PPT-Zeus, Demeter, and Persephone

Kristen Byrne amp Quinntess Cooney Zeus and Demeter Zeus known as the God of lightning and the Heavens Had a child with Demeter the goddess of harvest and growth They had a daughter Persephone. In those early days the weather was always warm and sunny. The flowers were always in bloom, the crops were always ready for harvest. The goddess Demeter tended the countryside like a garden, planting seeds, watering the green grass, encouraging the trees to put on blossom first, then leaves, then fruit. And while Demeter worked, her little daughter Persephone used to play in the green woods of Sicily, picking violets until her apron was full. When mother and child walked home hand in hand at the end of the another sunny day, talking and singing laughing together, the evening primroses opened just to watch them pass by.. Made by Patrick. Rape of Persephone. In . Ancient Greece, the seasons are explained with . the myth . Rape . of Persephone. Persephone is . Demeter's . daughter and Demeter is the god of harvest so when Hades took Persephone as his bride secretly Demeter became anxious and devastated the world. Zeus saw this so he made Hades return Persephone which wasn’t possible because Persephone ate something from hell so they compromised and split the time with hades and Demeter . Seen in . The Odyssey. Assumptions. These stories are from a long time ago prior to scientific understanding. People needed to make sense of things.. Oral tradition of storytelling creates the contradictory nature.. Hater, or Hated?. Who is Hades?. Hades is the son of titans Cronos and Rhea.. He rules over the underworld (also called Hades) while his brothers, Zeus, and Poseidon rule the sky and sea.. Hades has a helmet of invisibility, given to him by a Cyclops. Therefore, his name means “The Invisible.”. Demeter means “barley mother.”. Another name for her is Ceres.. Zeus was very fond of her.. Demeter is the goddess of plants and harvest.. Persephone’s. . Story. Persephone is Demeter's daughter.. Pen/pencil. Greek mythology list. Greek god project. NOTHING ELSE. Greek Gods. World History. Hera 6. Hades 11. Hermes. A. res 7. Aphrodite 12. Artemis. Demeter 8. Dionysus 13. Eros. Harper Ackerman,. Desiree Caballero. and . Moonyoung. . Ko. Family Tree. Zeus. Pleiade. Maia. Hermes. Pan. Hermaphroditus. Priapus. Eros. Tyche. Abderus. Autolycus. Roles. God of thieves, boundaries, travelers. herm. Zeus + Maia .  Hermes. invention of cithara. theft of Apollo’s cattle. first meat sacrifice. invention of Pan-pipes. Hermes . Epichthonios. rhabdos. Hermes . epeiselelythei. :. "Hermes has passed . The Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus . From: http://greek-gods.info/greek-gods/. The superior . King (father) . of the Gods and . Ruler of Mankind. Parents. : Zeus was the last child of the Titans . Athena . . Poseidon . . Apollo . . Hades . . Aphrodite . . Hestia. . Hermes . . Hera . . Artemis . . Ares . . Hephaestus . . ELDER GENERATION OF GODS. The Two Great Gods of Earth. Cronus m. Rhea. Hestia. Hades. Poseidon. Demeter. Hera. Zeus. Demeter was the daughter of . Cronus. and Rhea, and is one of the three goddesses of the first Olympian generation. The Two Great Gods of Earth. Cronus m. Rhea. Hestia. Hades. Poseidon. Demeter. Hera. Zeus. Demeter was the daughter of . Cronus. and Rhea, and is one of the three goddesses of the first Olympian generation. Introduction to Mythology: Before the Greeks, mankind was afraid of the unknown and used sacrifice as a way to appease angry spirits or predators. The “Greek miracle”: T he Greeks eventually evolve past the idea of human sacrifice to a more enlightened people; gods were used to Despite being married to Hera Zeus had many lovers and fathered many children.. Many of the children from these affairs became heroes and rulers.. Hera sometimes tried to punish the women or their children..