Background Questions ~
Answer these questions by following the links!

1.  Who was Homer?
2.  When did he live?
3.  What are Homer's two major known works?
4.  When were they written (approximately)?
5.  What was the tradition of oral storytelling?
6.  How many lines of poetry would a bard have memorized if he knew both of Homer's major works?
7.  What is the name of the instrument that would have accompanied the poet's performance (listen to it, too)?
8.  How were the homes arranged architecturally?
9.  What did the women do in ancient Greece?
10.  How did the ancient Greeks view the world? (Describe it, look at how one person's pictures it, and then draw it as a map.)
11.  How did ancient Greeks think that the gods affected their lives?
12.  What powers do Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, and Hermes have?
13.  Where did the gods live?
14.  How are Zeus, Poseidon, and Athena related?
15.  Who are the three main (human) characters in The Odyssey?
16. What does the Greek word areté mean?
17.  What does the Greek word hubris mean?
18.  According to mythology, what was the cause of the Trojan War?
19.  What is the famous quote about Helen of Troy?
20.  How did Odysseus attempt to get out of going to war?
21.  By boat, how many miles is it between Ithaca and Troy (the scale is 150 miles)?
22.  What is a muse?
23.  What do the first two lines of the invocation literally mean when you translate them word for word from the Greek?
24.  What is the Greek derivation of the word "odysseus"?
25.  Look up your "personal" god or goddess and find a story about him/her to use in your personals ad.