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Ancient Greek

Picture DictionaryAncient Greek-English

Peter Sipes

Pluteo Pleno


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Ancient Greek Picture Dictionary: Ancient Greek-English

Peter Sipes

Pluteo Pleno

2779 East 15th Street, Unit 108

Casper, Wyoming 82609

www.pluteopleno.com

Edition 0.1, March 2016

This work is being made available under a Creative Commons

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Some portions are

under a less-restrictive license and are thus available on the credits page.. This license has

been chosen not to keep you from making money off of it, but because the work itself isin early stages of development and I would not like to unleash that on the world without

anyone knowing exactly who made the mistakes. I would rather have this work available

for you in a very incomplete state rather than to keep it locked away until it is 100%

ready for publication. Share-alike sections shall be shared alike by edition 0.2 (hopefully

summer 2016).


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Table of Contents

Introduction..TK

Photo & other credits.TK

Picture dictionary...TK

Glossaries..TK

100 most frequent words in Greek

Words by topic

Words in alphabetical order


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Introduction

I dont teach Ancient Greek, but I wish I did. I wish it so strongly

that my graduate thesis was about introductory textbooks for Ancient

Greek. One of the things I realized in my research is that there is very little

in the way of materials that are oriented toward visual learners. (Yeah,there are pictures in the books, but not anything at all like a modern

language textbook.)

So I set out to fix that problem in some small degree. What you

have on your computer screen or in your hand is a very rough draft of that

solution. There are doubtless problems and mistakes in this book. Id love

to hear from you about them. I believe in incremental improvement and

have no ego about being told Ive made a mistake.

I have also tried to do two things with the pictures. The first is

pedagogical. I selected Greek settings and ancient Greek cultural products

for the images in the picture dictionary. If, as language teachers, we wish

to convey the target culture in the most accurate way possible, we should

use authentic materials. These materials are somewhat lacking for

antiquity. I have no time machine to go back and catch 5th Century BCEAthenians going about their business, so the next best is their

archaeological remains and art.

The second thing is that I have also tried to find sources of these

materials as close to the public domain as possible, which has not proven

easy. Though I am a big believer in open and shareable cultural products,

this one is not as open as I would like. Why? My intention is to get this

ready for publication both digitally and in print. At its current stage of

development, it is still nowhere near ready for that kind of The current

edition has been produced on a Cromebook, so if there are any design


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infelicities I beg you to forgive them. If there are doubts about the power

of the Chromebook, look no further.

Peter Sipes

[email protected]


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Photo & other credits

This page is vastly underdone but well overdue.

Button, Michael

Theater at Taormina (this work contains a remix of the original work)

Erange, Emmanuel

River in Crete

Flickr user Auteur

Vathi from above (Original, Share-alike link to come)

Francese, Christopher

Top 500 most frequent words in Greek (Original, Share-alike link to come)

Kabel, MatthiasStele with slave and mistress (Original, Share-alike link to come)

Dionysus sails on grapes and dolphins

Nguyen, Marie-Lan

Aphrodite of Cnidus

Master and Slave on red-figure pottery

Scene from a symposium

Sphinx

Thermae boxer

Nikkil, TommiTemple of Hephaistos (Original, Share-alike link to come)

No known author

Young Minoan boxers

Staudt, Wolfgang

House in Oia

Wikipedia user Daderot

Herakles and the Hydra

Wikipedia user Lucarelli

Chimera di ArezzoWikipedia user Marsyas

Artemision Bronze

Wikipedia user PHGCOM

Massalia coin
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, ,

breast

, , face

, ,

hair

, , heel

, , waist

, , hip , ,

belly

, , neck

, , finger

, , toe

, , woman

, , leg

, , shoulder


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, , foot

, , head

, , beard

, , hand

, , arm

, , navel

, , shin, leg

, , private parts

(lit. shameful thing)

, , chest

, , elbow

, ,

knee

, , thigh

, ,

man


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, , forehead

.

, , nose

, , eye

, , ear

, ,

chin, jaw

, , jaw

, ,

ornament, jewelry

, , eyelid

, , crown, wreath

, , beautiful, noble

, , ugly, shameful

, , mouth


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, , wall

, .

, , lamp, torch

(), , roof

, , light, white

, ,

gate

, , stair

, , door

at home

, , window

, ,

house

to go up, ascend

from home

to home


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, , boxing

to combat, wrestle

to sit down, set

, , fist

with the fist

to clench fists

to think, reflect

, , boxer

to box

.

