Chapter 8, Lesson 1

a short tale that teaches a lesson

a traditional story about gods and goddesses

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their

the custom of passing along stories by speech

What was NOT an ideal that was shown in Greek works?

story told through the actions of characters

What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?

The three types of columns the Greeks used in their buildings were Doric, Ionic, and

a long poem about heroic deeds

a priest or priestess who could tell the future

The three best-known dramatists who wrote Greek tragedies were Aeschylus, Euripides, and

This Greek poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, including the Iliad