἄρκτος , ἡ |
bears especially Ursus arctos, brown bear, |
Buxton p42; LSJ |
arrhêphoros |
ἀρρηϕόρος , ἡ |
At Athens, a girl who carried a secret burden (Erichthonios) in the circular basket for which they were named (arrhichos = basket). |
Buxton p42, 284; Neils p59; LSJ |
Asklepieion |
Temple of Asklepios. In his temple sleeping people had dreams to show them how to recover their health. |
Buxton p198 |
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astêr |
A star. Often "the star" ie the Dog star |
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asty |
ἄστυ , τό |
town 2. lower town, opposite to acropolis. |
Buxton p32; LSJ |
asylia |
ἀσὺλία ἡ |
asylum or refuge - literally prohibition against stealing |
Buxton p158, 82; LSJ |
athlon |
ἆκλον , τό |
prize of contest |
Neils p106 |
athlos |
ἆκλος , ὁ |
contest either in war or sport, esp. contest for a prize, |
LSJ |
athlothetai |
prize-givers |
Neils p106, 110 |
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aulos |
musical instrument |
Neils p185 |
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Bacis - oracles of |
an appeal to an "oracle of Bacis" was an argument in a debate not a way of resolving a dispute |
Buxton p76 |
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basileis |
kings |
Buxton p40 |
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basilinna |
queen |
Buxton p14 |
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bebelon alsos |
profane grove in distinction to hieron alsos holy of holies |
Buxton p168 |
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Boreas |
The North wind who carried off Oreithyia (Daughter of Erechtheus) to Thrace (where Winter came from ) |
Neils p58 |
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boule |
council |
Buxton p42 |
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boulimos |
famine |
Buxton p274 |
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