Vocabulary 1
Thinking about something beforehand
What is Forethought
Who did not care about living with the gods or Mighty Ones on the mountain top?
Who is Prometheus
Who are the main characters in "How Fire Was Given To Men"? (There are 4---one is generalized)
Who is Prometheus, Epimetheus, Jupiter, and Mankind
What happened when Jupiter happened to look down from the mountain on which he lived?
What is he saw that there were fires burning, people were living in houses, and their crops were flourishing.
What does Jupiter refusing to give fire to mankind reveal about his character?
What is Jupiter is selfish and fearful.
Not working or active
What is Idleness
Who is Epimetheus
What does Prometheus want to accomplish?
What is to bring fire to men to help mankind survive and thrive.
Once he discovered who was responsible for this, what did Jupiter do?
What is Jupiter decided to punish Prometheus by using his brother Epimetheus, and he decided to punish mankind as well.
Are the gods truly mighty? Explain your answer.
What is the gods are not truly mighty if they fear that giving fire to humans who have to supernatural gifts will bring them down and make the easily defeated.
Reflecting on something after it has happened
What is Afterthought
The person who told Prometheus not to give fire to men
Who is Jupiter
What conflict does Prometheus face and why?
What is Jupiter instructs him not to help mankind because Jupiter is afraid that men will become so smart that they will overthrow the Mighty Ones.
What was the first step that Jupiter took in his revenge plan?
What is he had Vulcan mold a lump of clay into a woman, then he asked all of the gods to give her a gift to bring her to life.
What is the purpose of a myth?
What is to explain unexplained events that at the time people did not have a scientific or logical explanation for.
Being among something
What is Amid
Prometheus disobeyed Jupiter by hiding fire in the pith of a what
What is a reed, or stalk of fennel
What is Prometheus's response?
What is he disobeys Jupiter and brings fire anyway.
Who was this woman given to?
Who is Epimetheus
An unjust ruler
What is a Tyrant
The fire that was brought to man prompted what
What is a New Golden Age
How is the conflict resolved in the first part of this text, "How Fire Was Given to Men"?
What did Pandora do wrong?
She opened a box that she was told not to open that let out diseases and cares into the world.
How does the author's choice of words in each text affect your understanding of the story?