Myth Madness

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Myth Madness

• Reading
• Mrs. Schultz

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Chaos

• The only being at the beginning of time.

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What came from Chaos?

• UranusSky God
• Gaia or GaeaEarth Goddess

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Cronus

• Son of Uranus and Gaia
• Killed his father, Uranus
• Prophecy was that Cronus would be killed by his
  child
• Cronus swallowed his children whole

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Rhea

• Wife of Cronus
• Tricked him into swallowing a rock instead of son
  Zeus
• Zeus was raised by another family and came into
  greatness so Cronus spared him.

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Cronus was defeated!

• Cronus had the help of the titans.
• Zeus had the help of the Cyclopes and the
  Hundred-Handed Ones.

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Zeus divides the power

• ZeusGod the Sky
• PoseidonGod of the Sea
• Hades--God of the Underworld

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Where do the gods live?

• Mount Olympus, Greece

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Chapter 2 Lets Start With the LadiesThe
Goddesses

• Demeter
• Goddess of Crops and Agriculture
• Happyfields are green, grasses grow
• Sadfields and grass suffer
• Mother of Persephone
• Myth explains seasonal changes

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Lets Start With the LadiesThe Goddesses

• Hera
• Sister and wife of Zeus
• Queen of the Gods
• Mean, jealous
• Hated Heracles (Hercules)
• Drove Heracles to kill his own sons
• Often tried to kill him always lost

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Lets Start With the LadiesThe Goddesses

• Hestia
• Halo over her head
• Guardian Angel of Goddesses
• Helped orphans and lost children
• Helped people enjoy family life

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Lets Start With the LadiesThe Goddesses

• Athena
• Goddess of Wisdom
• Born from Zeuss head (big headache!)
• Hephaestus hit Zeus in the head with an ax and
  out popped Athena.
• She came out full grown and with a sword

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Athena and a Contest

• A human girl, Arachne, bragged about being the
  best weaver around even though Athena invented
  weaving.
• Athena challenged her to a contest and Arachne
  lost.
• Arachne hung herself Athena turned her into a
  spider. (Hmmmarachnids?)

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Aphrodite

• Goddess of Love
• Born from the sea and the dismembered pieces of
  Uranus
• Most beautiful woman ever seen!
• Men brought her gifts, and Hera made her choose
  Hephaestus

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Women can start wars!

• The goddesses were arguing over who was the most
  beautiful. Paris chose Aphrodite in order to get
  the most beautiful girl in the world, Helen of
  Troy.
• Helen left Menelaus and caused the Trojan War.

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The Trojan War

• Spartans vs. Trojans
• All because of Helen of Troy!

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Chapter 3 Lets Hear It for the BoysThe Gods

• Hades
• God of the Underworld
• Ruled the dead
• God of Wealth
• Invisible helmet
• Kidnapped Persephone

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The Gods

• Poseidon
• God of the Sea
• Uses a three-pronged trident
• Violent and unpredictable
• Greedy
• Second in command to Zeus

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The Gods

• Zeus
• God of the Sky
• Father of them All
• King of all Gods
• Fathered many gods and goddesses

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Chapter 4 The Many Children of Zeus

• Apollo
• God of the Sun
• Most handsome
• Son of Zeus and Leto
• Taught wisdom not material gifts
• Invented music
• Killed Marsyas and nailed his skin to a tree
  where a river formedstill there today!

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The Many Children of Zeus

• Ares
• God of War
• Son of Zeus and Hera
• Always in armor and wearing a helmet
• Out of control temper!
• Loves Aphrodite

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The Many Children of Zeus

• Dionysus
• God of the Vine
• Invented Wine
• Brings joy and anger to people
• Wine is both sweet and sour
• Known to drive people crazy
• Born from Zeuss thigh

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The Many Children of Zeus

• Hephaestus
• God of Smithing
• Son of Zeus and Hera
• Born small and ugly
• Hera threw him off a cliff
• Amazing craftsman (thunderbolts, jewelry,
  trident)
• Married Aphrodite

