PPT-The Ancient Greek gods and goddesses.

Zeus king of all gods Zeus was the king of the gods He usually appears in art as a strong middle aged bearded man of great power and dignity Sometimes he carrys his symbol a thunder bolt. The Odyssey. This is Mount Olympus, where the Greek gods and goddesses live. Zeus. This here is Zeus, the king of the gods and the mortals. Zeus is sort of the head god. He’s married to his sister Hera (a family tradition) and his brothers are Poseidon and Hades. He’s the god of the sky and storms. . By: Lauren. Major Greek Gods and Goddesses [1]. Zeus Hera. Poseidon Athena. Hades Aphrodite. . Ares Artemis. Mrs. McFarland. Honors Reading. What . is . Greek . Mythology. ?. The people of ancient Greece. shared stories called myths. about the gods, goddesses,. and heroes in which they. believed.. . Each god or goddess was. Mythology. The Greeks and . Their Beliefs. • The Greeks were “a . tough, restless, ambitious. , hard-living, . imaginative race. .”. • The Greeks loved life.. • They believed in living life to the . Greek Gods and Goddesses. Zeus . – He was the supreme ruler. He was the king of the gods and sky. . Hera. – She was Zeus’ sister & wife. She was the goddess of marriage, married women and home. . Myth. -traditional . story concerning some hero or event with or without a verifiable basis of . fact. -Deities . or demigods. .. -Explains . some . human or . natural event. . Ex. Why the sun rises.. Station 1. The Gods and Myths. What . are the purposes of myths in Greek culture. ?. Myths were used to explain the world around them..  . 2. Why . is the story of Prometheus an example of a myth. ?. Mrs. Burhenn. What is Greek Mythology?. The people of ancient Greece shared stories called myths about the gods, goddesses, and heroes in which they believed.. Each god or goddess was worshipped as a deity and. Architecture is designing and creating buildings. . DESIGNING. BUILDING. S. pecial structures in Greek architecture. Columns. -large upright posts that helped for support, safety and also decoration.. Zeus was the god of all gods.. Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty. She carried a dove and a mirror around with her.. Hera was the goddess of . marrige. . She is married to Zeus.. Hades was the god of the underworld and dead .. BELIEFS. Religion . was polytheistic and it was influenced by Hellenistic Greece. . ( Hellenistic Greece - period . between . 323 . BC and . 146 . BC ) . B. elieved . in many gods. . Romans . were/are highly religious and maintained good relations with their gods & goddesses. . G. eography. Ancient Rome began in the eighth century B.C., it grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, northern Africa, and the Mediterranean islands.. What is mythology?. Mythology. -- A collection of . stories, . esp. . belonging . to a particular religious or cultural tradition. . . A . myth. is a traditional story belonging to a group or culture. . in making the country run properly so the Egyptians . w. orshipped gods for just about everything- flooding, health, love, having babies, the sun, the sky and so on.. There were over 2000 gods- that’s a lot more than all of the gods in all of the different religions that exist nowadays! The gods were male, or female (goddesses) and were often shown as having the body of a human and the head of an animal or bird. .