In the Beginning”
According to the first creation myth, the universe was created out of Chaos or
____________________________________.
The purpose of “In the Beginning” explains how the universe and
gods were created.
The fate of Atlas at the end of the “War in Heaven” is he must hold
____________________________________. The “War in Heaven” myth
shows how gods can be capable of good and also of _______. We
also learned that gods cannot be killed in battle because they
cannot ______.
_______________wounded his father with a sickle and
ruled in his father’s place. Then, he swallowed his
____________ to avoid the curse Uranus placed on
him. Later, _______________, his wife, hid the child, ______________________and
gave her husband a _______________which he also swallowed thinking it was a baby.
_________________later overthrew his father, and banished him. All of his brothers and sisters
that had been swallowed were ______________up after Zeus gave his father a drink. A
________year war followed between the Olympian gods and the Titans.
“After the Earth Appeared”
Prometheus was a good friend of humans and wanted to give them the gift
__________ but Zeus said no (because he didn’t like ________________). Prometheus
decided to sneak up to Mount Olympus and ________________. He than gave the gift
of fire to humans. This angered Zeus and so he tortured Prometheus by chaining him to a
mountain and having an _____________________. Prometheus actually did several things to
make Zeus mad. Prometheus tricked Zeus with the ____________, stole his ________, AND
would not tell who would overthrow him. His sufferings “were to be without end” because
Prometheus is __________ (he can’t die!). Zeus sought more revenge on Prometheus by sending
___________ down to earth. When Pandora opened the jar (which she was told not to…but she
did it anyway) ____________________ came flying out. Over time, humans
became more and _____so Zeus was determined to destroy the human
race with a __________. After the flood, only
_______ people survived: Deucalion and
Pyrrha (who had remained pious when the rest
of the humans had become evil). Deucalion
and Pyrrha restored the human race.
Prometheus had a brother named Epimetheus who was
________________ and needed lots of help from his brother Prometheus.
The story of Pandora’s box explains why there was misery and pain in the ancient Greeks lives
and is representative of ___________ from the Old Testament in “Genesis” (You know, Adam and
Eve and that apple).