Greek Civilization
The world can be divided into ________ and _________ "conferences" or civilizations.
Eastern and Western
The great, blind poet _________ wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey. (HINT: Name of a Simpsons character)
Homer
Persephone is the daughter of ___________, goddess of the harvest.
Demeter
Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection and turned into a ____________.
Flower
King Midas was granted a wish by Dionysus, goddess of wine, to turn things into _______.
Gold
The USA is in the _________ civilization.
Western
The Greeks used myths to explain __________ because they couldn't use science to do so.
Nature
___________ kidnapped Persephone as his new bride in the underworld.
Hades
Daedalus and Icarus were related how?
Father and son
King Midas accidentally turned his ___________ into gold.
Daughter
The ________ Empire took over Greece and renamed their gods, taking them as their own.
Roman
The Greek gods overthrew the __________ in a war after Zeus rescued his brothers and sisters from a ________'s stomach. (HINT: Name of an NFL team)
Titans
Demeter bargained with Zeus and got Persephone back for ____ months out of every year.
Six
Daedalus and Icarus built _______ to escape off their island prison.
wings
Prometheus was a ________, a former enemy of the gods who they overthrew.
Titan
Ancient Greece civilization started around the year _____ BC, 3000 years ago in the past from today.
1000 BC
___________ was one of the first heroes and the greatest warrior in Greece's army in their war against Troy.
Achilles
Echo the wood nymph was cursed to only be able to say _____________________.
somebody else's last words
Icarus flew too close to the _______ and died.
sun
Prometheus wanted to steal ______ from the gods and give it to _________.
Ancient Greece had a ___________ as a government, much like the USA.
Democracy
Greek gods were anthropomorphic, or made to live and act like __________.
Humans
A person who loves themselves more than anybody else is known as a _____________.
Narcissist
Being able to make a lot of money very quickly is known as having a ________ touch. (HINT: It's someone's name).
Midas
Zeus punished Prometheus by ____________________________________________________________.
Chaining him to the side of a mountain