Allusion
My family rented an RV and drove across the country.
This is an example of:
- Herculean: a mighty try
- Achilles' heel: an area of weakness
- Midas touch: always lucky
- Pandora's box: invite trouble or tempted
- Odyssey: a long trip or adventure
What is an Odyssey?
King of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
A city protected by tall, thick stone walls.
What is Troy?
Something we use today in the United States that began in Ancient Greece.
What is a democracy?
Known as a horse man.
What is a centaur?
Every time my mother buys a scratch ticket, she wins.
This is an example of:
- Herculean: a mighty try
- Achilles' heel: an area of weakness
- Midas touch: always lucky
- Pandora's box: invite trouble or tempted
- Odyssey: a long trip or adventure
What is the Midas Touch?
God of the sea
Who is Poseidon?
The King of Troy.
Who is Priam?
Name one thing that you could find in the Agora.
What is:
- stalls selling food, crafts, household items
- important public buildings, temples
- men hanging out and talking about the news
one-eyed giants
What are cyclopes?
I went to the dentist and found out I have three cavities! I am not supposed to eat sweets but I just can't resist them!
This is an example of:
- Herculean: a mighty try
- Achilles' heel: an area of weakness
- Midas touch: always lucky
- Pandora's box: invite trouble or tempted
- Odyssey: a long trip or adventure
What is Achilles' Heel?
God of the Underworld
Who is Hades?
The way the Greeks were able to enter Troy.
What is the Trojan Horse?
Name one rule/law for a voter in Ancient Greece.
What is:
- 20 years of age or older
- citizen of Greece
- men only
- no slaves
winged horse
What is pegasus?
Mrs. Lane put her breakfast down on the coffee table. All of a sudden, the phone rang. She knew it was a bad idea, but she went to answer it.
This is an example of:
- Herculean: a mighty try
- Achilles' heel: an area of weakness
- Midas touch: always lucky
- Pandora's box: invite trouble or tempted
- Odyssey: a long trip or adventure
What is Pandora's Box?
Goddess of wisdom, war, and arts and crafts
Who is Athena?
The effect of archaeologist Heinrich Schleimann reading Homer's poem The Iliad.
What is the discovery of Troy?
What Ancient Greece was divided into.
What are city-states?
The giant three-headed dog that guards the gates of the Underworld.
What is Cerberus?
Every day Alec goes outside with the big kid basketball to shoot on the big kid net with his 14 year-old brother. The ball is so heavy and the net is up so high.
This is an example of:
- Herculean: a mighty try
- Achilles' heel: an area of weakness
- Midas touch: always lucky
- Pandora's box: invite trouble or tempted
- Odyssey: a long trip or adventure
What is Herculean?
messenger of Zeus
Who is Hermes?
The two reasons King Menaleus of Sparta decides to go to war with King Priam and Troy.
A place in Greece where you could find:
- no democracy
- ruled by two kings
- most of the time was spent training for war
- at 7-years-old, boys went to train for the military
What is Sparta?
Giant snake with nine heads.
What is the Hydra?