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The Many Children of Zeus

• Hermes
• Messenger God
• Son of Zeus and Maia
• Rotten and mischievous
• Stole Apollos cows
• Played the lyre
• Winged shoes
• Worked for Hades and Zeus

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The Many Children of Zeus

• Perseus
• Son of Zeus and Danae
• Grandfather sent Perseus and Danae away
• King Polydictes raised them King wanted to marry
  Danae
• Sent Perseus to get Medusas head
• Gets head and kills grandfather
• Saved Andromeda

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• The Erinyes (Tisiphone, Mageara, Alecto)
• Responsible for punishing crimes
• Also called Furies
• Followed bad, evil people and drove them to their
  deaths
• Came from the blood of Uranus

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• Eris
• Unpopular
• One of the women to indirectly caused the Trojan
  War

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• Eros
• God of Love (Cupid)
• Son of Aphrodite
• Blinded because love is blind
• Arrows he throws are magically treated

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• The Fates
• Decided each persons identity
• Chose if you were good or evil
• Clotho-Spinner, Spun the thread of life
• Lacheis-Measurer, Decided the length
• Atropos-Shears or cuts the thread

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• The Graces
• Sang and danced for the gods
• Daughters of Zeus and Eurynome
• Aglaiasplendor
• Euphrosynemirth
• Thaliagood cheer

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• Hebe
• Goddess of Youth
• Daughter of Zeus and Hera

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• The Muses
• ClioHistory
• UraniaAstronomy
• MelpomeneTragedy
• ThaliaComedy
• TerpsichoreDance
• CalliopeEpic Poetry
• EratoLove Poetry
• PolyhymniaSongs to the Gods
• EuterpeLyric Poetry

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• Nemesis
• Helped to avenge those who were wronged
• People were scared of her!

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• Pan
• God of Goatherds and Shepherds
• Son of Hermes (half goat/half man)
• Goat horns and feet
• Term panic comes from him

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Chapter 5 Top Ten Lesser Gods

• Thanatos
• God of Death
• Friendly with Hades
• Lived in the Underworld

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Chapter 6 Foolish Mortals

• Medusa
• Mortal girl
• Athena changed her hair to snakes when she caught
  her with Poseidon in Athenas palace

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Chapter 6 Foolish Mortals

• Medea
• Wife of Jason, she could cast spells
• Jason left her and she made his new bride a
  wedding dress that killed her
• She killed her own sons to get back at Jason

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Chapter 6 Foolish Mortals

• King Midas
• Everything he touched turned to gold
• His daughter turned to gold
• He asked to be changed back and was

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Chapter 6 Foolish Mortals

• Daedalus
• Great inventor
• Killed his nephew Talos because he was bragging
  about being a better inventor
• Athena forced him to leave Athens
• Escaped the Labyrinth with his son Icarus

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Chapter 6 Foolish Mortals

• Pandora
• Made by Hephaestus out of clay
• Athena breathed life into her
• She opened the box that brought disease and bad
  thoughts to the world.

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Chapter 6 Foolish Mortals

• King of Thessaly
• His children were rescued by the magical ram
• Narcissus
• In love with himself

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Chapter 7 Top Ten Monsters

• Argus
• AKA Panoptes
• 100 eyes
• Giant
• Killed by Zeus

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Chapter 7 Top Ten Monsters

• Centaurs
• Part human and part horse
• Cerberus
• 3 Headed Watch-Dog
• Guarded the Underworld for Hades

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Chapter 7 Top Ten Monsters

• Charybdis
• Daughter of Poseidon
• Killed people for fun
• Cyclopes
• One eye in forehead
• Gigantic monster

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Chapter 7 Top Ten Monsters

• Harpies
• Face of a woman
• Body of a vulture
• Nymphs
• Fairies in the woodlands and ponds

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Chapter 7 Top Ten Monsters

• Pegasus
• Winged flying horse
• Son born out of Medusas head
• Phoenix
• Bird of Apollo
• Could burn and rise from the dead
• Sirens
• Half bird/Half woman
• Enchanting songs lured sailors to death

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