Greek Mythology
Greek Poetry and Fables
Greek Drama
Greek Art
Homer
100
Who is the "god of war"
Ares
100
What are the earliest Greek stories?
Epics
100
A story which actors pretend to be characters in the story is what?
A drama
100
They hoped their art would inspire______
people
100
Homer wrote what epics
The Iliad and the Odyssey
200
How many gods and goddesses lived on Mount Olympus?
12
200
Who created Fables
Aesop
200
When a person struggles to overcome difficulties but fails in a story is called?
A tragedy
200
Large Vases had scenes from
Greek Myths
200
A prince of troy kidnaps the wife of the king of Sparta in what story
Iliad
300
Why were prophecies often confusing
They were said in riddles.
300
For how many years were Aesop's fables a part of Greek's oral tradition
200 years
300
Today we use this word to mean a story filled with humor
A Comedy
300
Name the three columns
Doric, Ionic , Corinthian
300
The Trojan Horse did NOT appear in this story
The Odyssey
400
Where was the temple of Apollo located?
Delphi
400
What was Aesop before he was a writer
A slave
400
The best known writer of Greek comedies
Aristophanes
400
What did the treasure room hold
Gold
400
His epics have influenced readers for how many years?
3,000 years
500
Which ruler crumbled from a misunderstanding of a riddle.
Croesus
500
"I hate as I hate _______ own gate that man who hides one thought within him while he speaks another"
Hades
500
The three best known Greek tragedies
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides
500
What was the favorite subject of Greek Artists
The Human Body
500
Homer used the term________ for a poet.
aoidos
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