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True or False?
MYTHS
MYTH EXPLAINS
100
skilled
What do you call it when someone is really, really good at something?
100
immortal
Gods and goddesses are _______ which means they can never die.
100
True
An immortal is someone who never dies. True or False?
100
Hercules
He completed 12 difficult labors(aka jobs).
100
Hercules
This myth teaches us to control our temper and how the sky is stays up.
200
reputation
What is the word of what other people think about you and how you behave?
200
False! The Greeks believed that they had changing of the seasosns because Persephone lived in the Underworld with Hades for 6 months of the year.
The seasons are believed to come from the huntress goddess?
200
False! They were named after Arachne the Weaver. She was turned into the very first spider in the world by the goddess Athena.
Arachnids( aka spiders) were named after the god Ares. True or False?
200
Pandora
She opened a box that exploded and filled the Earth with sorrow and evil.
200
Atalanta and the Golden Apples
This myth explains how people fall in love and how to keep promises.
300
aimlessly
What is called when someone is wandering around without direction?
300
myth
A ________ is a fake/fictional story from a long, long time ago with creatures and people with special powers that helps explain why things happen?
300
False! There are 12 gods and goddesses that live on Mount Olympus.
There are hundreds and thousands of gods and goddesses that live on Mount Olympus. True or false?
300
Zeus
He punished Prometheus for stealing the fire and giving it to the human men.
300
Oedipus and the Sphinx
This myth explains how a man can become a king by answering a riddle.
400
resist
What do you call it when you refuse to do something?
400
labyrinth
We play in corn mazes in the Fall time but in Greek Myths a prince and some people were put into a _____________ .
400
True!
If you ask for guidance then it means you need help with a decision or something else. True of False
400
Athena
She was the goddess that turned Arachne the Weaver into the very first spider.
400
Theseus and the Minotaur
This myth explains explains how the Aegean Sea got its name.
500
convinced
What do you call it when you get someone to agree with you?
500
False! Amusing means something is funny or intersting.
If something is amusing then it has to do science. True or False?
500
Icarus
He was the human son who did not listen to his father and ended up flying too close to the sun.
500
Daedalus and Icarus
This myth explains how human beings can take things form nature and create new things.
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