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What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?

• comedy and tragedy

• myth and fable

• epic and tragedy

• comedy and myth

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

• Aesop

• Odysseus

• Croesus

• Homer

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their

• religious beliefs.

• love of poetry.

• love of sport.

• political beliefs.

Define: oral tradition

• a long poem about heroic deeds

• a short tale that teaches a lesson

• a priest or priestess who could tell the future

• a traditional story about gods and goddesses

• the custom of passing along stories by speech

Epic poem written by Homer, which told the story/myth of the Trojan War.

• The Iliad

• The Odyssey

Epic poem written by Homer, which told the story of Odysseus and his long trip home.

• The Iliad

• The Odyssey

The word philosophy means

• “love of history.”

• “love of science.”

• “love of wisdom.”

• “love of mathematics.”

Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was

• writing.

• drama.

• philosophy.

• giving lectures.

After he compared 158 governments to find the best one, who wrote the book Politics?

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Thucydides

• Herodotus

student of Socrates who wrote the Republic

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Thucydides

• Herodotus