Intro Greek Mythology

Greece had a _________ religion

• Monotheistic
• Polytheistic

Goddess of love and beauty

• Athena
• Aphrodite
• Artemis

Messenger of the Gods

• Apollo
• Hermes
• Dionysus

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The Gods lived on

• Mount Pamassus
• Tymfi
• Smolikas
• Mount Olympus

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Wife of Zeus, protector of marriage, family, and the home

• Persephone
• Nike
• Hestia
• Hera

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Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• Homer
• Aesop
• Sappho

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Why did Greeks create their Mythology?

• To give homage to their ancestors 
• To worship what the Romans showed them
• To explain what they do not understand

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Who is the goddess of the hunt?

• Hermes
• Apollo
• Athena
• Artemis

Apollo is the god of what??

• The sun
• The sea
• wisdom
• the sky

Why did the Greeks build temples?

• To protect themselves
• To make the gods happy
• To honor the king

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