9b Lesson 1

Classical god of the sky and thunder; leader of the Olympian gods

Ovid's most famous work; a collection of transformation myths

Reconciling and uniting different belief systems

Responsible for thunder in Native American mythology

An epic poem; source of the story of "Prometheus and Pandora"

Greek philosopher who used myths in his works

Wrote Theogony around 600 BCE

Classical god of fire and the forge

Classical god of the sun

Chinese god of the sea

Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

Chinese equivalent of Poseidon/Neptune

Statue imbued with the spirit of a demigod

Titan brother of Prometheus; marries Pandora

Founder of Rome

Fictional story involving superhuman characters or animals that meant to entertain or teach

Tells the adventures of a character after a war

Classical goddess of motherhood

Classical goddess of agriculture and nature

Roman poet who wrote the epic poem Aeneid, which tells the story of Aeneas, the founder of Rome

Epic poem on the birth of the gods written around 600 B.C.E. by Hesiod

Retold almost all of the Greek myths for a Roman audience

Story about a real person or historic event that adds elements that are not true

Classical messenger god and god of thieves

Story based on primitive belief systems that is meant to explain, entertain, or inspire

Three Greek playwrights of the Golden Age of Greece who used myths in their works

Epic poem by Homer, tells the story of Odysseus' 10-year voyage home after the Trojan War

Classical goddess of love

Classical goddess of the home

Titan who brings fire to man

A method of passing down stories by word of mouth rather than writing

Indian equivalent of Poseidon/Neptune

Mythology of the Greeks and Romans

The story of the Trojan War

Roman; author of the epic poem Aeneid

Woman made by Zeus to punish Prometheus and the race of men

Classical goddess of wisdom