Myths and Legends
What is to help humans make sense of the world.
This is the story of the Trojan War
What is The Iliad?
This was a dynasty start by wealthy bankers.
What is the Medici Dynasty?
This Revolutionized access to books.
What is The Printing Press?
The Anglo-Saxon idea of fate or destiny.
What is Wyrd?
This was the Titan who stole fire for humanity.
Who was Prometheus.
This epic follows Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaca
What is The Odyssey?
This character guides Dante through Hell and Purgatory.
Who is Virgil?
This is a writing style that uses 10 syllables in a Unstressed to Stressed pattern.
What is Iambic Pentameter?
This is the Renaissance belief that humans have great potential and should study classical learning.
What is Humanism?
This Greek myth explains how evils came into the world.
What is Pandora's Box?
This epic blends Norse/Danish beliefs and Christian teachings and ideology.
What is The Epic of Beowulf?
This is the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
This was movement that split from the Catholic Church.
What is the Reformation?
This is a myth that explains why something exists in the natural world.
What is Etiological Myth?
This Chinese myth discusses how the heavens and earth were separated.
What is the myth of Pangu?
This epic discusses immortality and the importance of legacy.
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
This is why Satan Is Frozen in Ice.
What is he is separated from the light and warmth of Gods love?
This is a symbol of marital fidelity within Othello.
What is The Handkerchief?
This is defined as making practical, realistic political decisions rather than idealistic ones.
What is Realpolitik?
These myths were often written on temples and tombs.
What are Egyptian Myths?
This character represents heroic honor, glory, and rage.
Who is Achilles?
This is the political guidebook for rulers written by Niccolò Machiavelli.
What is The Prince?
This was Othello's fatal flaw.
What is Jealousy?
This is Dante’s idea that punishment should match the sin.
What is Contrapasso?