Literature
Greek Customs
Trojan War
Homer
Historical Background
100
A long narrative poem depicting a "voyage" or "journey" of a heroic figure who is helped and/or hindered by creatures and gods
What is an epic
100
Were associated with different aspects of nature or human behavior
What are gods or goddesses
100
Started the war by offering a golden apple inscribed "the fairest"
Who is Eris, goddess of strife
100
His profession
What is a poet
100
Asia Minor is known today as
What is present day Turkey
200
An epic gives a detailed picture of
What is a culture
200
Where some of the most important gods and goddesses lived
What is Mount Olympus
200
Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite all wanted this
What is the golden apple
200
Lived somewhere between these dates
What is 850 and 750 B.C.
200
Where Odysseus is said to have been the ruler of
What is Ithaca
300
Someone who has a distinct flaw that brings him/her down; this flaw is not necessarily known by him/her
Who is a tragic hero
300
Wrote of a mythic account of the origin of the gods
Who is Hesiod (hee see ed)
300
Menalaus lost his wife to him
Who is Paris
300
Is believed to have lived here
What is Ionia in western Asia Minor (present day Turkey)
300
One of the most famous war ventures of all time
What is the Trojan War
400
Recurring elements common in a number of stories
What are archetypes
400
Mortals often did this to appease the gods and goddesses, especially if they were angry or if the mortal was in need of support
What are sacrafices
400
Used to win the war
What is the Trojan Horse
400
The foundational works of western literature
What are The Iliad and The Odyssey
400
Smaller communities that functioned independently, as countries do
What are city-states
500
Themes found in the literature of many cultures
What are universal themes
500
The Ancient Greeks believed very much in this and would travel to great lengths to talk to Tiresias
What is prophecy
500
How long the war went on for
What is ten years
500
The Odyssey is episodic and reads like
What is an adventure novel
500
The birthplace of democracy
What is Athens
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