, ,

young man

.


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, , land

.

, , open sea

, , island

, , ship

, , harbor

, , town

lie at anchor

, , anchorage

, , sea, sea water

, , headland

Declension of


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, , tree

.

, , branch

to flow

, , stone

, ,

stream, flow

, ,bush

, , sky

, , river

, ,bank (of a river)

, , wet


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, , theater, stage;

audience

.

, , stage, back wall of

stage

, , dancing area, , walkway betweenupper and lower

seats

, , staircase

, , section of seats

, , area under stage

, , entry

, , scenery panels

, , door in stage wall

, , theater, lit. hollow,

ravine


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, , slave

... .

, , slave

, , mistress, lady

, , master, lord

to be(come) master

, , imperious

, , slavery

to enslave

, , servile, enslaved

to mock

to respect

...


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, , sail, web , , wine

, , bunch of grapes

, black, dark

to swim

, , ship, boat

, , Dionysus

, , mast, upright

beam

, , dolphin

, , leaf


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, , wild beast

to crawl

, , drug, poison

to roar

, , snake

, , sickle

-, , rib, side

, , many, much

, , portent, monster

, , hero

, , goat

to attack

, , hydra, water snake

, Chimaera


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.

, , sphinx

, , feather, wing

, , riddle

, , claw, hoof

, , tail

to ask

, , shape, form

-, -feminine, womanly

, , bird

, , lion


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.

, , drinking cup

, , table

, ,

pillow

, , flute, pipe

, , couch

, , symposium,

drinking party

to drink

, , drinking buddy,

symposium participant

, , music

, , wine

, , dinner, meal

to dine


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100 most frequent words in Greek

These words are drawn from the Dickinson College Commentaries

core vocabulary list for Greek

. Major estimates that the top 65 words

account for 50% of text coverage, though getting to 80% coverage takes

about 1,100 to 1,200 words. Here are the 100 most frequent in alphabetical

order. Words marked with * are included in the illustrated pages.

- - good, virtuous, brave, noble

but up, on throughout

, man, husband

from (+gen.)

, beginning, origin rule, empire, realm magistracy

- - other, another

modal particle for optative and subjunctive

-,

/

human being

all together

him- her- itself the same (with article) (pron.) him,

her, it etc. (in oblique cases)

for, indeed, in fact

become be born happen, be

indeed at least, at any rate, earth

and but

lack, miss, stand in need of (+gen.)

surely, really, now, in fact, indeed

give, grant, offer

it is necessary, one must, one ought (+acc. and infin.)

through, during, because of (+gen., acc.)

think, suppose, imagine (+acc. and infin.) seem, seem good

(impers.) it seems to me

(+infin.) to be able, be strong enough
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2

, power, strength, ability

(-) if (+subj.)

I

if (+indic. or opt.) if indeed

be, exist

into, to, towards (+acc.)

I said, I spoke, 2 aor. of,

one

, from, out of (+gen.)

that person or thing theformerthe latter

in, among (+dat.)

at (+gen.) on (+dat.) on to, against (+acc.)

after, since, when

him- her- itself (reflexive pron.)

still, yet

have, hold, keep

each (of several)

the other (of two) other, another

, we

, day

or than (after a comparative) ...either...or

,

/

god, goddess put in motion, let go, shoot (mid.) hasten, rush

and, also, even ... both...and

- - bad, wicked, cowardly

call, summon

* - - beautiful, noble, honorable

down, down (from or along), throughout, according to

,

lord, master say, speak (of), recount pick up, collect, count

take, grasp, seize receive, get

-, word, speech, discourse thought, reason, account


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3

big, great, powerful

indeed... on the one hand...on the other hand (often

untranslated)

not (marks the negative as subjective or conditional) if not,

except

with (+gen.) after (+acc.)

- - small, little, short

- - alone, single

more, rather ...rather than

, now see, look (to)

the

this

such as, of what sort, like, (exclam.) what a!, how!

