Transcript Ancient Greek Religion PowerPoint

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2. Log into my teacher blog at
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3. Use the SOCIALS: Ancient Greek
Religion post to take you through
your activity today.
4. You may work with ONE other
person.
Ancient Greek Beliefs
The ancient Greeks believed in many
gods.
What is the belief in many
gods called?
Polytheism!
Ancient Greece Gods and
Goddesses
• Ancient Greek religion tried to explain
how the world began.
• Mother earth created the
titans.
FIRST GODS
12
TITANS
Uranos
SKY
Oceanus
OCEAN
Tethys
MOTHER OF RIVERS
Hyperion
SUN
Theia
SUN
Pheobe
MOON
Themis
LAW OF NATURE
Coeus
AXIS OF HEAVENS
Gaia
EARTH
Cronus
TIME
Mnemosyne
MEMORY
Rhea
MOTHER OF GODS
Iapetus
Crius
Ancient Greece Gods and
Goddesses
• Ancient Greek religion tried to explain
how the world began.
• Mother earth created the titans.
• World was in chaos.
• Zeus fought and defeted
titans and became the king
of gods.
• Gods lived in Mount
Olympus.
THE 12
OLYMPIAN
GODS
ZEUS
God of sky and thunder
POSEIDON
God of sea and earthquakes
HADES
God of underworld
APOLLO
God of arts, medicine, truth
and prophecy
HEPHAESTUS
God of technology and
inventions
HERMES
God of messengers
and travelers
HERA
Goddess of marriage
and childbirth
DEMETER
Goddess of grain and fertility
ATHENA
Goddess of wisdom,
weaving, and war
APHRODITE
Goddess of love and beauty
ARTEMIS
Goddess of the hunt
ARES
God of warfare - bloodlust
Mythology
• It helped to explain why things happened the
way they did.
• They featured gods and goddesses
• It explained events in nature.
• It explained why certain behavior
was good or bad.
• It taught social lessons.
The man behind the Myth
Heracles (Hercules)
The man behind the Myth
Heracles (Hercules)
Mythology
Please complete all of the questions in
the Word document. They are due for
Thursday, March 26th.