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Semele

Could not handle the sight of the god, Zeus, in all his glory, and was fried to a crisp.

Relationship Between gods/goddesses and humans

1. gods are not necessarily interested in helping/taking care of humans. 2. Humans try to stay on gods' good side through religious practice

Briseis

A Trojan captive whom Achilles loves and nearly kills Agamemnon over.

Ate his children as they were born.

Cronus feared his children overthrowing him so he __________.

Clytemnestra

Her father loved her and held an unwinnable contest for her hand in marriage so that he could keep her for himself.

Gaea, Tartarus, and Eros

After Chaos, ______________ came next.

The Mountains, Pontus (the sea), and Uranus (the sky)

After Gaea, Tartarus, and Eros, ____________ came next.

Eris

All of the gods/goddesses were invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis except ___________.

The Illiad

An epic poem that tells the story of the anger of Achilles during the Trojan War

Troy

Ancient city located in modern-day Turkey

Mycenae, Crete, and Athens

Ancient civilizations located in modern-day Greece

Authoritative Speech

Ancient definition of myth

Persephone

Ate the pomegranate while in The Underworld and is now required to stay by Hades' side 4 months out of the year.

Hera

Attempted to overthrow Zeus by tying him to his bed with hundreds of ropes.

Hephaestus

Caught his wife cheating on him with the god of war and blood lust.

Agamemnon

Clytemnestra was married to ________________.

False

Contemporary definition of myth

Thyestes ate his own children

During the reconciliation banquet between Thyestes and Atreus, _________________.

Tantalus

Evil king of Lydia who tried to feed his son to the gods/goddesses

Plato

Famous Greek Philosopher

Atlas

Forced to hold up the sky with his arms raised up for all eternity.

Miasma

Ghosts of the Dead, The Erinyes, and Blood Guilt are associated with __________

14, 30

Greek woman was married at the age of ____ while the Greek man was married at the age of ______.

Poseidon

Has powers over earthquakes, the sea, and horses.

Zeus & Leda

Helen of Sparta is the daughter of ________ & ________.

Artemis

Helped deliver her twin brother, Apollo, after she was born.

The Greek Alphabet

Invented during the Archaic Period of Greek History

Bulls and Palace of Knossos

Minoan civilization is known for these

Gold and Trojan Horse

Mycenaean civilization is known for these

Hera

Offered Paris dominion (power to rule) over all of the world.

Athena

Offered Paris the largest army and a glorious military career.

Aphrodite

Offered Paris the most beautiful woman in the world as his bride.

Demeter

Responsible for creating the different seasons of the year.

Hestia

Responsible for the fireplace in the home and the fireplace of cities, especially the eternal flame of Rome.

Venus

Roman Name of Aphrodite

Mars

Roman Name of Ares

Diana

Roman Name of Artemis

Minerva

Roman Name of Athena

Ceres

Roman Name of Demeter

Bacchus

Roman Name of Dionysus

Pluto

Roman Name of Hades

Vulcan

Roman Name of Hephaestus

Juno

Roman Name of Hera

Mercury

Roman Name of Hermes

Vesta

Roman Name of Hestia

Neptune

Roman Name of Poseidon

Jupiter

Roman Name of Zeus

Romulus and Remus

Rome received its name from ________________

Seven Hills

Rome was founded on _________________

Polyphemus

Stabbed in the eye by Odysseus and asked his father, Poseidon, to curse Odysseus

Hades

Stole his wife while she was picking a narcissus.

Hermes

Stole the sacred cattle of Apollo

Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Ares

Supported the Trojans during the Trojan War

Lightning Bolt

Symbol of Zeus

Lyre and Laurel Wreath

Symbols of Apollo

Pomegranate and Cerberus

Symbols of Hades

Trident and Horses

Symbols of Poseidon

King Aegeus hurled himself off a cliff and into the waters

The Aegean Sea received its name from this event

Augustus Caeasar

The First Emperor of Rome

Tantalus->Pelops->Atreus/Thyestes->Agamemnon/Menelaus

The House of Atreus included the following family members in this order.

Rhea and Cronus

The Parents of The Olympians

The Titanomachy

The Titans and The Olympians fought in this battle for the right to rule the world.

Protesilaos

The first Greek to set foot on Trojan soil and the first to die on Trojan soil during the Trojan War.

Produce a golden fleece

The first test created to determine the next king of Mycenae.

Dionysus

The god of wine, parties, and celebrations.

Who could make the sun rise in the West and set in the East

The second test created to determine the next king of Mycenae.

Astyanax

The son of Hector

Aegisthus

The son of Thyestes who killed Atreus with his father's sword.

Andromache

The wife of Hector

Greek and Roman

The word "Classical" indicates this when referring to "Classical Myth"

Replace Black Sails with White Sails

Theseus' Father instructed him to do this if he returned to Athens

Achilles and Pentheseleia

This couple fell in love during the Trojan War

Apollo

Three unhappy loves of ___________ were Sibyl at Cumae, Cassandra, and Daphne.

Divine Myth

Type of myth that deals with the gods/goddesses and are etiological in meaning

Legend

Type of myth that tells historical events that are slightly fictitious (i.e. Trojan War)

Folktale

Type of myth that usually deals with a trickster

Suitors would have to beat the father in a chariot race

Unwinnable Contest that suitors of Clytemnestra had to win

Hid his children in Tartarus (darkness)

Uranus feared his children overthrowing him so he ___________.

Athena

Was born of Zeus' head and is the goddess of wisdom, military strategy, and the city.

Arachne

Weaved a tapestry depicting the gods/goddesses in a poor manner. As punishment she was beaten until she decided to take her own life.

Traditional Story

Working definition of myth

Sophocles

Wrote "Oedipus Rex"

Virgil

Wrote "The Aeneid"

Homer

Wrote "The Illiad" and "The Odyssey"

Aeschylus

Wrote "The Oresteia"

Hesiod

Wrote "The Theogony"

Swallowed his pregnant lover.

Zeus feared his children overthrowing him so he ___________.

Pelops

_______ cursed King Laius for kidnapping his children. As a result, King Laius' son would kill his father and marry his mother.

Iphigeneia

_________ was sacrificed to Artemis so that the Greeks could sail to Troy with the wind on their side.

Agamemnon and Menelaus

___________ & _____________ capture Thyestes while he is at the oracle of Delphi.

Telephus

___________ was attacked by Achilles during the first journey to Troy. His wound would not heal without "that which harmed him."

The Titans, The Cyclopes, and the Hecatonchires

____________ are children of Gaea and Uranus.

Thyestes; Atreus

_____________ won the first test to see who would become next king of Mycenae by cheating. He was having an affair with ____________'s wife. The wife helped him win.

Odysseus

______________ proposed the solution or King Tyndareus wit his dilemma concerning Helen of Sparta in exchange for Penelope to be his bride.

The Oath of Tyndareus

______________ states that all of the suitors (of Helen) must agree not to be upset with Tyndareus or forcibly take Helen for his own after Tyndareus chooses the husband for his daughter, Helen.

Pelopia

______________ was the daughter of Thyestes and she married Atreus while pregnant with Thyestes' child.


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