(+infin.) fit or able to (+infin.) it is possible to

whole, entire, complete

like, resembling (+dat.)

who, which, that

however much as great as (in pl.) as many as

(adv.) as much as

anyone who, anything which (in indir. quest.) who,

which, what

because, that (with superl.) as...as possible, , not (with indicative verbs)

and not, but not, nor ... not even...nor yet

no one, nothing

... neither...nor

in this way

therefore, accordingly at any rate

this, these

after this from (+gen.) beside (+dat.) to, to the side of, contrary to (+acc.)

around, about concerning (+gen.)

make, produce, cause, do (mid.) consider, reckon


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4

* much, many for the most part

from the side of, in the presence of (+gen.) near, at, in addition to

(+dat.) to, towards, in relation to (+acc.)

before, earlier previously,

before

, city, city-state

every, all whole (with article)

, you

, body

who? what? which? (interrog. pron./adj.) and bothand

someone, something, anyone, anything, some, any (enclitic indef.

pron./adj.)

such, of such a sort

, you (pl)

under (+gen., dat.) by (+gen.) down under (+acc.)

say, assert, declare deny, refuse, say that...not , nature (of the mind) ones nature or disposition

regular order of nature

bring forth, produce, beget 2 aor. grew, pf. be by

nature

as, since so that (+subj./opt.) that

just as, as if so as, so that, that


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Words by topic

These are the words in the picture dictionary according to theheadword on each page. Accordingly, some topics will have more words

than others. A digital version of this glossary with slightly expanded

information on frequency can be found here.

Please note that this glossary is not complete. Use at your own risk

to combat, wrestle

to sit down, set

, ,

young man

, , boxing

, , fist to clench fists

to box

, ,

boxer with the fist

to think, reflect

to be(come) master

, , mistress, lady

, ,

slave, ,

slavery

, , slave

, , servile, enslaved

to enslave

, ,

master, lord

, , imperious

to mock

to respect
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, , land lie at anchor, , town

, ,

open sea, , headland, , ship, ,

harbor

, ,

anchorage

, , island, , sea, sea water, ,

tree

, ,

sky, , bush, , branch, , wet, ,

stone

, ,

stream, flow

, , river

to flow, ,

bank (of a river)

, , house(), , roof

, ,

lamp, torch

, , door, ,

window

, , stair to go up, ascend, , wall, , gate from home

at home

to home

, , theater, stage audience

, , theater, lit. hollow, ravine


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, , stage, back wall of stage

, ,

area under stage

, ,

entry

, ,

section of seats

, ,

door in stage wall

, , walkway between upper and lower seats

, ,

scenery panels

, , dancing area

, , staircase

, ,

drinking cup

, ,

symposium, drinking party

, , wine

, , flute, pipe

, ,

drinking buddy, symposium participant

, ,

table, , music

, , pillow

, , dinner, meal

, ,

couch

to drink

to dine

, , private parts (lit. shameful thing)

, , ugly, shameful

, ,

man

, ,

neck

, , eyelid, ,

arm

, ,

chin, jaw

, ,

belly


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, ,

jaw

, , woman

, ,

knee

, ,

finger

, ,

toe

, , waist

, ,

hip


,

,

head

, ,

shin, leg, , hair

, ,

ornament, jewelry

, , forehead

, , breast

, ,

thigh

, ,

navel

,

,

eye

, , ear

, ,

foot

, , face

, ,

heel

, ,

beard

,

,

nose, , leg

, ,

crown, wreath

, , mouth

, , chest

, ,

hand

, , elbow

, ,

shoulder

, , lion


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, , sphinx

, ,

feather, wing

, ,

bird

-, -

feminine, womanly

, , tail

, , riddle

, ,

claw, hoof

to ask

, , shape, form

, ,

hero, ,

sickle

, , drug, poison

to crawl

, ,

hydra, water snake

, , many, much

, Chimaera

, ,

snake

, ,

goat

to attack

, , wild beast

to roar

-, ,

rib, side

, ,

portent, monster


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Words in alphabetical order

Please note that this glossary is not complete. Use at your own risk.

to combat, wrestle

to sit down, set

, ,

young man

, ,

boxing

, , fist to clench fists

to box

, ,

boxer

with the fist

to think, reflect

, , private parts (lit. shameful thing)

, , ugly, shameful

, , man, , neck

, , eyelid

, , arm

, , chin, jaw

, , belly

, , jaw

, , woman, , knee

, , finger

, , toe

, , waist

, , hip


, , head

, , shin, leg

, , hair

, , ornament, jewelry


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, , forehead

, , breast

, , thigh

, , navel, , eye

, , ear

, , foot

, , face

, , heel

, , beard, , nose

, , leg

, , crown, wreath

, , mouth

, , chest

, , hand

, , elbow, , shoulder

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