Ch. 8 Section 3

What i s the modern expression that refers to a person's weak spot and is base on a figure from Greek Mythology?

• Elmer's elbow

• Achillies heel

• the Midas touch

Greek writers used short stories to teach lessons about life and give advice on how to live called...

• fables

• tables

• tales

Ancient Greeks explained weather, seasons , and natural disasters by using ....?

• biology

• literature

• Mythology

Who wrote two great epic poems called the Illiad and the Odysseus?

• Draco

• Homer

• Pericles

Most poets were men, but the most famous lyric poet was a woman named?

• Sappho

• Hera

• Dionysis

He is known as the king of the Greek gods?

• Hades

• Hercules

• Zues

Greek mythology and literature has influenced many English ______________ and expressions.

• lessons

• letters

• words

_______________are main characters in Greek fables.

• people

• animals

• insects

A poem that is set to music is called a_________.

• lyric poem

• haiku

• sonnet

The Greeks enjoyed telling stories of heroes who had special abiities and often face terrible monsters.

• True

• False