Greek Mythology Terminology

food of the Gods

• Ambrosia
• Historical myths
• Oracle
• Hercules

a child of the titan Iapetus, condemned to hold up the heavens and sky for eternity

• Atlas
• Underworld
• Mythos
• Logos

the very first of all, the origin of everything, the empty, unfathomable space at the beginning of time

• Mount Olympus
• Oracle
• Chaos
• Harpe

myths that explain why a certain thing is the way it is or how it came to be

• Historical myths
• Ambrosia
• Etiological myths
• Mount Olympus

a very short story with a moral or a lesson to teach

• Fable
• Chaos
• Hubris
• Harpe

a type of sword or sickle; a sword with a sickle protrusion along one edge near the tip of the blade

• Fable
• Harpe
• Underworld
• Hercules

is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures; he is the God of strength and heroes; the son of Zeus

• Titans
• Psychological myths
• Harpe
• Hercules

myths that retell an event from the past but elevate it with greater meaning than the actual event (if it even happened)

• Lyre
• Chaos
• Historical myths
• Hercules

intentionally dishonoring behavior, was a powerful term of moral condemnation in ancient Greece

• Tartarus
• Mythos
• Hercules
• Hubris

word or speech

• Harpe
• Atlas
• Logos
• Olympians