PPT-Medusa Mythology Exam 2013

Achilles Mr Vader Achilles Almost Immortal Disguised as Girl Destined Son of Peleus an Argonaut and Thetis a SeaNymph Thetis aided many gods including Zeus himself Thetis was fated to give birth to a song greater than his father. Races and Random Monsters/Creatures. Horse body with torso and upper half of a human.. Centaurs are often ill . temptered. savages.. Chiron is the most famous Centaur (and a good guy). He was immortal and known for his wisdom.. W.D. Griffin, Jr.. February 1, 2014. ARGOS. greatest center of the worship of Hera. . Heraeum was the hill where the sanctuary of Hera stood. . established by Phoroneus who decided in favor of Hera in the contest between Poseidon and Hera for the land. on horseback (Pegasus?) decapitates Medusa and effects the birth of . Chrysaor. LIMC . s.v. . . Gorgo. , -ones 310A. Melische. Reliefs. London, BMB 365 und Berlin (DDR) . Staatl. . Mus. 8382 -. Jocobsthal. Carol Ann Duffy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/anthony-horowitz-the-gorgon-s-head/6877.html. Who is Medusa? . lonely. vulnerable. man-hater. EVIL. jealous. sensitive. By: Diana Aguilar, Annabelle Alvarez, and Luisa . Andreu. . Dana. ё. Daughter of . Acrisius. , King of Argos.. Mother of Perseus.. According to prophecy, . Acrisius. was to one day be killed by his grandson.. Jessie McDonald. http://. www.history.co.uk/shows/clash-of-the-gods/videos/the-story-of-medusa. Family. She was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto.. She was one of the three sisters known as the Gorgons.. Amy, Irene, . Nicolien. Body Plan. Body Plan/Symmetry. Radial symmetry – means one half of the animal mirrors the other half.. Body plan – Sac-like structure, has an internal cavity called the . Gastrovascular. Medusa: Woman as Monster of Abyss. “Where is the….woman who, kept in the dark about herself, …hasn’t been ashamed of her strength? Who, feeling a funny desire stirring inside of her (to sing, to write, to dare to speak, in short, to bring out something new), hasn’t thought she was sick?” . WARM UP . B-2. Corrections for Study Guide: Medusa’s Cave. 4. . Explain why . Danae. was locked in a bronze chamber. .. Danae. . was locked in a bronze . chamber because King . Acrisius. feared the prophecy that his unborn grandson would kill him. (52. from the Greek 'mythos' for story-of-the-people, . and 'logos' for word or speech, the spoken story of a people. Terms:. Mythology is the study and interpretation of often sacred . tales (. myths) . of a . Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum Cnidaria. Class Hydrozoa. Class Scyphozoa. Class Anthozoa. Phylum Ctenophora. Major Characteristics. Presence of specialized tissues. Also called Coelenterates. Comprised of sea anemones, jellyfish, corals. Nordic Mythology is actually part of oral tradition stemming from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland.. The Norse invaded the British Isles in the form of the Vikings, powerful warriors who sailed out of Norway.. th. -Century Art. Judith E. . Bernstock. 20. th. -century artists:. Draw on Classical Mythology for humanistic reasons. Less concerned with illustrating narrative content. More concerned with symbolic interpretation. Who thought it up?. What did they believe?. How . many Gods & Goddesses? . Sources. Information on the Greek belief system comes from many sources. Unlike followers of religions such as Christianity, Judaism, & Islam, the Greeks did not have a single sacred text, such as the Bible or Koran from which their beliefs and religious practices derived. Instead, they generally used oral traditions, passed on by word of mouth, to relate sacred stories. Priest and priestesses to various gods would also guide people in worship in various temples across Greece. We know something about these beliefs because Greek poets such as Homer, Hesiod and Pindar, and Greek dramatists such as Euripides, Aristophanes & Sophocles mention the myths in their various works. .