Mythology

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Part Two Stories of Love and Adventure

Chapter 7 The Quest of the Golden Fleece Chapter 8 Four Great Adventures

1. Why was Jason’s journey significant?

2. What was the origin of the Golden Fleece?

3. Why did Jason undertake the search for the Golden Fleece?

4. What were the Harpies, and how were they destroyed?

5. Name Jason’s ship and at least one of the heroes who traveled with him.

6. Who were the Amazons?

7. What task did Jason have to perform for King AEetes in order to get the Golden Fleece?

8. Who helped Jason, and why?

9. Who were Pegasus and Bellerophon?

10. Which father and son used wings made by the father to escape from the Labyrinth, and were they successful?

Pre-reading Vocabulary Worksheets – Mythology, Part Two Stories of Love and Adventure

Chapter 7 The Quest of the Golden Fleece Chapter 8 Four Great Adventures

Introduction Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Context Clues

Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence.  Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean on the lines provided.

1. However, they were all heroes of renown, and they were quite equal to their adventures.

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2.&3. The usurper Pelias had been told by an oracle that he would die at the hands of a kinsman.

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4. And now both were fixing their eyes on the ground abashed.

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5. If I can make your baseness manifest.

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6. She was a most singular portent, a lion in front, a serpent behind, a goat in between.

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7. He is a very pedestrian writer.

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8. The torrent of Medea’s wrongs burst forth.

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Part II: Determining the Meaning Match the vocabulary words to their dictionary definitions.

____ 1. renown                                    A. a turbulent or overwhelming flow

____ 2. usurper                                    B. clear, understandable

____ 3. oracle                                      C. fame

____ 4. abashed                                   D. ordinary, not imaginative

____ 5. manifest                                   E. one who takes another’s place or authority by force

____ 6. portent                                    F. sign, forewarning, omen

____ 7. pedestrian                                G. embarrassed

____ 8. torrent                                     H. the transmitter of prophecies at a shrine