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3. What influence do you believe had the mountain relief on the political
independence of the poleis?

4. What is a polis? Give some examples.

5. Mark on the map with a letter for the following cities: Pella (P), Delfos
(D), Tebas (T), Mecenas (M), Olimpia (O), Cnosos (C), Bizancio (B), Troya
(T), Mileto (M), Halicarnaso (H). The next webpage might help you:
http://www.kelpienet.net/rea/mapas/mapa500.swf

6. Why did the Greeks found numerous colonies? The following map will
help you to name the places where they had colonies.

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WHAT IS A MYTH?
Reading: Pandoras box
Once up a time, a long time ago, there were two brothers named Epimetheus and Prometheus. They
were good gods. They had good hearts. They were good friends.
One day, Prometheus got in trouble with Zeus. Angry over something, Zeus had declared that men
did not deserve fire. Because he had a kind heart, and he knew how much men needed fire for food
and warmth, Prometheus gave men the secret of fire, ignoring the order of Zeus, so the king of gods
became furious. As punishment, Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock for many years.
After that, Zeus went after Prometheus' brother, the gentle, kind-hearted Epimetheus.
First, Zeus ordered the gods' handyman, the maker of things - Hephaestus - to make Zeus a woman,
the first woman in the earth. Hephaestus made a woman out of clay, a beautiful woman. He brought
her to life, and then brought her to Zeus. Zeus named the lovely new woman Pandora.
Zeus knew that Epimetheus was lonely. That's why Zeus had decided to give Pandora in marriage to
Epimetheus. Epimetheus loved Pandora at first sight.
Zeus gave the newlyweds a locked box. It came with a note. The note said: "DO NOT OPEN." Attached
to the note was a key. Pandora felt very curious and, one day, she used the key to open the box. As
she raised the lid, out flew all the bad things in the world today - envy, sickness, hate, disease.
Pandora slammed the lid closed, but it was too late.
Epimetheus heard her weeping. He came running. Pandora opened the lid to show him it was empty.
Quickly, before she could slam the lid shut, one tiny bug flew out. He gave Pandora a big buggy smile
in thanks for his freedom and flew away. That tiny bug was named Hope. And Hope made all the
difference in the world.

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THE CREATION OF THE WORLD

VIDEOS:
The Story Of The Greek Titans And Gods (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyhbHE-aRGg)
The Creation of the World - Greek Mythology (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxoRWD-RwtU)

ACTIVITY:

Describe these characters and look for spanish or english vocabulary related to each one:
Who are they?

Related vocabulary

CHAOS

GAIA / GAEA

OURANOS

TITAN

CYCLOP

CRONOS

ATLAS

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