Vocabulary
Characters/ Vocab
Greek Myths
Riddles
100

What does it mean to resist?

To not want to do something

100

What does it mean if something is mythical?

Not real/imaginary
100
Name the Greek Myth where the sons and daughters were taken at the age of 18 as punishment. 

Theseus and the Minotaur

100

I am the biggest and strongest giant who holds up the sky as a punishment from Zeus. Who am I?

Atlas

200
What does it mean if something is amusing?

It's very interesting.

200
What are two examples of mythical creatures we have read about this unit?
Minotaur, Sphinx
200
In which Greek myth did a character create wings to escape a tower?
Daedalus and Icarus
200

Having a lion's body and the face/neck of a woman, I sit outside of the city of Thebes and eat every person who tries to enter if they cannot solve my riddle correctly. Who am I?

The sphinx

300

What does it mean for someone to give you guidance?

To give someone advice or to help them out.

300

If something is described as Herculean, what does that mean? 

something really hard/ requires physical strength

300

In the Greek Myth "Arachne the Weaver", what did the main character learn?

1. Use your gifts ****

2. Never give up

300

I am unhappy with Atalanta for making a joke out of love. Who am I?

Aphrodite

400

What is an arachnid? What story did this word come from?


A spider; Arachne the Weaver

400

What was the role of Princess Ariadne and Icarus in the story "Theseus and the Minotaur"? 

To help Theseus defeat the minotaur without King Minus finding out.

400

What did the Greek myth Theseus and the Minotaur, try to explain? 

How the Aegean Sea got its name.

400

What is it that walks on four feet in the morning, two feet in the afternoon and three feet in the evening?

Humans
500

What is a myth?

A fictional story from long ago used to explain events in nature or taught people how to behave.

500

What were the tasks that Hercules had to complete in the myth "The Other Adventures of Hercules"? 

1. To defeat the Nemean Lion

2. Bring the King 3 golden apples of Hesperides

500

What Ancient Greeks used the story "Prometheus and Pandora" to explain what two important things?

1. How people/ animals came to the world.

2. How sorrow/ suffering came into the world. 

500

I did not listen to my father and fell to my death. Who am I?

Icarus