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makarismos |
μακαρισμός |
A declaration of blessedness, felicitation |
Neils p88; A-S |
medimnos |
dry measure |
Buxton p69 |
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Megacles |
Athenian statesman (6th Century BCE). Party leader between Solon's archonship and Peisistratus tyranny. |
Buxton p60 |
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megaloprepeia |
competitive expenditures at games |
Neils p107 |
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Megaron |
μέγαρον , τό |
I. large room, hall;. |
Buxton p15; LSJ |
metic |
resident alien in polis |
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metonymy |
pars pro toto; one part standing for all |
Buxton p28 |
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metretes |
wet measure |
Buxton p69 |
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miasma |
μίασμἇ , ατος , τό |
stain, defilement, esp. by murder or other crime, taint of guilt |
LSJ |
mimesis |
imitation as creative adaption |
Buxton p74 |
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misthos |
μισθός |
wages as opposed to the gifts and rewards of the prizes |
Neils p107 |
mutatis mutandis |
changing those things that must be changed |
Buxton p44; Guinagh |
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myth |
μῦθος |
Aristotle: the plot, the careful structuring of incident to produce a climax. |
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naophylakes |
sanctuary officer |
Buxton p39 |
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neokoros |
the warden of the sanctuary |
Buxton p39 |
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neokoros |
warden of sanctuary |
Buxton p39 |
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Nikomachos |
calendar |
Buxton p21, 29 |
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nomimon |
customary |
Buxton p40 |
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Nymphs |
female spirits associated with a location or landform. Also, nubile maidens in the retinue of a god or goddess. |
Buxton p209 |
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oba (s) |
ὠβά, ἡ |
village "hê ôba" , in Laconia, a local division of the Spartan people |
LSJ |
Odysseus |
Homer's Greek hero from Ithica who returned from the Trojan war |
Buxton p24 |
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oecist |
Greek: founder [<oikos] |
Buxton p48; ACOD |
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Oikistes |
one kind of hero |
Buxton p186 |
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oikos |
household |
Buxton p44 |
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oinisteria |
A libation of wine, pured out as an offering to a hero, e.g. Heracles, or a god |
Buxton p219 |
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oinochoe |
a jug for libations |
Neils p178 |
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olai |
barley corns |
Buxton p223 |
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olive tree at Athens |
Poseidon and Athena disputed over the name of the city (of Athens). Athena won by offering the city an olive tree. It was a symbol of peace, progress and power. |
Buxton p23 |
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ololygmata |
Young womens ululation at festivals and sacrifices |
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Olympus |
The mountain where the 12 Olympian gods resided |
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omphalos |
ὀμϕαλός , ὁ |
navel - centre of the Earth at Delphi |
Buxton p83; LSJ |
Oreithyia |
"storming on the mountain" Daughter of Erechtheus. She was a basket weaver who was carried off by the North wind Boreas to Thrace (where Winter came from). She embodies the hope that nublie girls will draw the cooling wind from the North |
Neils p58, 59 |
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orgas |
ὀργἅ ά, ᾷ, άν, αί, αῖς, ἄς |
temper, disposition - plural, feelings, impulses |
Buxton p84; LSJ |
orgeones |
religious association |
Buxton p222 |
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orgia alimentare |
first fruit festival where (exceptionally) undiluted wine was drunk |
Buxton p291 |
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ôros |
ὧρος, ὁ |
A year. In the plural, it means annals, (esp. Ion. writers). |
LSJ |
oschophoroi |
carriers of vine branches with grapes |
Buxton p43 |
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