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  • How did Greeks earn the favor of their protector gods and goddesses?
    With rituals, praying at home or at temples, and offering gifts to their protector god or goddess.
  • What did Euripides write about?
    Ordinary people in realistic situations focusing on the suffering caused by war.
  • Write what each of the following Greek gods was associated with? (3 to win) Poseidon, Hestia and Artemis.
    Poseidon: Sea and earthquakes. Hestia: Home and fire. Artemis: Hunt and wild animals.
  • Explain the Odyssey's plot briefly.
    Odysseus's 10 year trip home after the Trojan war to meet with his wife, where he faces storms, witches and monsters.
  • What meaning does "Trojan Horse" adopts today?
    Using deception to achieve a goal.
  • What was the favorite subject for Greek artists?
    The human body.
  • What idea did Greeks have of fate?
    They believed each person had a destiny no matter what they did. They also believed in prophecies.
  • What impact did Homer's poems have on Greek people's lives?
    They taught important values like courage, honor, etc. With his characters becoming role models for Greek boys.
  • Explain the origin of the Olympic games.
    Held at the city of Olympia, (there's the name), these games were done for the greater glory of Zeus. People showed different skills.
  • What is a myth?
    Traditional stories about gods and heroes .
  • Explain the difference among tragedies and comedies.
    In tragedies the main character struggles to overcome hardships to not succeed, in comedies stories end happily.
  • What did Sophocles accept in his works?
    He accepted suffering as a real part of life.
  • What is different about Greek gods that affects people's perception of them?
    Greek gods acted more like human beings, showing human qualities made people not to fear them.
  • Write what each of the following Greek gods was associated with? (3 to win) Athena, Demeter and Ares.
    Athena: Wisdom. Ares: War. Demeter: Agriculture.
  • What is an oral tradition?
    Passing stories by speech from generation to generation.
  • What is a drama?
    Story written in the form of a play.
  • Who performed as women in Greek dramas?
    Male actors dressed as women.
  • Explain the fable of the hare and the tortoise, as well as its possible lesson.
    A speedy rabbit and a turtle race each other. (Slow and steady wins the race)
  • What meaning does the word "odyssey" today?
    Long but exciting journey.
  • Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
    Homer.
  • What's a fable?
    A story which intention is to teach a lesson. They normally let animals or other non-human characters behave like people.
  • Explain the Iliad's plot briefly.
    How Greeks built a large wooden horse where soldiers hide to open the Troy's gates to rescue Helen from a Trojan prince.
  • Write what each of the following Greek gods was associated with? (3 to win) Zeus, Hera, and Hades
    Zeus: Sky, rain and lightning. Hera: Marriage. Hades: Underworld.
  • Aristophanes was famous for his famous tragedies. True/False.
    False, he wrote comedies.
  • What inspiration did Shakespeare take from Greek poems?
    Plots, settings, and play organization .
  • What is an oracle and how did they work?
    Sacred places where priests speak for a god by listening to questions and translating gods' answers.
  • Explain the plot of Aeschylus's Orestia.
    King Agamemnon is murdered by his wife Clytemnestra, followed by their son Orestes killing his mother to avenge his father.
  • What are the two categories of Greek drama?
    Comedy and tragedy.
  • Write what each of the following Greek gods was associated with? (3 to win) Apollo, Hermes, Aphrodite.
    Apollo: Light. Hermes: Market. Aphrodite: Love and beauty.
  • What was the main architectural detail in Greek buildings?
    Large graceful columns supporting the structure.
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