Pre-reading Vocabulary - Chapters 9, 10, 11, & 12
Pre-reading Vocabulary Worksheets – Mythology
Part Three The Great Heroes Before the Trojan War
Chapter 9 Perseus Chapter 10 Theseus Chapter 11 Hercules Chapter 12 Atalanta
Using Prior Knowledge and Context Clues
Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean on the lines provided.
1. The scudding waves so near your soft curls.
2. . . . to sail on it would be a contemptible flight from danger.
3. He spent a large part of his life expiating one unfortunate deed after another.
4. Sometimes he punished himself when others were inclined to exonerate him.
5. It would have been ludicrous to put him in command of a kingdom.
6. He was helped by Athena to drive them out of their coverts, and as they flew up he shot them.
7. One of the poems ascribed to Hesiod describes the race and the golden apples.
8. . . .who loved adventure as much as the most dauntless hero.