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chapter 5 - section 1
Question | Answer |
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traditional story describing gods or heroes or explaining natural events | myth |
sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess; the most famous was the oracle at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi | oracle |
long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds | epic |
short tale that teaches a lesson | fable |
story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story | drama |
form of drama in which the story has a happy ending | comedy |
form of drama in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but meets an unhappy end | tragedy |
the highest mountain in Greece where the 12 most important gods and goddesses lived | mount Olympus |
famous Greek poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey | Homer |
the Greeks used 3 different styles of columns in their buildings - Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian | Greek Columns |
temple built to honor the goddess Athena; the Parthenon was the glory of ancient Greece and still rises above Athens today; located on the Acropolis | Parthenon |
king of the gods; god of the sky, rain, and lightening | Zeus |
god of the sea | Poseidon |
goddess of marriage | Hera |
goddess of love and beauty | Aphrodite |
god of war | Ares |
goddess of wisdom; protector of cities | Athena |
god of the underworld | Hades |
messenger of the gods | Hermes |
goddess of the home | Hestia |
goddess of the hunt and wild animals | Artemis |
god of light | Apollo |