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Homer
Greek Mythology
Greek Poetry & Fables
Greek Drama
Greek Art & Architecture
100
Name one of the epic poems Homer wrote.
Iliad or the Odyssey
100
Traditional stories about gods and heroes are called ______.
Myths
100
What were the earliest Greek stories?
Epics
100
A story told by actors is called a _____.
Drama
100
Which column had swirls in it?
The Ionic.
200
True or False? In the Iliad it tells about the Trojan Horse.
True
200
Where did Zeus live?
Mount Olympus
200
Name the Greek slave who wrote fables.
Aesop
200
In what does a person struggle to overcome difficulties but fails?
A tragedy
200
Name one of the three columns that Greeks used to build
Ionic,Corinthian, or Doric
300
For how many years did Homer's epics influence readers?
3,000 years
300
Who was the God of the Sun and poetry?
Apollo
300
A short tale that teaches a lesson is called a _____.
Fable
300
Where were tragedies and comedies staged AT?
A theater
300
True or False? Large vases often had scenes from Greek myths.
True
400
What word defined aoidos?
Singer
400
What did Greeks follow because they sought their Gods' favor?
Rituals
400
True or False? The Odyssey tells about how the Mycenaean warriors hide inside the Trojan Horse to capture the city.
False
400
Name ONE of the three best-known writers of Greek tragedies.
Sophocles, Euripides, or Aeschylus
400
What material were old columns made of?
Wood
500
True or False? Poetry created during Homer's time was not memorized or recited but written down.
False
500
In an oracle who often gave answers in riddles?
The priestess
500
For about how many years were Aesop's fables apart of Greece's oral tradition?
200 years
500
One of Aeschylus's best-known plays is a group of three plays called the ______.
Oresteia
500
Between what years was the Parthenon built.
447 and 432 B.C