Ch 8 Lesson 1

p. 214- Greek poems and stories are some of the oldest literature in Western civilization. What does the word literature mean?

• myths about Greek gods and goddesses

• architectural buildings

• written publications, texts, writings

p. 214- Europeans and ____ used ancient Greek words as models for writing their own literature

• Americans

• Mesopotamians

• Egyptians

p. 215- What were two great Greek epics?

• Troy and Alexander the Great

• the Iliad and the Odyssey

• the Iliad and the story of Zeus

p. 215- In the epic called The Illiad, the Greeks are fighting the Trojans (who live in the city of Troy). The Greeks trick the Trojans into accepting a _________________________

• huge, hollow wooden horse as a victory prize

• huge, hollow wooden oracle as a victory prize

• a group of soldiers to fight in a final battle

p. 215- Why do people use the word odyssey to describe a long, exciting journey?

• because the Greeks visited an odyssey in ancient times to find out about the future.

• because the Greek epic, the Iliad, describes how the Greeks tricked the Trojans into accepting the huge horse that was actually filled with Greek soldiers

• because the Greek epic, the Odyssey, describes Odysseus's long trip home from the Trojan war in which he had to fight monsters and witches along the way

p. 216- Who wrote the Greek epics, the Iliad and the Oddysey?

• Pericles

• Homer

• King Leonidas

p. 216- What did Homer's epics teach?

• Homer's stories taught about honor and courage and that is was important to be loyal to your friends and to value relationships

• Homer's stories taught about Greek mythology and which gods had which powers

• Homer's stories taught about courage and bravery in battles and that it was important to win and beat your enemy

p. 216- Besides epics, Greeks also wrote _____, which were stories taught a lesson and usually had animals that could speak

• poems

• literature

• fables

p. 217- The Golden Age of Greece are the years around 500 B.C. to 200 B.C. During this time, ____________________

• art, philosophy, architecture and literature flourished

• art, philosophy, architecture and literature had not yet been invented

• the Greeks were learning how to make coins and weapons from gold

The Golden Age of Greece is when art, philosophy, literature, and architecture flourished. What must flourish mean?

• to teach a lesson about bravery

• to advance and improve

• to be destroyed and forbidden