The language of Classical Civilisation GCSE

The language of GCSE Classical Civilisation 

A quizz

Multiple Choice

What is this goddess carrying?

• a snake

• a cornucopia

• a caduceus

• an ivory tusk

Listen to this recording....

Multiple Choice

What was making the noise on the previous slide?

• an epithet

• a diadem

• a caduceus

• an ancient lyre

Take a look at this very famous landmark, which we will be looking at in greater detail in due course...

Multiple Choice

What is the actual meaning of the word 'acropolis'?

• 'Temple'

• 'The highest point in a city'

• 'Very rocky'

• 'Very holy'

Multiple Choice

Technically, Hades isn't an Olympian god: he is a chthonic one. But what does the word mean?

• To do with being under the earth

• Fiery

• Relating to uncontrollable anger

• Meaning 'disgraced'

Multiple Choice

Ancient Greek religion was polytheistic. What is the opposite to polytheism?

• Duoism

• Monotheism

• Atheism

• Agnosticism

Take a look at this image: you may have seen it before...

Multiple Choice

What is this AND which god was most closely associated with it?

• A caduceus & Mercury

• A traveller's wand & Argus

• Twin serpents & Venus

• A weapon & Ares

Multiple Choice

What is the correct definition of 'pantheon'?

• A collection of religions

• A collection of all the gods

• Relating to the whole of Greece

• Sleek black big cat

Homer and the oral epic tradition

• The blind bard is traditionally reputed to have composed 2 epic poems

• The 1st written version of these epics did not appear until perhaps the 700s BC (perhaps later)

Multiple Choice

Which epic poem relates to the story of the Trojan War: the 10 year conflict between Greeks and Trojans?

• The Aeneid

• The Odyssey

• The Iliad

• Gilgamesh