| Agora | |
place of assembly, especially the market-place |
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| Archon | |
one of the nine chief magistrates of Athens |
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| Chlamys | | a cloak worn by men |
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| Daric | |
gold or silver coin, named after Darius, King of Persia, equal to 20 drachmas |
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| Deme | |
township or district in Attica |
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| Dikastery | |
law-courts formed by 6,000 citizens elected annually for the trial of judicial cases |
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| Drachma | |
Greek silver coin |
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| Ephebe | |
name given to young men belonging to the first twenty years of age; they then became liable to military training and duties |
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| Ephor | |
title of the highest magistrates in Sparta; there were five, elected annually, and put in charge of guardianship over law, conduct of war, internal affairs, and the training of the young |
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| Epitaphion | |
the annual funeral oration spoken for the Athenians who had fallen in battle |
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| Gymnasiarch | |
Athenian official charged with the supervision of athletic training schools and games |
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| Hipparch | |
commander of the cavalry |
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| Hoplite | |
foot-soldier |
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| Kerameikos | |
"potters' field," an area of ancient Athens divided by the walls of Themistokles into the Inner and Outer Kerameikos |
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| Kordax | | an obscene dance of Greek comedy |
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| Kottabos | |
a game played at drinking parties, in which the wine left in the cup was thrown into a bronze vessel; if the sound was clear, it was a good omen |
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| Metic | |
an alien allowed to reside at Athens on payment of a tax |
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| Mina | |
denomination of money corresponding to 100 drachmas |
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| Obol | |
coin representing the value of 1/6 of a drachma |
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| Palaestra | |
training school for wrestling and athletics |
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| Pankratiast | |
participant in a Pankration |
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| Pankration | |
athletic contest, combining wresting and boxing |
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| Pnyx | |
public place of assembly in Athens, on a hill west of the Akropolis |
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| Prytaneum | |
hall in which distinguished citizens and foreign ambassadors were entertained at public expense |
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| Scolion | |
song sung in tern by guests at a banquet |
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| Stater | |
gold coin, weight about 1/2 ounce |
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| Stele | |
upright slab or stone |
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| Strategos | |
commander-in-chief or chief magistrate at Athens |
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| Strigil | |
instrument for scraping dust and sweat from the body |
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| Trireme | |
galley with three ranks of oars, used chiefly in war |
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| Triarch | |
ruler of one of the three divisions of a country |
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