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chapter 5 - section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |