8-1 Greek Culture

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

a long poem about heroic deeds

a short tale that teaches a lesson

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

a priest or priestess who could tell the future

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their

a traditional story about gods and goddesses

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

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

the custom of passing along stories by speech