The Whos Who of Greek Mythology

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The Whos Who of Greek Mythology

• An interactive PowerPoint game
• By Mrs. Hilliard
• Grade 6
• January 2005

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Directions

• You will need a pencil and an answer sheet.
• Left click on the mouse for clues and to move to
  the next slide.
• If you do not know who I am, the last clue is a
  riddle to help you guess my name.
• Choose an answer from the list.
• Check your answers at the end of the slide show.
• Click to begin

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Who am I?

• My weapon is a thunderbolt which I hurl at those
  who displease me.
• I am the god of justice and mercy, the protector
  of the weak, and the punisher of the wicked.
• I am the supreme ruler of the gods.
• My name is reflected in the waters of a canal in
  Egypt.

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Who am I?

• I am the goddess of wisdom, reason, war, art,
  literature, handicrafts and agriculture.
• I am brave in battle but I only fight to defend
  against enemies.
• I invented the trumpet, flute, rake, plow, the
  ship and the chariot.
• I am Zeus favorite child and he allows me to use
  his weapons (including his thunderbolt).
• My favorite city is Athens.

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Who am I?

• I am the goddess of love, happiness and beauty.
• The statue of me to the left is known as Venus
  de Milo.
• If someone wishes to fall in love they can take
  an aphrodisiac, a love potion named after me.

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Who are we?

• We were once imprisoned by a ruler named Cronus.
• Zeus released us and we fought with him against
  the Titans.
• As a debit of gratitude, we gave Zeus his weapons
  of lighting and thunder.
• We still hang out on Mount Olympus forging his
  thunderbolts.
• But we are best known as gigantic one-eyed
  monsters .

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Who am I?

• I am the son of Zeus.
• I am the god of music, healing, light and truth.
• I taught man medicine.
• My daily task is to harness my chariot with four
  horses and drive the sun across the sky.
• In modern times NASA named a spaceship after me.

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Who am I?

• I am the lord of the underworld, ruling over the
  dead.
• I am Zeus brother.
• I am a greedy god who is greatly concerned with
  increasing my subjects.
• I am also the god of wealth because of the
  precious metals deep within the Earth.
• I will show you how shady the underworld is if
  you forget to pronounce the e in my name.

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Who am I?

• I am the strongest of all mortals and stronger
  than many gods.
• I am the last mortal son of Zeus and became a god
  when I died.
• Once when it became too hot, I pulled out my
  arrow and threatened to shoot the sun.
• Disney made a movie about me.

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Who am I?

• I am the bravest and greatest warrior in the
  Trojan war.
• I am the hero in Homers Iliad.
• My mother held me by my heel as she bathed me in
  the river Styx (a river to the underworld) in an
  attempt to make me immortal.

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Who am I?

• I once was a beautiful mortal that lived where
  there was no sun.
• I asked the Goddess Athena permission to see the
  sun.
• Athena denied my request.
• I became angry and said Athena was jealous of my
  beauty.
• Athena punished me by turning my hair into snakes
  and cursed me so that anyone who looks into my
  eyes would turn to stone.

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Who am I?

• I am the goddess of hunting, animals and the
  natural environment.
• I protect young children.
• I am the last choice on your list.

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See how many you got right!

• 1. The supreme ruler of the gods representing
  justice and mercy.
• 2. Goddess of wisdom, reason, and war. Invented
  items such as the rake, plow and chariot.
• 3. Goddess of love, happiness and beauty.
• 4. One-eyed monsters freed by Zeus and forge his
  thunderbolts on Mount Olympus.
• 5. God of healing, light and truth. Drives the
  sun across the sky in his horse and chariot.

• Zeus
• Athena
• Aphrodite
• Cyclopes
• Apollo

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• 6. Lord of the underworld concerned with
  increasing his subjects.
• 7. Strongest of all mortals and stronger than
  many gods.
• 8. The bravest and greatest warrior in the
  Trojan war with a weak heel.
• 9. Punished by Athena she has snakes for hair
  and anyone who looks into her eyes turns to
  stone.
• 10.Goddess of the hunt, animals and the natural
  environment. Protects young children.

• Hades
• Hercules
• Achilles
• Medusa
• Artemis

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Credits

• Clip art borrowed from
• www.artgreece.com
• www.greekmythology.com
• www.pantheon.com