Greece Chapters 6-8

Question 1

Who wrote the religious poem Theogony?

Answer 1

Hesiod

Question 2

What kind of information is written in Theogony?

Answer 2

Family tree of the gods, Greek version of the creation of earth.

Question 3

What are examples of human weaknesses the gods and goddesses often showed?

Answer 3

Pride, envy dishonesty

Question 4

What kinds of questions did people ask oracles?

Answer 4

Questions about the future

Question 5

What are the two greatest poems of ancient Greek literature?

Answer 5

Iliad and Odyssey

Question 6

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Answer 6

Homer

Question 7

When were the Iliad and the Odyssey written?

Answer 7

750 BC

Question 8

What is Achilles’ greatest wish?

Answer 8

To achieve glory, to die nobly on the battle fields, and be remembered for generations.

Question 9

How long did it take for Odysseus to make his journey home?

Answer 9

10 years

Question 10

What are two examples of the obstacles Odysseus encountered?

Answer 10

One eyed cyclops, man eating giants, lovely enchantress, lotus-eaters, many headed monster

Question 11

What did Heinrich Schliemann set out to do?

Answer 11

To search for the sites that were described in Homer’s epics.

Question 12

How many cities of Troy did Heinrich Schliemann unearth?

Answer 12

9

Question 13

What are two resaons why Heinrich Schliemann is important?

Answer 13

He is considered the father of scientific excavation (his methods are still practiced today)
Schliemann’s work showed that Homer’s descriptions of the early Greeks were fairly accurate.

Question 14

Hubris

Answer 14

excessive pride

Question 15

Bards

Answer 15

storytellers

Question 16

lyre

Answer 16

ancient stringed instrument similar to harp

Question 17

Tartarus

Answer 17

gloomy part of the Underworld where wicked souls were sent

Question 18

Asphodel Fields

Answer 18

where most people’s souls went, grey boring region where they drifted aimlessly

Question 19

Elysian Fields

Answer 19

Truly virtuous people’s souls lived here in golden sunlight

Question 20

Cerberus

Answer 20

three headed dog who guarded the Underwoorld

Question 21

Cronus

Answer 21

most powerful Titan, swallowed his children but later spat them out when they were fully grown

Question 22

Hercules

Answer 22

greatest of the Greek heroes, son of Zeus and mortal woman, extraordinary strength and courage

Question 23

Zeus

Answer 23

god of the heavens and king of all gods

Question 24

Hera

Answer 24

wife of Zeus and protectress of wives and mohters

Question 25

Poseidon

Answer 25

god of the sea

Question 26

Athena

Answer 26

Goddess of wisdom, reason, purity, protectress of civilized life

Question 27

Demeter

Answer 27

goddess of harvest and fertility

Question 28

Hestia

Answer 28

guardian of the hearth, domesticity, and fertility

Question 29

Apollo

Answer 29

god of music, light, health, and prophecy

Question 30

Artemis

Answer 30

goddess of the hunt and twin of Apollo

Question 31

Aphrodite

Answer 31

goddess of love and beauty

Question 32

Ares

Answer 32

god of war

Question 33

Hermes

Answer 33

Zeus’s messenger and god of thieves, business, and mischief

Question 34

Hephaestus

Answer 34

god of metalworking and smiths

Question 35

Hades

Answer 35

God of the Underworld and land of the dead

Question 36

Dionysus

Answer 36

god of wine