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english greece 11-18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Epic (4) | national hero long journey with challenges underworld supernatural forves |
| Myth (2) | oral tradition intertwined w unknown spirit |
| Homeric similie | similie on steroids (seagul skimming surface-odysseus going to calypso) |
| Epithet | A small phrase describing a person |
| Zeus | Father of gods and men |
| Ares | Earth Shaker; leader of armies; wild beast |
| Poseidon | Blue girdler of the islands |
| Athena | Grey eyed; owl-eyed |
| Aphrodite | cow-eyed; she who turns men to love |
| Hermes | god of the gateway; the whisperer |
| Hades | the invisible one; king of thode below |
| Apollo | god of the sun and patron of many thi ngs |
| Artemis | rainer of arrows and mighty huntress |
| Demeter | goddess of crops |
| dionysus | fertility, joyous life, hospitality, wild things, wine |
| hephaestus | fire and arisans, uglyyy |
| Hera | protectress of marriage children and the home |