Transcript 1st period group 4 chapter 1 powerpoint

Greek Mythology
Group Project
Makala Clayton
Larry Jones
KeyAundree Muldrow
Who was Hesaphaestus ?
(VULCAN AND MULCIBER)
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The God of Fire , the son of Zeus and
Hera , sometimes Hera alone . He
was ugly and lame as well . His
shameless mother , when she saw he
was born deformed she cast him out
of heaven . In Homer he was in no
danger of being driven from Olympus
. He was highly honored .
Hestia (VESTA)
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She was Zeus sister like Athena
and Artemis a virgin goddess . She
had no distinct personality she
plays no part in in the stories .
Hestia was the Goddess of the
Hearth . Symbol of the home .
Every city had a public hearth
similar to Hestia . Colonists carried
coals from the hearth of the mother
city
.
Cupid and Psyche
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Psyche’s beauty spread
throughout the earth . Men
everywhere traveled to look at her
with amazement and admiration .
She never fell in love . Shockingly
no one fell in love with her . Men
content to wonder and worship .
She sat dreadful in solitary, only
admired NEVER loved . No one
wanted her . Her father traveled
to an oracle of Apollo to ask
advice on how to find her a
husband. Cupid and Psyche were
formally married .
Pyramus and Thisbe
•
He most beautiful youth and her a
lovely maiden of the East . They both
lived in Babylon city of Queen
Semiramis .Growing up side by side
they grew to love each other . They
both wanted to marry , but their
parents forbade it .Every morning
around dawn they’d steal to the crack
. They’d decided that that very night
they would try to escape and steal out
through the country where they would
be free together
.
Orpheus and Eurydice
•
Orpheus was the greatest by far . He
was on his mother’s side , he was
more than mortal . The son of the
Muses and the Thracian prince . He
was given the gift of music from
Thrace where he grew up . Thracians
were the most musical people of
Greece .There was no limit to his
power when he played and sung . He
moved rocks of the hill side .His fated
marriage . It is better known than his
music .He first met and hitched the
maiden he cherished Eurydice . They
got married but the happiness was
very brief . After the wedding she
died of a viper sting .
Cexy and Alcyone
• Ceyx was a king Thessaly the son
of Lucifer the light bearer , the
star that brings in the day . His
wife’s name was Alcyone also of
high descent . She was the
daughter of Aeolus the King of
the Wind . Both loved each other
devotedly and never willing to
separate .
Pygmalion and Galatea
• Pygmalion was a gifted sculptor
of Cyprus and he was a woman
hater . He never wanted to marry
. He said his art was enough for
him .Pygmalion ended up having
a baby by a maiden named
Galetea nd their son was named
Paphos.
Daphne
• Daphne was independent , love – and marriage hating huntress . She is
known to be Apollo’s first love , but she fled from him . One unfortunate
maiden after the other . The gods had to kill her child secretly or she would
be killed. She really wasn’t an important role in mythology .