The Role of Myths in Ancient Greece

In the earliest days of Greece,

• all the Greek people spoke the same dialect
• the country was divided into small city-states
• everyday life was relaxed and easy
• no one wrote stories, plays, or myths

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To isolate something, you have to 

• keep it separate from everything
• mix it with water
• group it together with similar things
• give it a lot of air

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If you do something monumental,

• you build something out of stone
• you do something that is significant
• you will feel very ordinary
• you will quickly forget it

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Something that is immortal

• needs many people to carry it
• happens right away
• takes a long time to grow
• will never die

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What made it difficult for people to travel or interact in ancient Greece?

• the geography
• they didn't like each other
• it was not difficult, they did interact
• they thought they would get into trouble

Life in ancient Greece was....

• hard
• difficult

The word mythos means:

• mints
• story
• events
• mythological creatures

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Myths have all of the following EXCEPT:

• teach an important lesson like warming against being too proud.
• make sense of natural phenomena like earthquakes
• recipes on how to make bread and pastries 
• told stories about monumental events like the creation of human beings

many ancient cultures have myths that are similar from culture to culture

• false
• true

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In ancient Greece myths spread by writing them down and sending them with a courier. 

• true
• false