CC - Key Terms (ATHENS & SPARTA)

Kyrios

Head of the Athenian household

Kyria

Female head of the Athenian household

Dowry

* An amount of money Athenian and Roman bride’s parents pay to compensate the groom’s family
* given back if divorced

Syssition

Spartan communal mess hall which warriors dined & each man had to contribute food

Parthenos

Unmarrried Athenian virgin girl

Nymphe

Married not-yet-given-birth Athenian woman

Gyne

* considered a fully grown woman
* Married Athenian woman who had given birth

Stele

Stone slab with patterns or images cared indicating where a body was buried (usually with children)

Kleros

A farm on a plot of land assigned to a Spartan warrior

Agoge

Spartan boy training school

Prostitution

Sexual acts exchanged for money

(Legal)

Pornē

General term to refer to all prostitutes who worked in brothels

Hetairai

Free woman and prostitute by choice

Metic

Resident foreigner