Context Key Words

Question 1

Stele

Answer 1

A commemorative inscription or relief- demonstrated how people wanted to be remembered and what was important to them.
-Figure of a woman being handed jewelry to a slave girl, demonstrating that image and wealth was important to Greek women.

Question 2

Oikos

Answer 2

Ancient Greek household (property, family, slaves)

Question 3

Virtus

Answer 3

excellence, masculinity, virtue- how Roman men were expected to behave

Question 4

Cursus honorum

Answer 4

‘ladder of offices’ Roman political hierarchy which was elected annually.

Question 5

Pudicita

Answer 5

Women’s sexual modesty/ chastity- what is expected of women in order to ensure legitimate heirs.

Question 6

Stola

Answer 6

Thin Roman dress for women to ensure modesty but with a slight sexual suggestion. Women also covered hair at religious festivals.

Question 7

Kyrios

Answer 7

Male head of an Ancient Greek oikos.
-meaning ‘lord’ or ‘master’
-responsible for marriages and decisions.

Question 8

Dowry

Answer 8

Money (or other possessions) paid by a bride’s family to a groom, which must be surrendered at divorce.

Question 9

Paterfamilias

Answer 9

Male head of a Roman household

Question 10

Patria potestas

Answer 10

The power that the paterfamilias has, specifically over the women in the household.

Question 11

Manus

Answer 11

Husband legal power of his wife.

Question 12

Cum manu marriage

Answer 12

Where the bride is fully transferred over to the manus of her husband.

Question 13

Sine manu marriage

Answer 13

Where the bride remains under the patria potestas and can inherit from her father. This type of marriage could be legally prosperous.

Question 14

Julian Laws

Answer 14

Set of laws made in 18 BC declaring legal benefits for married couples and families with more than three children.
e.g: unmarried couples could not collect legacies from wills.

Question 15

Erastes

Answer 15

The adult man in a pederastic relationship. He would act as the tutor to the boy.

Question 16

Eromenos

Answer 16

The boy in a pederastic relationship.

Question 17

Gymnasium

Answer 17

A male only space where men would exercise naked.

Question 18

Symposium

Answer 18

A male only party where there would be drinking and discussions where escorts would offer sexual favors.

Question 19

Andron

Answer 19

Room full of couches on the ground floor where the symposiums were held. Male only quarters of the house.

Question 20

Infamis

Answer 20

People with no social standing in Ancient Rome. We allowed to have sexual relations with free Athenian men.