The Last of the Wine: A Novel

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Dikastery, law-courts formed by 6,000 citizens elected annually for the trial of judicial cases

Drachma, Greek silver coin

Ephebe, name given to young men belonging to the first three property classes, when they were eighteen to twenty years of age; they then became liable to military training and duties

Ephor, title of the highest magistrates in Sparta; there were five, elected annually, and put in charge of guardianship over law, conduct of war, internal affairs, and the training of the young

Epitaphion, the annual funeral oration spoken for the Athenians who had fallen in battle

Gymnasiarch, Athenian official charged with the supervision of athletic training schools and games

Hipparch, commander of the cavalry

Hoplite, foot-soldier

Kerameikos, “potters’ field,” an area of ancient Athens divided by the walls of Themistokles into the Inner and Outer Kerameikos

Kordax, an obscene dance of Greek comedy

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