CLA219H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Panegyric, Roman Naming Conventions, Lysistrata
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Amazons a tribe of warrior women who cut off one breast to excel in archery; procreate once a year, female children kept, male children given away or killed; self- sufficient and live without men. Dionysia panhellenic festival honouring dionysus in which tragedies and comedies are performed; there"s a lesser dionysia and the city dionysia (which is held in. Gynaecocracy lit. , rule of woman; state controlled by women. Oligarchy/ oligarchic lit. , rule of the few; state controlled by the aristocracy; Lenaea drama festival in which plays are performed, also held in athens aristocratic rule. Parodos entrance of the chorus in a play. Proboulos magistrates; 10 of them make political decisions which the assembly votes on. The four hundred oligarchic regime that was established around the period. Antigonids the dynasty founded by general antigonus that held the western part of. Alexander the great"s empire (macedonia and neighbouring territories) Diadoch grk. , heir, successors; alex the great"s generals were called this name.
