Ancient Greece - Mythology - Review

The student should be familiar with the following gods and goddesses, and be able to recognize them via symbolic imagery:

• Zeus
• Hera
• Poseidon
• Hephaestus
• Aphrodite (plus Eros)
• Ares (plus Eris)
• Hestia
• Demeter
• Hades (plus Persephone)
• Hermes (plus Iris)
• Athena
• Artemis
• Apollo
• Dionysus

The student should be able to explain to what the following refer:

• Gaia and Uranus - creation of life
• The Titans - first gods
• The Olympians - Greek gods who defeated the Titans
• Echidna and Typhon - monsters and volcanoes
• Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Pandora - creation of man and introduction of suffering
• Nymphs, satyrs, centaurs - pantheism

The student should be able to demonstrate familiarity with the following heroic tales:

• Theseus (plus Daedalus and Icarus)
• Jason
• Heracles
• Perseus
• Orion
• Bellerophon

The student should be able to narrate the basics of the Iliad and the Odyssey.