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Greek Mythology and a Better Society- Evaggelos Vallianatos
Directions: Use the Article Written by Vallianatos to answer the following questions.
1. What does Vallianatos say a myth is?
2. How were myths told?
3. When was the Greek alphabet and writing invented and how did it contribute to their society?
4. Who is Homer and Hesiod?
5. What were some stories that homer wrote and how did they educate the Greeks?
6. What was the myth of “Theogony” about?
7. Based on mythology, who kept the cosmos together and how?
8. What are the three things that are inseparable in Greek mythology and why?
9. Why did Heracles seek revenge?
10. What do the gods provide to the Greeks?
11. Why and what did the Greeks invent?
12. Why did the Greeks go the Olympics?
13. Who did the Greeks dedicate the Olympics to?
14. Why were the Olympics so important to the Greeks?
15. What does Greek mythology provide to society?
16. Pick one section of this article that you find interesting and in one complete paragraph, explain why you
found it interesting and how it could possibly relate to modern day society?