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Mythology
Tomasz Crabbs
Zeus
• God of the sky
• Supreme Ruler of
Mount Olympus
• Cronus and Rhea
were parents of Zeus
• Poseidon, Hades,
Hera were his siblings
• Lightening bolt
• Juipiter
Zeus
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Good leader and ruler
Killed parents; Adultery; Wrathful
He had many wives
Cronus and Rhea were his parents. He
overthrew Cronus
Poseidon
• God of the sea
• Son of Cronus and
Rhea
• Hestia, Demeter,
Hera, Hades, and
Zeus were his
siblings
• Trident
• Neptune
Poseidon
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Guided people safely across the sea
Wrathful; drowned people
People drowned horses in his honor
One of six siblings who eventually
divided the power of the world.
Hades
• God of the
underworld
• Son of Cronus and
Rhea
• Hestia, Demeter,
Hera, Hades, and
Zeus were his siblings
• Scepter; Hell
• Pluto
Hades
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Gloomy; Happy with our sad and tears
Sits on a throne of ebony
When he was born to Cronus and Rhea,
he was given the underworld
Apollo
• The god of music
• Son of Zeus and Leto
• Twin brother of
Artemis
• Lyre; Tripod
• Phoebus
Apollo
• Healed; Music; Killed rats and locusts
• Plague
• He had many specialties such as archery,
healing, sun god, music, etc.
• Was born from Leto who was forced by
Hera to roam the Earth in search of a
birthplace for Apollo
Hephaestus
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God of smiths and fire
Son of Zeus and Hera
Mount Etna
Vulcan
Hephaestus
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Patron of craftsmen
Born weak and crippled; lame god
He was also the god of fires
Was thrown out by Hera for being weak;
Nymphs rescued him and brought him to
Lamnos
Hera
• The queen of the
Olympian deities;
Goddess of marriage
and birth
• Daughter of Cronus
and Rhea
• Zeus was her
husband
• Peacock and cow
• Juno
Hera
• Majestic solemn woman
• Jealous of husband; Punishing her rivals
• Her main sanctuary was at Argos in the
Peloponnesus
• Was born to Cronus and Rhea and
married Zeus
Aphrodite
• The goddess of love,
beauty and sexual
rapture
• Has no family
• Dolphin; dove; swan;
pomegranate; lime
tree
• Venus
Aphrodite
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Loved gods and mortals
None
Aphrodisiac
Born when Uranus was castrated by
Cronus and the genitals thrown in the
ocean grew to make Aphrodite
Persephone
• Goddess of the
underworld
• Daughter of Zeus and
Demeter
• Pomegranate
• Proserpina
Persephone
• Beautiful; Everyone loved her
• None
• She has to live 1/3 of her life in the
underworld and 2/3 in the normal world
• She was abducted by Hades
Athena
• The goddess of
wisdom, war, the arts,
industry, justice and
skill
• Daughter of Zeus and
Metis
• Aegis; Athens
• Minerva
Athena
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Gave gifts
Started wars
Favorite daughter of Zeus
Sprung fully grown out of Zeus’s head
Demeter
• The Earth goddess
• Daughter of Cronus
and Rhea
• Sister of Zeus
• Snake; Pig; Torch;
Fruits
• Ceres
Demeter
• Produces food and flowers
• When angry, no food is produced on Earth
• She taught mankind the art of sowing and
ploughing
• When Persephone was captured, she
wandered the Earth in search of her
Homer
• Wrote the Iliad and
the Odyssey
• Lived during the time
when Mythology was
created
• Was a poet who was
one of the main
creators of Mythology
Odysseus
• Was a Greek leader in
the Trojan War
• Greece
• He helped create the
Trojan Horse and
received Achilles armor.
After the war, he went
home to his wife who had
been fighting off suitors
that were trying to marry
her. He killed them all.
Hercules
• Hercules was born with super
strength
• Lived in Thebes where he
remarried
• Hercules was born with a
supernatural strength and
when he was driven insane by
Juno, he killed his wife. He
went to Delphi and was told to
do 12 tasks in order to repay
for what he had done. He did
them and later remarried.
When he died, he was allowed
eternal life in Olympus.
Atlas
• He was a scion of the
Titans
• He lived in Greece
• Because of the revolt
of the titans against
the gods, Atlas was
punished by Zeus to
forever bear the
universe on his
shoulders.
Prometheus
• A titan who stole fire from
the gods and gave it to
humans
• Prometheus found out
about the prophecy that
one of Zeus’s sons was
going to overthrow him.
Zeus wanted information
but Prometheus wouldn’t
give any. He was
chained to a rock for
eternity with an eagle
attacking him. Hercules
later killed the eagle.
Helen of Troy
• She was one of the main
reasons for the Trojan
War
• Lived with the gods
• When she was supposed
to get married, she ran off
with Paris. Paris was the
son of the king of Troy
and the Greek suitors
wanted her back. They
ended up with a huge war
against Troy and ended
up receiving Helen.
