Mount Olympus was the home of the 12 Olympian gods in Greece, Delphi was an important city-state containing the oracle of Apollo, and the document defines important terms and figures from Greek mythology including Homer, Aesop, Sophocles, and Euripides as well as myths, oracles, epics, fables, tragedies, comedies, and drama.

1. Chapter 5 Section 1 Vocabulary

2. Places Mount Olympus – highest moutain in Greece and home of 12 gods and goddesses, known as the Olympians Delphi city-state in ancient Greece, location of one of the most famous oracles of Apollo

3. People Homer – poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey Aesop – Greek slave who made up fables Sophocles – famous writer of tragedies, wrote Antigone and Oedipus Rex Euripedes – other famous writer of tragedies

4. Terms myth – traditional stories about gods and heroes oracle – sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess; typically answered questions with riddles epic – long poems about heroic deeds fable – a short tale that teaches a lesson

5. tragedy – a story in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but fails comedy – a story that ends happily Drama – story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story