Greek Vocabulary (Carlson)
Terms
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copy deck
- prow
- the forepart (front) of the ship or boat
- Crete
- Greek island in the Mediteranean Sea
- imitate
- to copy
- hellenes
- greeks
- palace
- residence of a ruler
- dark age
- time of wandering and killing after the trojan war
- mt. juktas
- place where the gods lived
- magaron
- square room w/ a fireplace in the center
- minotaur
- half man half bull
- estate
- large piece of property with a big house on it
- sacred
- holy
- frescoes
- watercolor paintings made in plaster
- civil war
- a war within a country
- parchment
- thin animal skin used for paper, windows and doors
- labyrinth
- maze (under the palace)
- bull leaping
- a form of bull fighting
- boar
- wild pig
- tenant
- a person who lives and works on others peoples land in exchange for shelter
- navigation
- the act of moving on a ship in a certain direction
- legend
- folktale that explains the past
- Surplus
- extra
- shrine
- a sacred place to worship
- mast
- the pole that holds the sail
- legacy
- gift from the past
- pirates
- those who rob at sea
- artisans
- skilled workers