Odyssey Historical Context and Background

What regions did the world of ancient Greece include?

• Only the Greek mainland

• Greek mainland, Asia Minor, and islands in the Aegean Sea

• Only the islands in the Aegean Sea

• Only Asia Minor

What event is believed to have caused the collapse of the Minoan civilization around 1450 B.C.?

• Invasion by Romans

• Earthquakes and invasion

• Famine

• Flooding

Which civilization became dominant in the Greek world after the Minoans?

• Spartans

• Athenians

• Mycenaeans

• Trojans

Around what year did the Trojan War take place according to scholars?

• 1000 B.C.

• 1500 B.C.

• 1200 B.C.

• 800 B.C.

What was the name of the work by Hesiod that described the origin of the gods?

• The Iliad

• The Odyssey

• Theogony

• Metamorphoses

What did the Greeks associate with the god Apollo?

• War

• Prophecy

• Love

• Harvest

What is the name of the blind prophet in the Odyssey?

• Tiresias

• Orpheus

• Pythagoras

• Socrates

What did the Greeks believe about prophecy?

• It was a myth

• It was associated with Apollo

• It was only for kings

• It was a punishment

What did the Greeks believe about the gods' power over humans?

• They had no power

• They had limited power

• They had absolute power

• They had power only in the sky

Apollo is the god of prophecy and music. What is his Roman name?

• Bacchus

• Apollo

• Vulcan

• Sol