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Introduction To Greek Mythology

Introduction To Greek Mythology. Greek mythology was told orally, poetically, by songs and by art. The Greeks created the mythology to explain how the world was created, the seasons were created and how to explain natural phenomenon's . . Family Tree. Geography.

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Introduction To Greek Mythology

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  1. Introduction To Greek Mythology Greek mythology was told orally, poetically, by songs and by art. The Greeks created the mythology to explain how the world was created, the seasons were created and how to explain natural phenomenon's.

  2. Family Tree

  3. Geography • Greece is located east of Italy, south of Bulgaria, and west of Turkey.

  4. Creation Myths • Uranus and Gaia had many children but some of the children became afraid of the power of THEIR children. Cronus and Rhea gave birth to many children but Cronus being scared ate them all. Rhea saved one, Zeus, and he grew up to defeat Cronus and free his brothers and sisters. Zeus than became the ruler of Olympus. He locked most of the Titans in the underworld, with an exceptionof a few like Atlas.

  5. Titans The Titans were: Cronus and Rhea Oceanus and Teyhys Hyperion and Theia Coeus and Pheobe Mnemosyhe, Themis, Crius, Iapetus The Titans were known as the elder gods and they ruled during the golden age.

  6. Olympians Zeus- Ruler god, sign is the thunderbolt Poseidon- Sea god, uses the trident Hades- ruler of the underworld, god of wealth and greed Hestia- goddess of the hearth, she's very humble and lesser known god Hera- Married to Zeus, protector of marriage signs are the cow and the peacock Ares- God of war, symbols are the vulture and the dog Athena- Goddess of wisdom, invented the olive tree, fierce and brave Apollo- God of music, cant lie, signs are the crow and the dolphin Aphrodite- Goddess of love and beauty, signs are the myrtle, dove swan and the sparrow Hermes- Zeus’s messenger, fastest god, is also the guide fo the dead Artemis-Apollo’s twin, lady of wild things, signs are the moon, all animals especially the deer Hephaestus- ugly and lame, god of fire and forge, husband of aphrodite

  7. Heroes Jason brought back the golden fleece back to Greece. Hercules was the strongest hero and accomplished many tasks. Bellerophon defeated the chimera. Odysseus killed a cyclops, defeated many bad guys, and killed the minotaur. Perseus killed Medusa. The Greek heroes are not like Superman or Batman of today. The heroes of ancient Greece were selfish and did every thing they did for there own good.

  8. Modern Myths There's the Rick Riordan book series of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians, which they are now basing a movie upon. Many place in the US are named after Greek mythology like Athens, New Jersey.

  9. Glossary • Acme – the highest point in a structure • Nike- victory • Eureka- Found something you were looking for • Genesis- birth or origin, like the first book in the bible, Genesis • Kudos- fame of glory • Actos- bear • Astron –star • Blanda- pleasant • Brevis- short • Dulcis- sweet • Dynam- power, force • Homo- human • Ocean- ocean

  10. Resources www.google.com www.wikepedia.com www.windowstotheuniverse.com www.crstalink.com www.mythweb.com www.tufts.com www.interpedia/greekmyths.com www.williums.udu/myths.com www.thanisis.com

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