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What is a Simile
This literary term is used when comparing two unlike things with the words “like” or “as”
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What is an Eagle
This symbol belongs to the God Zeus.
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Who is Apollo
This god is the twin of Artemis and god of music and healing
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What is the myth of Ares and the Trojan War
In this myth, Ares is wounded by an Achaean during the Trojan war
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What is a hecatomb
This is a sacrifice of 100 oxen made to the gods
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What is Imagery
This literary term is used to describe extremely vivid descriptions of characters or settings in a work
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What is a Pomegranate
This symbol belongs to the Goddess Hera.
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Who is Aphrodite (Venus)
This god has a son named Aineis and is the god of love, beauty, and desire
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What is the myth of the Wall of Troy
In this myth Zeus sends Poseidon and Apollo to work for Laomedon, King of Troy
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What is ichor
This is what the gods have running through their veins in the place of blood
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What is Personification
This literary term is used when an inanimate/non sentient being is given human qualities.
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What is a Lyre
This symbol belongs to the God Apollo.
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Who is Ares (Mars)
This god is known as the God of War.
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What is the myth of Hera and Hephaestus/ The Birth of Hephaestus
In this myth, the goddess of women and marriage throws the god of blacksmiths and craftsmen off of mount Olympus because of his disfigured leg
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What is ambrosia
This is considered the fruit of the gods
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What is Foreshadowing
This literary term is used when referring to hints or clues to how the plot of a story unfolds
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What is a Trident
This symbol belongs to the God Poseidon.
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Who is Athena (Minerva)
This god is one of the children of Zeus and is known as the Goddess of Wisdom.
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What is the myth of King Midas
In this Myth a man has the power to turn whatever he touches into gold
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What is a pyre
This is used for the burning of a corpse in a funeral cermomy
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What is an Allusion
This literary term is used when the author/ narrator refers to a another source outside of the given work
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What is a Dove
This symbol belongs to the Goddess Aphrodite.
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Who is Cronus
Zeus is the son of this Titan, whom he defeated in a battle for Olympus.
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What is the myth of Adonis and Aphrodite
In this myth it explains the origins of Myrrh tree
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What is nectar
Instead of water the gods drink this sweet fluid that comes from flowers. AKA The drink of the gods
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