Symbolism, Setting, and Objects from Mythology

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Mount Olympus - In the Greek myths, this was the home of the gods, a realm that mortals could never reach.

Ancient Greece - At this time Greece was not a unified country, but rather made up of many kingdoms ruled by individual kings.

The Underworld - In the Greek myths, this was the place where mortals went when they died. It was a dreary place, ruled over by the god Hades, where souls remained forever in a monotonous existence.

Ambrosia - In the Greek myths, this was the food of the gods....
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