Greek Gifts page 68 vocabulary

Ben Howson                                                                                                     01/10/14

Enclave- A portion of territory that is in or surrounded by a larger territory whose inhabitants are culturally different to the other territory.

Seleucid- A member of the Seleucid dynasty. 

Renegade- A person who deserts and betrays something, like a country. 

Idiosyncratic- A person or thing that is very peculiar or an individual.

Coinage- The creation or descovery of a new type of word or phrase.

Palatial- Some type of building that is very grand, and magnificent.

Peristyle- A collection of columns, that surround a space inside a building.

  

Globetrotting- A person who traves regularly, to many countrys around the world. They do this for pleasure.

Loci- Multiple locus.

Xenophobic- A strong disliking of people from other countrys than your own.

Iconography- A group of pictures on concerning a specific topic or subject.