Myth
These are the three types of myth
What is divine myth, legends and folktales
She is Zeus' wife
Who is Hera
He is a legend in myth who wears a lion's hide on his head and carries a club
Who is Hercules
This was the most important city in Ancient Greece, and the capital city of modern Greece
What is Athens
He is the famous poet who wrote "The Illiad"
Who is Homer
The reason that Greeks told myths
What is to educate or entertain
He is the messenger of the gods who wears winged shoes
Who is Hermes
He is the legendary founder of Mycenae, the son of Zeus and the mortal Danaë
Who is Perseus
The geography of Greece is known as this, making it nearly impossible to grown crops
What is rocky, mountainous or rugged
He was the great general, conquering many lands, and spreading the Greek language
Who is Alexander the Great
This is an example of Greek folktale
What is Aesop's Fables
Hephaestus is the god of this
What is blacksmiths (fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges and the art of sculpture)
Perseus saved this woman, who was waiting to be devoured by the sea monster, chained to a rock on the edge of the sea
Who is Andromeda
This famous complex, sitting on a hill above Athens, includes the iconic "Parthenon"
What is the Acropolis
He is the famous physician who's "Hippocratic Oath" all doctors say to this day
Who is Hippocrates
The authors of Greek myth are always this
What is anonymous
Athena is responsible for this aspect of warfare
What is strategic skill
He was the cunning king that fell in love with Danae, who Perseus eventually turns into stone
Who is Polydectes
The name of the sea that borders Greece
What is the Aegean Sea
This famous philosopher was forced to kill himself by drinking poison hemlock
Who is Socrates
Mythology comes from two words in ancient Greek which means this
What is "story" and "word"
Hades' three-headed dog, known as the "Hound of Hades"
Who is Cerberus
The name of one of the 12 Labours of Hercules
1.The Nemean Lion
2.The Lernaen Hyrda
3.The Ceryneian Deer
4.The Erymanthian Boar
5.The Augean Stables
6.The Syymphalian Birds
7. The Cretan Bull
8. The Horses of Diomedes
9. The Girdle of Hippolyta
10. The Cattle of Geryon
11. The Apples of the Hesperides
12. The Cerberus
This formally Greek-speaking country, once a great Christian nation, is now called Turkey
What is Asia Minor
He is the great philosopher whose teachings St. Thomas Aquinas used
Who is Aristotle