Gods
Myths
Literature
Language
Mixed Bag
100
King of the gods
Zeus
100
Why did the Greeks create myths?
To explain the world
100
Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Homer
100
A person who gets rich easily has the ____
Midas Touch
100
A type of poetry set to music
Lyric
200
Goddess of agriculture
Demeter
200
A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
Mythology
200
Short stories that teach important lessons about life.
Fables
200
Refers to a person's weak spot based on Greek mythology.
Achilles heel
200
Government by a few
Oligarchy
300
God of war
Ares
300
A famous Greek hero who fought and defeated the hydra.
Hercules
300
Poems that describe the deeds of great heroes
Epics
300
A really hard job
Herculean Task
300
Rule of the people
Democracy
400
Goddess of wisdom
Athena
400
People who had special abilities and often faced terrible monsters
Heroes
400
Ancient Greek storyteller famous for his fables.
Aesop
400
A myth featuring _________ and her daughter explains the seasons.
Demeter
400
The mainland of Greece is located on this type of land form
Peninsula
500
God of metalworking
Hephaestus
500
Greek hero who traveled to Crete and killed the Minotaur
Theseus
500
The most famous lyric poet in Greece.
Sappho
500
A trance that resembles sleep
Hypnosis
500
The Greek _________ provided security, stability, and identity to the people who lived there.
Polis
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