Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture

Polytheism is

• A belief in one God

• A belief in many Gods

• A belief in animal Gods

• A belief in Mineral Gods

I give to you, and expect you to give back to me:

• reciprocity

• hospitality

• religion

• arete

Showing respect to all people:

• reciprocity

• hospitality

• religion

• arete

Inviting a guest in before asking questions:

• reciprocity

• hospitality

• hubris

• arete

Human Excellence:

• reciprocity

• hospitality

• religion

• arete

Ideal, perfect human:

• reciprocity

• hospitality

• hubris

• arete

The most extreme kind of arrogance is:

Who wrote the Odyssey?

What is hubris?

• ideal human

• religion

• tragic flaw

• extreme excellence

What is a tragic flaw?

• what an ideal human has

• human defect that leads to bad things

• arete

• extreme excellence