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Greek MythologySlide2
Building Background:
Myth
: a traditional story that was once believed to be true. (Myths frequently attempt to explain the origin of something.)Slide3
Greek Gods and Goddesses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuCvWAbAV0QSlide4
Cronus
the Titan
“Saturn”
Father
of the gods. Married his sister, Rhea, goddess of Earth.
Former king of gods because he killed his father, Uranus, the First One.
Swallowed his own children. Slide5
Zeus
“Jupiter”
King of Gods. Son of
Cronus
and Rhea. Married his sister, Hera.
Zeus is God of the sky. He is said to shape the weather according to his mood. (earthquakes, lightning, thunder)
Symbols: Thunderbolt & EagleSlide6
Poseidon
“Neptune”
God of the Sea, horses, and earthquakes. Son of Rhea and
Cronus
.
Changeful, quarrelsome, greedy, and aggressive.
Symbols: Trident and dolphinSlide7
Hades
“Pluto”
Ruler of the Underworld. Son of
Cronus
and Rhea. Married Persephone. Owned a three-headed, attack dog named “Cerberus.”
Jealous of his brothers and very possessive.Slide8
Hera (“Juno”)
Goddess of marriage, family, and protector of women. Zeus’s wife.
Symbol: PeacockSlide9
Ares
(“Mars”)
Olympian god of war.
Figure behind all violence.
Very difficult god. Secret mistress was Aphrodite, which was seen as a blend of two opposing powers.
Symbols: The Spear & the DogsSlide10
Athena
Greek goddess of wisdom, skill and war.
Daughter of Zeus and
Metis
, a mortal woman.
Believed in justice, (“compassion is the best part of wisdom,”) taught men how to fight.
Symbols: Owl and distaffSlide11
Apollo
Most beautiful god. God of the sun,
light, music and the prophecy.
Son of Zeus and mortal woman
Leto
; twin of Artemis.
Invented the lute but most popular for playing the lyre. Excelled in music competitions.
Symbol: The lyre, the tripod, the laurel tree.Slide12
Aphrodite (“Venus”)
Greek goddess of Love, Beauty, and Eternal Youth.
Connected with the death/rebirth of nature and human beings.
Married to Hephaestus though she was unfaithful.
Symbols: The seashell and the mirror.Slide13
Hermes
Mercury
Messenger
god;
god of the cheaters and the thieves.
Because of his speed, Hermes received the role of the messenger and
conductor of souls to the Underworld.
Symbols: Winged Sandals.Slide14
Pandora
(the “all-gifted”)
The first woman created by an
Olympian god.
Zeus ordered the woman to be as
beautiful as a god, and all the other
gods gave her a gift during her creation.
Hermes gave Pandora a box, which she was
not
to open, but Hera made her a curious woman, so she could not resist. She opened the box and unleashed evil spirits, pain and sorrow.Slide15
Artemis
The Greek goddess of the Hunt, the Moon and the Childbirth and protector of the young.
One of the three Virgin Goddesses in Greek mythology.
Artemis' twin brother was
Apollo
, the god of the Sun, whereas Artemis' cult was connected with the Moon.
Symbols: the bow, the snake,
and the deer.Slide16
The Graces
Three lovely goddesses of Joy, Charm and Beauty.Slide17
The Muses
Nine goddesses presiding over the arts and the sciences.
The Muses taught the Greek writer Hesiod the origins and genealogies of the ancient Greek gods and then blessed and inspired him to write his famous epic poem, the Theogony.Slide18
Demeter
“Ceres”
The Greek goddess of agriculture and vegetation.
Symbols: The ear wheat and the grain.Slide19
Hephaestus
The blacksmith among gods. The only unattractive god. Because he was ugly, his mother Hera cast him to the sea, crippling his leg, where he was rescued and raised in a cave for nine years.
Married Aphrodite.
Responsible for creating Pandora.Slide20
Perseus
The Greek hero who killed the Gorgon Medusa.
Born of Zeus and a mortal woman, cast into the sea with his mother upon birth and raised on an island.Slide21
Prometheus
Did not see the point of having a separate race called man if they all lived in caves and were as simple as beasts, so he gave man the gift of fire.
Zeus punished Prometheus for his actions and chained him up to a mountaintop where vulture fed on him.Slide22
Dionysus
God of wineSlide23
King Menelaus
King of Ancient Sparta whose wife, Helen, was stolen from him by Paris.
Helen was the most beautiful woman and when Paris stole her away to Troy,
the Trojan War commenced.Slide24
Paris
Trojan Prince.
His actions directly spark
the Trojan War.
Aphrodite promised Paris he could wed Helen because he graciously declared that Aphrodite was the most beautiful god.
During the war, Paris fatally wounded Achilles by shooting an arrow through his heel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e0BLcd_WsESlide25
Helen of Troy
“The face that launched
a thousand ships”
She was so beautiful
that all men desired her.
She married Menelaus,
then Prince Paris.Slide26
Achilles
A hero of the Trojan War.
Achilles was the most handsome, capable and worthy of all the heroes that participated in the Trojan War.
When Achilles was born, his mother Thetis attempted to make him immortal by dipping him in sacred waters. While she was pulling her infant from the water, she was holding him by one heel so this heel remained dry, leaving a vulnerable spot on Achilles' body. This weakness turned out to be crucial for Achilles, since he got killed during the Trojan War by an arrow of Paris that hit exactly that spot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRynDLOAaB8&feature=relatedSlide27
Literary Terms
Fables
: a story that teaches a moral (lesson).Slide28
Literary Terms:
Epic
: a long, narrative poem that tells a story.
Characterization:
Conflict:
Foreshadow
:Slide29
A Few More Lit Terms to Know:
Epic Hero
: a larger-than-life figure who takes on an adventure and shows superhuman strength and courage.
Epithet
: Brief, descriptive phrases that help characterize a person or thing.
SimileSlide30
Brief Recap of The Odyssey
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