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City states
Gods and Goddesses
Myths
Legends
Greek Vocabulary
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what is a city state?
An ancient Greek region that has its own government and citizenry
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What is Greek mythology
Legends and myths about gods and monsters
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What do you have to do with reality when you read Myths and Legends?
You have to throw it away
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What is a legend?
a story that is popular but not true
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What does immortal mean
to live forever
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What are two city states that were the main city states in Ancient greece?
Sparta and Athens
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Who was the leader of the Greek gods?
Zeus
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What is a demigod
one who is part human and part god
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What are some characters that appear in legends?
Monsters, gods and Goddesses
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What is the Peloponnesian war?
A war between Sparta and Athens
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What were the difference between Sparta and Athens
Athens was educated while Sparta was strong
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Who were the Titans?
The first Greek gods, The parents of Zeus and the twelve gods that were over thrown by the Olympians
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What is a deity
a god or godesses
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What were many legends based on?
the gods being rewarded or punished for thier actions
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What does Aristocrats mean?
weathly property owners in ancient greece
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What were the difference between the women in Sparta and in Athens?
Sparta women focused on being strong and dedicated and Athens women focused on being educated and smart
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Who was the goddesses of love and beauty?
Aphrodite
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What is a name of a myth were the king of the under world takes a women to marry him?
'How the Seasons Came To Be'
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What is the name of the myth that a girl opens a box and creatures come out and go to the four ends of the earth
Pandoras box
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What does Aristocrats mean?
wealthy property owners in ancient greece
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People from Athens, Sparta, and other Greek city-states worked together to overcome the invaders
The Persian
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Who were the two gods that were brother and sister
Apollo and Artemis
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What is the name of the myth that is about a Knight that goes to take the head of a women with snake eyes that can turn people to stone?
'Perseus and The Gorgon Medusa'
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What is the name of the story that has a man that goes into a maze with a bull creature
Theseus and the Minotaur
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What is mount Olympus?
a mountain on which the ancient Greeks believed the gods and goddesses lived