Ch 7 Sec 2: Life in Ancient Greece

Belief in many gods and goddesses

• Epics
• Fable
• Vivid
• Polytheism

Light spear thrown by hand

• Fable
• Vivid
• Javelin
• Polytheism

Stories that people tell to explain beliefs about their world

• Myths
• Olympics
• Epics
• Fable

Producing clear mental images

• Zeus
• Vivid
• Javelin
• Polytheism

Long poems about a hero's adventure

• Myths
• Olympics
• Epics
• Fable

The ruler of the Greek gods was called

• Ares
• Athena
• Prometheus
• Zeus

The Greeks believed the gods lived

• in Athens
• in Cyprus
• on Mount Olympus
• on Mount Etna

Stories that portray Greek gods and goddesses are called

• essays
• fables
• histories
• myths

The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called the

• Goodwill Games
• marathons
• Olympics
• triathlons

A short story, usually involving animals, that teaches a moral lesson is a(n)

• epic poem
• fable
• myth
• song