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Exploring Greek Mythology: Tales of Gods, Heroes, and Lessons

Uncover the captivating world of Greek mythology filled with gods, goddesses, and heroes in this introduction. Learn how myths explain natural phenomena, teach moral lessons, and shape culture. Discover why mythology is relevant today and how it influences modern entertainment and society. Explore the characteristics of myths and delve into the rich history and artistry of Ancient Greece through these powerful stories.

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Exploring Greek Mythology: Tales of Gods, Heroes, and Lessons

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  1. Introduction to Greek Mythology Sherry Whiddon Deerlake Middle School

  2. What is Greek mythology? • The people of ancient Greece shared stories called myths with gods, goddesses, and heroes in which they fully believed. • Each god or goddess was worshipped as a diety and ruled over a given area of the Greeks lives. • These exciting stories, myths, explained natural phenomena that could not be explained by science of the ancient Greek world. Myths attempted to teach moral lessons, to explain traditions & customs, to relate history

  3. Greek mythology of today was religion of Ancient Greece. • The Greeks believed the stories we now call myths. • The gods and goddesses ruled the world and were believed to be responsible for the success or failure of human life. • So the Greeks worshipped their gods by praying, giving offerings, and building temples.

  4. Why should we study mythology? • The Ancient Greek culture has been kept alive through oral and later written stories handed down over 1000’s of years. • Modern plays, novels, movies, advertisements, and TV programs refer to Greek gods, heroes, monsters, etc. • Adventurous and exciting stories entertain us.

  5. Movies, books, games……

  6. HISTORY can tell you facts about a society, but MYTH shows you their personality – their thoughts, beliefs, fears, and hopes.  • Relying only on only HISTORY to tell you about a people is like reading someone's driver's license instead of meeting him or her face-to-face.

  7. CULTURE (noun): the intellectual and artistic ability, and the works produced by it, in a particular society. • Myths not only tell us about the thoughts, fears, feelings, and beliefs of the societies that created them – they also, like any type of art, help shape the culture of those who tell the myths.

  8. https://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/language_arts/hmhcollections/resources/common/videoPlayer/index.html?shortvid=V_FLLIT_0288&title=Greek%20Gods&imgdisplay=historyhttps://my.hrw.com/content/hmof/language_arts/hmhcollections/resources/common/videoPlayer/index.html?shortvid=V_FLLIT_0288&title=Greek%20Gods&imgdisplay=history

  9. Characteristics of a Myth

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