Greek Culture
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- 2. Heroes fought to protect this idea: defend their ______ and their familyś ______.
- 3. Goddess of wisdom and crafts
- 6. Prayers and offerings of gifts to the gods
- 10. Story of Odysseus´ return home from the Trojan War
- 11. The spoken tradition of passing stories or poems by word of mouth.
- 13. Most famous of Greek comedy writers.
- 16. Place where sports games were played to honor Zeus; began in 776 B.C.
- 17. The god who spoke through the Oracle at Delphi
- 18. The group of performers who in the earliest dramas presented the entire story through song and dance.
- 19. Only they could act in dramas--played both menś and womenś parts.
- 20. According to the seventh learning link in the digital textbook, which Memorial in Washington, D.C., is modeled after the Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens?
- 23. The number of Olympia gods and goddesses.
- 24. King of the gods; god of the sky, rain, and lighting
- 28. Which House in Washington, D.C., uses Greek architectural style?
- 29. Home or place of the sacred shrine where Greeceś chief oracle resided.
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- 1. Fanciest of the Greek column capitals--made up of leaves
- 3. Goddess of love and beauty.
- 4. God of war
- 5. Story of the Trojan War
- 7. Shared beliefs, language and customs
- 8. Traditional stories about gods, goddesses and heroes.
- 9. A story or play on stage told through the words and actions of a cast of characters; invented by the Greeks.
- 10. The mountain where the gods and goddesses lived.
- 12. The title given to Greek art and architecture: the ideals of reason, balance, and harmony.
- 14. A drama in which the main character struggles to overcome hardships, but ultimately fails.
- 15. Athenian dramatist; wrote ¨Oedipus Rex¨ and ¨Antigone¨
- 21. A play filled with humor that often pokes fun at foolish people.
- 22. Greek dramatist who wrote the Oresteia--a cycle of three plays about revenge and murder
- 25. Long poem about the adventures of a hero.
- 26. Greek writer of animal fables with a moral or message.
- 27. Wife of Queen Menelaus; her love affair and flight to Troy with Prince Paris is the spark that ignited the Trojan War.