Chapter 8: Greek Civilization Review for Test 6/21

A long poem about heroic deeds.

• fable

• epic

• oracle

• oral tradition

A short tale that teaches a lesson.

• fable

• myth

• epic

• oral tradition

A priest or priestess who could tell the future.

• myth

• fable

• oracle

• oral tradition

A traditional story about gods and goddesses.

• oral tradition

• fable

• epic

• myth

The custom of passing along stories by speech.

• oral tradition

• myth

• fable

• epic

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their...

• religious beliefs.

• love of poetry.

• love of sport.

• political beliefs.

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

• Aesop

• Odysseus

• Croesus

• Homer

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

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

• Aristophanes.

• Homer.

• Sophocles

• Aesop

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

• Athenian.

• Corinthian

• Parthenon

• Gregorian