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American Christian School

Two Ancient Indian Fables & Homer: Creator of Gods and Heroes for Greek Schoolboys

Literature
Miss Karmina
Paola Quevedo, Aileen Ramirez

Questions
1)Whatmust the do to for their desires to be granted? Bathe
2) What did the wife wish for? Youth and beauty, rich adornment and raiment
3) Who did they think was granting their wishes? Mohammedan
4) Whocried “be off, you hypocrite! You thief”? the cobbler’s mayna
5) What did the son wish for? For his mother to become a pig
6) Although many Greeks were polytheists, some realized that such gods wereunreal. Explain why. They realized that these gods were not real because they acted too much like limited and sinful human beings.
7) What were the two epic adventures that Homer created? The Iliadand the Odyssey.
8) Describe the gods that Homer put into his epics. They are just glorified human beings; they possess the same desires, selfish interests, and petty jealousies that human rulershave.
9) Describe the heroes that Homer put into his epics. They are hard to distinguish from the gods. They are superhuman and have extraordinary courage, but still had limitations.
10) How were theIliad and the Odyssey used at that time? They were used as books in which boys in Greeks schools studied.

Vocabulary Log
1) Polytheists: worshipers of many gods.
2) Myths: man-made stories aboutgods and goddesses.
3) Petty: of little or no importance or consequence.
4) Distinguish: to mark off as different.
5) Superhuman: exceeding ordinary human power, achievement, experience, etc.
6)Endowed: to provide with a permanent fund or source of income.
7) Limitations: restrictive weakness; lack of capacity; inability or handicap.
8) Epics: heroic; majestic; impressively great.
9)Descendants: a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
10) Instrumental: useful; helpful.
11) Poverty: the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or...