The Greeks!

Greek Background

100

This is the practice of having more than one god (often many)

Polytheistic

200

He believed that the world was at the center of the galaxy

Aristotle 

300

He is often cited as putting forth this idea that the world was spherical though his calculations/reasons were not quite sound

Pythagoras 

400

Plato believed that the world was made up of four elements (fire, wind, earth, water). This is the 5th that Aristotle proposed.

Aether

500

Some time around 700 B.C.E. this writer is often credited with the earliest creation story, published Theogony. This story says that the primordial gods were created from Chaos

Hesiod

The Legacy of

100

Greek Mythology is often credited to creating this.

Created the foundations of modern literature, art, and science

200

These two popular things originate from the Iliad and the Battle of Troy.

Trojan Horse and Achilles Heel

300

Heinrich Schliemann found evidence of this city in the 1870s. The city dates back to the Bronze Age (5000 years ago) and could have been the city that Homer based the Iliad on

Troy

400

This thinker used concepts of Greek Mythology to make philosophical points that had nothing to do with religion

Plato 

500

Genetically modified organisms are known as this term from Greek Mythology 

A chimera

Creation

100

In most stories, Gaea goes on to marry this primordial god. 

Uranus 

200

Homer and Hesiod did not always agree. Homer believed that everything floated in this.

Okeanos

300

Hesiod believed that everything began in this.

Chaos

400

This is said to be in between earth and Tartarus

Hades

500

In Homer's creation story, the heavens can stay in the sky because of these

Pillars 

Castration of Uranus

100

Uranus banishes the titans to live inside Gaea (earth) because...

He was afraid of them stealing his power

200

Gaea turns against Uranus because she does not want to

Put her children inside of her

300

This titan castrates his father

Chronos 

400

Rhea hides Zeus on this island.

Crete

500

The overthrowing of Uranus separated this.

Earth and Heavens

Zeus and the Golden Age

100

Prometheus steals this.

Fire

200

Zeus creates this in order to punish Prometheus (not the eagles)

Pandora and Pandora's box

300

This is the division that Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades agree to

Cosmos is divided between Zeus (King of gods, sky, surface world), Poseidon (Sea), and Hades (Underworld)

400

The Golden Age was special because...

• Humans did not work, no sorrow

• It was always spring, people possibly aged backwards and became spirits known as daemones (guides or helpers)

500

This age was lesser than the Golden and often considered warlike. This is where Zeus floods the world

The Bronze Age