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Greek Mythology. BY CHANDLER. Introduction. What is a myth? A myth is simply a tale of pure fiction, with no exact meaning or right way of telling it. You could tell a myth in several completely different ways and no one can prove you wrong. Greece.
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Greek Mythology BY CHANDLER
Introduction What is a myth? A myth is simply a tale of pure fiction, with no exact meaning or right way of telling it. You could tell a myth in several completely different ways and no one can prove you wrong.
Greece Greece can be found in southeastern Europe on the end of the Balkan Peninsula. It borders Albania, Republic of Macedonia, and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. To the southeast is the Agean Sea, and to the west would be the Ionian Sea.
Family Tree Uranus Gaea Cronus Rhea Coeus Phoebe Ocean Tethys Hestia Pluto Poseidon Zues Hera Athena Ares Hebe Hephaestus
Family Tree Coeus Pheobe Leto Zues Apollo Artemis
Nature Myths Nature Myths were for people to explain why things happen. Such as, the sun comes up when the god Helios drives his sun chariot across the sky, or winter comes when Persephone go down to her home in Hades.
Creation Myths A creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a supernatural mytho-religious story or explanation of the beginnings of humanity, life, and the universe.
Modern Myths If you are fascinated by Greek Mythology then you should read the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan. Probably at your local library!!!!
Titans Gaea, the Earth, was so fascinated by the sky, Uranus, and so was he by her. They fell in love and the first children they bore were the mighty Titans. The Titans were the first gods, taller than the mountains. There were six Titans, the glorious gods, and six Titanesses who they took for their wives. When Gaea bore more children, the Uranus was not proud. They were the Three Cyclopes. When Gaea bore three more children with 50 eyes and 100 arms. He hated ugly things walking on Mother Earth so he threw them and their brothers the Cyclops and threw them in to Tartarus. Gaea was furious and asked for one of her sons, the Titans, to slay their father. Only one was brave enough, Kronos. He stepped up and slayed his father the sky.
Heroes Heracles, known as Hercules was the strongest man in Greece. As the son of Zeus and Princess Aclmena he was hated by Hera. Try as she might she could not destroy him. One day she made him crazy and he swatted his own children down like flies. For his punishments he was sentenced to ten tasks for his cousin Eurystheus. Eurystheus had the help of Hera, but still Hercules completed them. He had help on two of his tasks therefore he had to do twelve. But still Hercules completed them and became a hero of Greece.
Olympians Kronos, now ruler of the universe had nothing to worry about. Now married to Rhea, his world was a happy place. Men didn’t fight or steal. Then Rhea started having children. As soon as they were born they were eaten by their father Kronos. But, slyly, when baby Zeus was born she hid him and gave Kronos a rock wrapped in the baby’s clothes. Kronos learned his lesson and Rhea didn’t have any more children. When Zeus was grown up he tricked his father in to throwing his brothers and sisters back up. His brothers and sisters had been growing up too, and together they flung him to Tartarus.
GLOSSARY • Greek (man): Έλληνας, IPA /ˈelinas/ • Greek (woman): Ελληνίδα /eliˈniða/ • Greek (language): Ελληνικά /eliniˈka/ • hello: γεια /ʝa/ (informal, literally "health"), you say this only to people that you know well. When you address a stranger you should use the more formal: χαίρετε /ˈçerete/ • good morning: καλημέρα /kaliˈmera/ • good evening: καλησπέρα /kaliˈspera/ • good night: καληνύχτα /kaliˈnixta/ • good-bye: χαίρετε /ˈçereˌte/ (formal), αντίο /aˈdi.o/ (semi-formal
