6th Grade Lesson 1 Chapter 8

a long poem about heroic deeds

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oracle

a short tale that teaches a lesson

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oracle

a priest or priestess who could tell the future

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oracle

a traditional story about gods and goddesses

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oracle

the custom of passing along stories by speech

• myth

• epic

• oracle

• oral tradition

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their

• religious beliefs.

• love of sport

• love of poetry.

• political beliefs.

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

• Aesop

• Croesus

• Odysseus

• Homer

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

• comedy and tragedy

• epic and tragedy

• myth and fable

• comedy and myth

The three best-known dramatists who wrote Greek tragedies were Aeschylus, Euripides, and

• Aristophanes.

• Sophocles

• Homer.

• Aesop.

The three types of columns the Greeks used in their buildings were Doric, Ionic, and

• Athenian.

• Parthenon.

• Corinthian.

• Gregorian