Chapters 3 & 4: Read "How the World and Mankind were Created" (pp. 77-94) and "The Earliest Heroes" (pp. 95-118) and answer the study guide questions.
SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS Mythology
Part One The Gods, The Creation, and The Earliest Heroes
Chapter 3 How the World and Mankind Were Created Chapter 4 The Earliest Heroes
1. What did the Greeks think was at the very beginning of things?
2. What were the next six creations, in order?
3. Who was Cronus, and why was he significant?
4. How did Zeus become the ruler of heaven and earth?
5. Describe the Greek concept of the geography of the Earth.
6. Briefly retell the story of Prometheus’s creation of mankind.
7. Who was Pandora, and why was she created?
8. Briefly retell the story of Pandora’s Box.
9. Why did Zeus punish Prometheus, and how did he do this?
10. Who was Io?
11. Briefly retell the story of Europa.
12. Briefly retell the story of Polyphemus.
13. What is the story of Narcissus?
14. Who was Echo?
15. What is the story of Adonis?