Transcript mythology project reviewed final

Kennedy, Nykila, and Karen
What is Greek Mythology?
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Greek mythology is the composition of myths
ands legends. All of their legends and myths are
according to their gods and heroes, their point
of view about earth’s nature, and the birth and
impact of their culture and tradition.
Myths
A myth is a traditional story about gods,
ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural
world or the customs and beliefs in society.
Myths were the way that the Greeks wanted to
comprehend the mysteries of nature and the
power of human passions. The Greeks
Zeus-developed a rich set of myths. Until today, the
Greek myths are known primarily from Greek literature. Myths
also characterize most of the Greek culture. There are an abundant
number of myths, all describing the different powers of the earth’s
nature and their gods and heroes. Greek mythology has laid a wide
influence on the culture, the arts, and the literature of Western
civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language.
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Heroes
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Numerous heroes have myths or legends. Some Greek
heroes are: Perseus, Bellerophon, Meleager, and
Atalanta.
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The top 3 are: Odysseus, Achilles and Theseus
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Creation of the World
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In the begining there was only chaos. Then out of the void
appeared Erebus, the unknowable place where death dwells,
and Night. All else was empty, silent, endless, darkness.
Then somehow Love was born bringing a start of order.
From Love came Light and Day. Once there was Light and
Day, Gaea, the earth appeared. Then Erebus slept with
Night, who gave birth to Ether, the heavenly light, and to
Day the earthly light. Then Night alone produced Doom,
Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams,
Nemesis, and others that come to man out of
darkness…
…This is the beginning to one of their several myths. As you can
see, this myth trying to explain the world’s creation.
The Creation of Man by Prometheus
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Prometheus and Epimetheus were given the task of creating man.
Prometheus shaped man out of mud, and Athena breathed life into his
clay figure.
Prometheus had assigned Epimetheus the task of giving the creatures
of the earth thier various qualities, such as swiftness, cunning, strength,
fur, wings.
by the time he got to man Epimetheus had given all the good qualities
out and there were none left for man.
Zeus said that man must present a portion of each animal they
scarified to the gods Prometheus decided to trick Zeus. He created two
piles, one with the bones wrapped in juicy fat, the other with the good
meat hidden in the hide. He then bade Zeus to pick. Zeus picked the
bones . . .
…This is another short beginning on a different myth, which talks about how
humans were created.
The Creation of Man by Prometheus
Prometheus
This is an image of how the creation pretty
much went like.
The Gods of Mythology
There were 12 major Gods of olympus
Zeus
Apollo
Poseidon
Aphrodite
Hades
Hermes
Hestia
Artemis
Hera
Hephaestus
Ares
Athena
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Zeus
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Zeus was the god of the sky and ruler of the
Olympian gods.
His weapon is a thunderbolt
which he hurls at those who
displease him.
 He is married to Hera but, is
famous for his many affairs.
 He is also known
to punish those that lie or
break oaths.
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Poseidon
Poseidon was the god of the sea,
protector of all waters.
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Hestia
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Hestia was the goddess of the Hearth
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Hera
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Hera was the the goddess of youth.
Hades
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Hades was the god of wealth, due to the
precious metals mined from the earth.
Hades is the brother of Zeus. After
the overthow of their Father Cronus
he drew lots with Zeus and Poseidon,
another brother, for shares of the world.
He had the worst draw and was made
lord of theunderworld, ruling over the
dead.
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Ares
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Ares was the god of war.
Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera. He
was disliked by both parents.
 He is considered murderous and
bloodstained but, also a coward.
 When caught in an act of adultery
with Aphrodite her husband Hephaestus
is able publically ridicule him.
 His bird is the vulture.
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His animal is the dog.
Athena
Athena was the goddess of reason,
intelligent activity, arts and literature.
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Apollo
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Apollo was the god of music.
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Hermes
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Hermes was the god of thieves
and god of commerce.
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Aphrodite
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Aphrodite was the goddess of love, desire
and beauty.
There are two accounts of her birth.
One says she is the daughter of Zeus
And Dione. The other is that when
Cronus castrated Uranus and tossed his
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severed genitles into the sea, Aphrodite
then arose from the sea foam on a giant
scallop and walked to shore in Cyprus.
 She is the wife of Hephaestus. But,
her favorite lover is the god of war, Ares.
She represented sex, affection, and the
Artemis
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Artemis was the goddess of chastity, virginity,
the hunt, the moon, and the natural
environment.
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Hephaestus
Hephaestus was the god of craftman.
He was also the ugliest out of all the
gods and goddess’s.
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Websites
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http://www.greekmythology.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology
http://www.mythweb.com/