English 9B Lesson One Quiz

a small statue believed to be imbued with a spirit or a demigod

Native American spirit of thunder and the skies

Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas, founder of Rome. It was written by

The act of reconciling and uniting different belief systems

Metamorphoses chronicles the history of the world from its creation. It was written by

Goddess of wisdom

Story about a real person or historic events with added elements which are not true

The epic poem that tells the 10-year voyage home after the Trojan War

Goddess of love

Goddess of motherhood

God of the Sun (and has a chariot of fire)

Goddess of the home

Titan brother of Prometheus who marries Pandora and creates animals.

Hesiod was a

Goddess of agriculture and nature

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

Messenger god and god of thieves

Woman made by Zeus to punish Prometheus and man

Chinese god of the sea

Titan who brings fire to man

Indian God of the sea

Greek writer from 12th - 8th century BCE; famous for the Illiad and the Odyssey

God of fire and the forge

Hesiod´s epic poem about the birth of the Gods. Written around 600 BC

Epic poem that tells the legend of the Trojan War

god of the sky and thunder. leader of the Olympian gods

Story based on primitive beliefs meant to explain, entertain, or inspire

Mythology of the Greeks and Romans was called (two answers)