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 Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:00 pm
Language
Hoi Hippoi is found in Ancient Greece, with a few liberties taken in regards to the setting. As such, technically, everyone speaks Ancient Greek but we'll just pretend that English = Ancient Greek for the shop's purposes.
However, there are a few words that will remain in their Greek counterparts and it is encouraged to read the glossary and learn their meanings!
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:19 pm
Glossary
acropolis - Literally, the "upper city," the citadel of a city or town. Many citadel hills had been the sites of ancient palaces and remained as special places in polis life.
agora - The term for the "place of gathering," the assembly of the people. It denoted the public space of a city or town, being both the marketplace and civic center. Lingering in the agora was the best way to inform oneself about public affairs, make business contacts, and collect gossip.
barbaros - Term for all people who were not Greek in language and culture, plural is barbaroi. Generally not a derogatory term, though some use it in that way.
cella - The inner shrine of a temple.
currency - Units of currency included the obol, the drachma, the mina and the talent. Six obols made a drachma; one hundred drachmas made a mina, and sixty minas added up to a talent. A silver drachma coin was considered good pay for a day's labor by an unskilled worker and was probably a living wage for a small family.
Hellenes - Greek name for themselves.
Hoi Hippoi - "The Horses," swift animals created by the Gods.
hoi - An shortened name for the Hoi Hippoi, the locals started affectionately calling the Hoi Hippoi "Hoi" as new breeds were discovered because it was the easiest way to address them in a blanket term.
kleros - An allotment of farmland sufficient to support a citizen-family; it was passed on in perpetuity in the male line.
kore - "Maiden" Term for life-size or larger female statues.
kouros - "Youth" Term for life-size or larger male statues.
metropolis - "Mothery-city." Term for a polis that founded a colony. The relationship between the mother-city and the new polis was normally very close, combining economic, political, and spiritual ties.
nomos - Custom or law. It sometimes connotes a way of doing things that is deeply embedded in a value system. It can also be used, however, in a legal context; thus, for example, the rules laid down by a leader were called his nomoi.
oikist - The oikist was the "founder" and the leader of a colony sent out by a mother-city (metropolis).
oikos - "Household." The fundamental social and economic unit in Greek society, comprehending the family group, its house, land, animals, and property.
papyrus - thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, used to write on.
polis - "City," "town." Polis designated a political community, composed of a principal city or town and its surrounding country-side, "city-state".
stele - A stone slab inscribed with a text, a decoration, or both. Stelae could be used to indicate graves, military victories or property boundaries. Important texts such as legal decrees and treaties might also be inscribed on them.
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