Ancient Greece – Chapter 5, Section 1 – Vocabulary Review
Part 1 - Create icons for the following terms. Icons are small drawings that symbolize the definition of the
word.
Term
myth
Definition
Traditional stories about
gods and heroes
oracle
a sacred shrine where a
priest or priestess spoke for
the gods and predicted the
future
earliest Greek stories
written as long poems
which told about heroic
deeds
a short tale that teaches a
lesson
epic
fable
drama
a story told by actors who
pretend to be characters in a
story
tragedy
a drama in which a person
struggles to overcome
difficulties but fails
comedy
a drama in which the story
ends happily
Icon
Part II - Complete the analogies.
1. Sophocles and Euripides are to _________________________ as Aristophanes is to ___________________.
2. The “Tortoise and the Hare” is to a ___________________ as “Icarus and Daedalus” is to a _____________.
3. A priest or a priestess is to an ___________________________ as an actor is to _____________________.
4. Aesop is to a fable as Homer is to an ______________________.
5. Choose any one of the analogies above and explain why the analogy is true.
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