Ancient Greece- 8.1 Flashcard

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a long poem about heroic deeds

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epic

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a short tale that teaches a lesson

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fable

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a priest or priestess who could tell the future

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oracle

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a traditional story about gods and goddesses

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myth

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highest mountain in Greece, home to the gods and goddesses

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Mount Olympus

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Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their

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religious beliefs.

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This Greek poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, including the Iliad.

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Homer

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The Greeks performed two types of dramas called ____ and ____.

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comedy and tragedy

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The three best-known writers of Greek tragedies were Aeschylus, Euripides, and

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Sophocles.

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The three types of columns the Greek used in their buildings were Doric, Ionic, and

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Corinthian.