Transcript Greek Mythology

Your Typical Day
6:30a.m. Your alarm rings. The time tells you it’s time to wake up. After rising from bed, you
take a shower. You nearly slip on the fallen Dove soap and you narrowly miss cutting yourself
on your Venus razor.
7:00a.m. After getting dressed you head down to breakfast. While eating your cereal, you
happen to notice a picture of the Corn Goddess on the box. Just then, your mother calls you to
hurry. You are already late for school and she has to give you a ride in the Mercury.
7:30a.m. In your first class, you take out your Venus pencil to do your algebra.
8:15a.m. English comes next. You are expected to write a paragraph, using chronological
order.
9:00a.m. In science, your teacher explains the characteristics of arachnids.
9:45a.m. In social studies, your class divides into two teams: hawks and doves. While here you
have a lively debate about our country’s military policies.
After school…
1:45p.m. You put on your Nike running shoes, hoping they will “put wings on your feet.” You
figure that your time is slow because of your Achilles tendon still being sore.
3:30p.m. Back home you realize your household chore is cleaning the bathroom with Ajax
cleaner. Once you are finished with your chores, you can turn on your Panasonic TV and relax
as you watch Troy.
Your Typical Day
6:30a.m. Your alarm rings. The time tells you it’s time to wake up. After rising from bed, you
take a shower. You nearly slip on the fallen Dove soap and you narrowly miss cutting yourself
on your Venus razor.
7:00a.m. After getting dressed you head down to breakfast. While eating your cereal, you
happen to notice a picture of the Corn Goddess on the box. Just then, your mother calls you
to hurry. You are already late for school and she has to give you a ride in the Mercury.
7:30a.m. In your first class, you take out your Venus pencil to do your algebra.
8:15a.m. English comes next. You are expected to write a paragraph, using chronological
order.
9:00a.m. In science, your teacher explains the characteristics of arachnids.
9:45a.m. In social studies, your class divides into two teams: hawks and doves. While here
you have a lively debate about our country’s military policies.
After school…
1:45p.m. You put on your Nike running shoes, hoping they will “put wings on your feet.”
You figure that your time is slow because of your Achilles tendon still being sore.
3:30p.m. Back home you realize your household chore is cleaning the bathroom with Ajax
cleaner. Once you are finished, you can turn on your Panasonic TV and relax as you watch
Troy.
HOGWARTS STAFF
Argus Filch: Hera recruited Argus to guard a heifer (who really was the Nymph, Io, with whom Zeus was having
an affair). Argus had a hundred eyes and could sleep while always leaving some eyes open, making him the
perfect watchman. Hera called upon Argus to watch over Io. However, Zeus could no longer stand Io being a
cow, nor was he comforted by the fact that she was taken from her home and now trapped under Hera’s orders.
Therefore, he called on Hermes, the messenger of the gods, and informed Hermes to find a way to kill Argus
and set Io free. Hermes went to Argus in the guise of a country fellow. He decided to make a pipe of reeds his
luring weapon of choice and played music close enough to draw Argus’ attention. Argus found the music most
pleasing and invited Hermes to sit beside him to play music for him.
The music however did not cause repose as Hermes hoped. Soon, Hermes stopped playing and began to
talk and talk monotonously. However after Hermes began telling a story, Argus began to doze off. Once the
hundredth eye was shut, Hermes struck, killing Argus in his slumber. Io was set free, until Hera would turn on her
again, plaguing her with gad-flies that stung her into madness.
In tribute to Hera’s trusted watchman, she took the eyes of Argus and set them to the tail of her favorite bird,
the peacock.
Professor Minerva McGonagall: Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom and war.
Her pet was an owl (a.k.a Athena). The name Minerva means "wise.”
Professor Sibyll Trelawney: Sibyl was a priestess in ancient Greek mythology. A sibyl is half human, half nymph;
she is a female enchantress who can read the past, foretell the future and heal the human soul.
FAMOUS ANIMALS
Hermes: Greek messenger of the gods; same as Mercury in Roman mythology. The name of Percy's owl may
come from the Greek for "cairn" or "pile of stones." Hermes also was the patron of travelers, among others.
Mythology in our culture…
Goodyear Tires
Atlas Van Lines
Panasonic
Venus Razors
Cereal
Democracy
Olympics
Midas Muffler Shops
Nike
Trident Packing Company
Medical profession’s caduceus (winged
sword or wand with two snakes twined
around it)
Figure of a man playing pipes, emblem of
Pan Books Unlimited
Owl emblem of Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Goddess of Victory
Greek Mythology
“The Greeks, unlike
the Egyptians,
made their gods in
their own image.”
Greek Mythology is…
“An explanation of
something in nature; how,
for instance, any and
everything in the universe
came into existence: men,
animals, this or that tree or
flower, the sun, the moon,
the stars, storms, eruptions,
and earthquakes.”
“The Greeks did not believe
that the gods created the
universe.”
Heaven and Earth formed (they were the first parents)
The Titans (a.k.a. Elder Gods) were their children
Cronus ruled over the Titans until he was dethroned by his son, Zeus
Other notable Titans: Ocean; his wife Tethys; Hyperion (father of the sun, the moon, and the dawn); Mnemosyne (memory);
Themis (Justice); Iapetus whose sons were Atlas and Prometheus.
The Gods were their grandchildren