Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Jove fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another.

Countless ills was the result of Achilles’ anger for the Achaeans. Countless ills was the result of Achilles’ anger for the Achaeans.

What does “many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures” mean? Many heroes died.

The earliest known Grecian epics were written by Homer.

Considered the most significant surviving building of ancient Greece, the Parthenon is said to be the pinnacle of the Doric order. Its sculptures and artwork belong to the high end of Greek art.

What were traditional stories about gods and heroes called? Myths.

Homer is the presumed author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two hugely influential epic poems of ancient Greece.

The first wedding of Olympians was no small occasion. All the gods and goddesses attended, bringing with them marvelous gifts. Zeus and Hera had three children together: Ares, the god of war; Hebe, a perpetually youthful beauty; and Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth.

Mount Olympus

Anubis, also called Anpu, ancient Egyptian god of the dead, represented by a jackal or the figure of a man with the head of a jackal. In the Early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom, he enjoyed a preeminent (though not exclusive) position as lord of the dead, but he was later overshadowed by Osiris.

goddess Anput