Classical Greece
A Greek philosopher, that was taught by Plato
Who is Aristotle?
king of the gods
Who is Zeus?
The man who made a gift for the city of troy to invade and win the war.
What is Ulysses and the Trojan horse?
Once was the prettiest girl in the city of Athens, then got transformed into a gorgon by Athena because Poseidon took away her virginity in Athena's temple
Who is Medusa?
The part of the story where the hero is faced with the problem or journey
What is the "call to adventure"?
A Greek temple where they worshiped outside of it
What is the Parthenon?
goddess of wisdom
Who is Athena?
A vulnerable spot on a hero
What is Achilles' heel?
ate his kids to prevent the prophecy of him being overthrown by his kids
Who is Cronus?
Where the heros attitude about things start to change the person he is
What is the "threshold"?
A triangular shaped roof
What is a pediment?
god of the sea
Who is Poseidon?
went to Nemea to kill a lion that was terrorizing that region
Who is Hercules?
fell in love with goddess of spring and kidnapped her to become goddess of the underworld
Who is Hades?
The part of the story that really takes a turn for the hero and changes him completely. "death and rebirth"
What is "Revelation"?
A hill with multiple temples built on it
What is the acropolis?
Goddess of love and beauty
Who is Aphrodite?
the half-mortal son of zeus that beheaded medusa
Who is Perseus?
became goddess of the underworld after being kidnapped. Has to stay in the underworld for 6 months and spend the rest of the year with her mother Demeter
Who is Persephone?
The part of the story where the hero has figured things out and has headed his way back home alone
What is "Alonement"?
Stone that the Parthenon is made out of
What is marble?
Queen of the gods
Who is Hera?
A titan that stole fire from Zeus and the gods and gave it to the morals
Who is Prometheus?
Killed his father, married his mom and had 4 children with her before she hung herself. Continued to be king of Thebes until his death.
Who is Oedipus?
The end of the story where the hero has returned home and is now a completely different person than they were at the beginning
What is the "return"?