Bouzouki
A Greek instrument that is similar to a mandolin, but bigger and tuned lower.
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Iconostasis
A screen, ornately decorated with paintings of icons, that separates the clergy from the masses in an Orthodox church. Only the clergy are allowed behind the screen.
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Kapheneia
The local Greek bar and coffeehouse. It's an exclusively male space and the place to argue political theory and escape the nagging of women.
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Puttees
A type of lower leg wrap that Italian soldiers wore during World War Two.
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Venizelism
A Greek political movement named for Eleftherios Venizelos. The movement championed the formation of a Greek state that encompassed all areas that are ethnically Greek, espoused pro-Western and pro-democratic ideals, and was against communism and…
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