terms

Question 1

long, narrative poem that tells the adventures of heroes who embody the values of their civilization

Answer 1

epic

Question 2

epic that combines historical material of different times with fictional material

Answer 2

homeric epic

Question 3

stories that focus on humans with special abilities and combines fact and fiction; based on real historical events or people

Answer 3

legend

Question 4

belief in many gods

Answer 4

polytheistic

Question 5

gods with human shapes and traits

Answer 5

anthropomorphism

Question 6

traveling singer, poets

Answer 6

rhapsodes

Question 7

manner of passing stories from one generation to the next through word of mouth

Answer 7

oral tradition

Question 8

homer’s account of last year of ten-year Trojan War between Greeks and Trojans; Achilles is killed; named after Ilium (Troy)

Answer 8

the Iliad

Question 9

Homer’s account of the end of the Trojan War and Odysseus’ ten-yea journey home to Ithaca; Odysseus, king of Ithaca, is the hero; named after Odysseus

Answer 9

the Odyssey

Question 10

a prayer calling on the help of the gods

Answer 10

invocation

Question 11

word or phrase used to characterize a person or thing

Answer 11

epithet