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Greek Mythology
Greek Poetry and Fables
Homer
Greek Drama
Greek Art and Architecture
100
What are traditional stories about gods and goddesses
myths
100
What were the earliest Greek stories
Epics
100
Homer's heroes became ____ _____ for boys
role models
100
This is a story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story
Drama
100
what building is at almost 230 feet long and is 100 feet wide
parthenon
200
Where did the 12 most important gods and goddesses live
Mount Oympus
200
The first great epics of early Greece were
Iliad and Odyssey
200
Some historians say that Homer came from _____
Ionia
200
The Greeks performed pays in _______ theaters
outdoor
200
How tall is the statue of Athena in the parthenon
43 feet
300
What is a set of actions carried out in a fixed way
rituals
300
The best warriors from where hid in the Trojan horse
Mycenaean
300
What does aoidos mean
singer
300
Early Greek tragedies had _____ actor
One
300
in 500 B.C the Greeks began to use _____
marble
400
A priestess sat on this a three legged stool in the oracle chamber
tripod
400
What did Aesop become after he was freed from slaver
adviser
400
Homer created a different style of poetry that influenced all _____ literature that followed
Western
400
What is one of Aeschylus's best known plays
Oresteia
400
To keep columns from toppling the column's sections were joined with wooden ______
pegs
500
The priestess in the oracle often gave answers in ____
Riddles
500
For how many centuries were Aesop's fables a part of Greece's oral tradition
2 centuries
500
Homer use the term ______ for a poet
aoidos
500
who is a general and a writer of plays developed drama even further
Sophocles
500
Many Greek temples were decorated with ____
sculpture