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Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology. The Beginning . Empty Darkness= Chaos Egg opens ; two halves become earth and sky Earth = Gaia Sky= Uranus Gaia and Uranus have children 3 Cyclopes 3 Hundred-Handed Giants 12 Titans. The Titans. Oceanus Tethys Coeus Phoebe Hyperion Theia. Iapetus Themis

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Greek Mythology

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  1. Greek Mythology

  2. The Beginning • Empty Darkness= Chaos • Egg opens; two halves become earth and sky • Earth= Gaia • Sky= Uranus • Gaia and Uranus have children • 3 Cyclopes • 3 Hundred-Handed Giants • 12 Titans

  3. The Titans • Oceanus • Tethys • Coeus • Phoebe • Hyperion • Theia • Iapetus • Themis • Mnemosyne • Rhea • Cronus

  4. Uranus Reign and Fall • Uranus bans monsters to Tartarus • Gaia asks Titians for help • Cronus answers the call • Cronus overthrows Uranus • From his blood comes the Giants and Furies

  5. Cronus and Rhea • Cronus and Rhea have children • Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, & Zeus • Cronus ate his children • Cronus and Zeus wage war • Zeus freed monsters from Tartarus • Zeus wins the war and punishes enemies greatly

  6. Common Greek Gods • Zeus- king of the gods, sky, weather, lightning • Hera- marriage, women, childbirth • Athena- wisdom, warfare, battle strategy • Ares- war, violence • Apollo- music, healing, poetry, sun, light, truth • Aphrodite- love, beauty, desire • Hades- king of underworld, the dead • Poseidon- sea, rivers, floods • Demeter- agriculture, grains, harvest • Hestia- hearth, home • Dionysus- wine, parties, madness • Hermes- travel, messengers, trade

  7. Creation of Mankind • Prometheus and Epimetheus • Epimetheus runs out of gifts • Prometheus steals fire • Suffer for eternity

  8. Creation of Woman • Zeus creates punishment for mankind • Pandora • Wife of Epimetheus • Opens the box • All evil comes forth • Hope emerges later

  9. Trojan War According to Homer and Virgil

  10. The Set-Up • King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy • Paris left to die • 3 Goddesses appear and demand him to judge • Hera- King of all Europe and Asia • Athena- Trojan victory over the Greeks; Greece falls • Aphrodite- The most beautiful woman in the world

  11. Helen • Her beauty was known throughout Greece. • Every Prince and King wanted to marry her.

  12. To War • Menelaus calls upon Greeks • Odysseus and Achilles do not respond • Messenger tricks Odysseus • Odysseus tricks Achilles • A thousand ships arrive at Troy • War rages for 9 years • No clear advantage/victor

  13. Key Characters • Trojans • King Priam • Hector • Paris • Apollo • Ares • Aphrodite • Zeus • Greeks • Achilles • Odysseus • Menelaus • Agamemnon • Nestor • Ajax and Diomedes • Patroclus • Athena • Hera • Poseidon

  14. End of The Illiad • Patroclus takes up Achilles armor • Slain by Hector • Achilles vows revenge • Hector remains outside the city to fight • Achilles slays Hector • Drags his body around the city walls • King Priam has to retrieve Hector’s body

  15. Odysseus’ Plan • Steal the Palladium, Get Bow of Heracles • Conceives of plan for the wooden horse • Ships hide in nearby waters • “Sacrifice” will tell the story • Horse will be brought into the city • Laocoon • All Trojans are killed except for: • Women taken as slaves • Helen taken back to Greece with Menelaus

  16. The Trojan Horse

  17. Did the Trojan War Actually Happen? • NO • Myth • Gods/Goddesses • Supernatural Aid • YES • City of Troy fell • Natural occurrences? • War? • Greeks believed truth (probably)

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