Sisyphus
• He is forced to forever
roll a boulder up a hill
• Realm of the dead
• He betrayed the
secrets of the gods
and chained the god
of death.
The River Styx
• Separates the living
from the dead
• In the area between
the living and dead
• Known as the river of
hate, Zeus forced
some of the gods to
drink from it. The
taste was so bad that
the gods would lose
their voice for 9 years.
The Odyssey
• A book of poems
written by Homer
• All over the world
• This is a story of a trip
of the hero Odysseus
and Mythology.
The Iliad
• Another book written
by Homer
• All over the world
• This book talks a lot
about the Trojan War
and is another base
of Mythology written
by Homer.
Labyrinth
• An intricate structure of
interconnecting
passages through
which it is difficult to
find one's way; a maze.
• Minotaur
• On Hercules’s task, he
had to fight the
Minotaur in the
Labyrinth.
Psyche
• A young woman who
loved and was loved
by Eros and was
united with him after
Aphrodite's jealousy
was overcome. She
subsequently became
the personification of
the soul.
• Aphrodite
• Aphrodite was jealous
of her beauty.
Atlas
• A Titan condemned by
Zeus to support the
heavens upon his
shoulders.
• Zeus
• Zeus punished Atlas for
the revolt of titans vs.
the gods and ended up
making him hold the
universe on his
shoulders.
Volcano
• An opening in the
earth's crust through
which molten lava,
ash, and gases are
ejected.
• Hephaestus
• The fire within
volcanoes represents
a smiths fire; Also the
god of volcanoes.
Elysian
• Of or relating to
Elysium. Blissful;
delightful.
• The gods
• The gods choose
great people to be
sent to the Elysian
Fields. It is like
heaven.
Marathon
• A village and plain of
ancient Greece
northeast of Athens. It
was the site of a major
victory over the
Persians in 490 B.C.
• Athena
• Athena starts wars
and this was a big war.
Echo
• A nymph whose
unrequited love for
Narcissus caused her
to pine away until
nothing but her voice
remained.
• Nymphs
• She was a nymph and
nymphs had to do with
Mythology.
Nemesis
• The goddess of
retributive justice or
vengeance.
• Gods
• She was a god that
was made up during
the time of Mythology.
Calliope
• The Muse of epic
poetry.
• Muse
• She was a muse and
thus she was a part of
Mythology.
Panic
• Of or relating to Pan.
• Pan
• Pan was part of
Mythology.
Epic Poem
• A long narrative poem
telling of a hero's
deeds.
• The Odyssey
• The Odyssey is of
great importance to
Greek Mythology. It
was written by Homer
and is the perfect
example of an epic
poem.
Archetype
• An original model or
type after which other
similar things are
patterned; a prototype.
• Religion
• Mythology is believed
to be an archetype for
religion. It is said that it
is the beginning of
religion for that region.
Myth
• A traditional, typically ancient
story dealing with supernatural
beings, ancestors, or heroes
that serves as a fundamental
type in the worldview of a
people, as by explaining
aspects of the natural world or
delineating the psychology,
customs, or ideals of society.
• Eros and Psyche
• The myth about these two is a
good example of a
mythological myth.
Folklore
• The traditional beliefs,
myths, tales, and
practices of a people,
transmitted orally.
• Mythology
• Mythology is made up a
lot by folklore. Many of
the tales were told to
other people and were
slightly change to form
the mythology we know of
today.
Legend
• An unverified story
handed down from
earlier times,
especially one
popularly believed to
be historical.
• Mythology
• Much of mythology is
legends.
Titans
• One of a family of giants, the
children of Uranus and Gaea,
who sought to rule heaven and
were overthrown and
supplanted by the family of
Zeus.
• Zeus
• Zeus was involved with the
battle against the titans. He
also punished some of the
titans such as Atlas. Atlas was
forever burdened to hold the
universe on his shoulders.
Olympians
• Of or relating to the greater
gods and goddesses of the
ancient Greek pantheon,
whose abode was Mount
Olympus.
• The gods
• The gods are talked about
as living in Mount Olympus
and so they were called
Olympians. They are the
gods of Greek and Roman
mythology.
Muse
• Any of the nine
daughters of
Mnemosyne and
Zeus, each of whom
presided over a
different art or
science.
• Muses
• Muses were all a part
of mythology.
Oracle
• A shrine consecrated
to the worship and
consultation of a
prophetic deity.
• Apollo
• Apollo at Delphi is a
good example of the
oracle.
Nymph
• Any of numerous minor
deities represented as
beautiful maidens
inhabiting and sometimes
personifying features of
nature such as trees,
waters, and mountains.
• Nymphs
• The nymphs played the
nature roles of mythology.
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