| allusion | reference to something from history, the bible, pop culture, or others |
| anthropomorphism | giving human characteristics to animals |
| ares | god of war; Zeus' son with Hera |
| athene | goddess of wisdom and war; born from Zeus' skull |
| character | person in a story |
| conflict | problem in a story |
| cronos | father of gods; killed is own father; killed by his own son. |
| demeter | Earth and moon goddess |
| fable | myth or legend that teaches a moral lesson |
| folktale | traditional story passed down orally long before being written down. |
| hades | god of the underworld; kidnapped Persphone |
| hephaestus | smith-god; Zeus' son with Hera |
| hera | queen of the gods; goddess of intriguers |
| legend | traditional story handed down orally based on history and an actual hero |
| myth | traditional story deals with goddesses, gods, heroes, and supernatural events |
| olympus | zeus is in charge here; where the gods live |
| oral tradition | literature that passes by work of mouth from one generation to the next |
| peresphone | demeters daughter; kidnapped by zeus |
| poseidon | god of the sea |
| rhea | goddess of the earth; zeus' mother, saved him by hiding him from zeus |
| tall tale | wildly imaginative story about fantastic adventures or amazing feats of folk heroes in realistic local settings |
| the sea | poseidon is in charge here |
| the titans | cronos' half brothers; semi-gods; fought against zeus |
| the underworld | hades is in charge here; where the dead go. |
| zeus | king of gods; fought against cronos; ate his own children |