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Greek Gods & Symbols
Ancient Greece
Popular Myths
Vocabulary
Hodge Podge
100
He is the ruler over all the Olympians
Who is Zeus
100
Instead of living in one united county the Ancient Greeks lived in
What are city-states
100
The story of this mother-daughter pair explains why we have season
Who is Demeter and Persphone
100
hubris
What is excessive pride or arrogance
100
These people dig up items, buildings etc... to learn about past civilizations
What are archaeologist
200
She is the goddess of love
Who is Aphrodite
200
They were the winners of the Peloponnesian War
Who are the Spartans
200
In some myths he is the creator of man and the one who gifted man with fire
Who is Prometheus
200
ambrosia
What is the food and drink of the gods
200
He wrote "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"
Who is Homer
300
He had a contest against Athena to see who would be the patron god of Athens.
Who is Poseidon
300
This popular philosopher founded a medical school
Who is Hippocrates
300
His touch turned everything to gold
Who is King Midas
300
they gave the listener messages from the gods
What is an oracle
300
Between 1200-1050BC the Mycenaean culture collapsed and went through what?
What is the dark ages
400
She gave up her spot on Mt Olympus to this god
Who is Dionysus
400
What important sporting event took place in honor of Zeus?
What is the Olympics
400
He is the inventor of the labyrinth
Who is Daedalus
400
valiant
What is boldly courageous, brave
400
You had to cross this river to enter the underworld
What is the Styx
500
He is the messenger god
Who is Hermes
500
The Greeks used this tool to scrape the oil and dirt off.
What is a strigil.
500
He killed his father and married his mother
Who is Oedipud
500
a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial
What is a shroud
500
These grew where Adonis' blood was shed after he was gored by Ares
What are anemones