Transcript the Gods of Greek Religion

Objective: to complete the power point by filling in the blanks.
Take notes from links, dates, people, places, key terms.
There was no single Greek religion.
Officials in each ____were in charge
of public feasts and s_______s.
Greek priests and priestesses often served
as______, or persons who, it was
believed, could speak with the gods.
Oracles generally give advice in the form
of a______, or a statement of what
might happen in the future.
During the Golden Age, the Greeks
worshiped the gods of Mount Olympus.
There were ___major gods and goddesses.
Each had specific duties to carry out.
The Greeks placed importance
on the worth of the _______, allowing
them to approach their gods with dignity.
The Greeks built temples and held
festivals, including the _______ Games
and the theater, to _____ their gods.
Mount Olympus and the
Gods of Greek Religion
Questions to answer while watching the video clip:
1. How many Olympian gods were there?
2. How did the gods control and get involved with humans?
3. List two gods and their symbols?
Every ______years, in the middle of summer,
a festival was held in Olympia to honor the
god _____. The festival was known as the
Olympic Games and was the most important
sporting event in Greece.
Athletes came from all over ______ and
from Greek colonies in Africa, Italy, and
Asia Minor to take part in the games.
Only ____ were allowed to take part;
women were not even allowed to watch.
The Olympics were made up of many events including: ______
_____________________, Boxing, pancratium–a combination of boxing and
wrestling, pentathlon–made up of five events: running, jumping,
throwing the discus, wrestling, and hurling the javelin
Between the different events at the games, _____ read their
works aloud.
_________, the “Father of History,” first read his account of the
Persian Wars at the Olympics.
The theater grew out of festivals given in honor
of the god ________.
About the time of the Persian Wars, a Greek
poet named ________ added an additional
character to each story. He created what came
to be known as a ______.
The first Greek plays were _______, or stories
about suffering. All dealt with the past and with
the ___________ between people and gods.
Three of the great writers of tragedy were Aeschylus, __________, and Euripides.
The ________, or a play with a happy ending, came into being
soon after. Greek comedies were about the ______. One of
the greatest writers of Greek comedy was __________.
Greek plays were performed only at community festivals in
_____ _____ theaters.
Each actor wore a huge _____ and plaster mask that showed the sex, age, and
mood of the character.
The Greeks believed support of the theater was a ______ responsibility.
Questions to answer while watching the video clip:
1. How long did the ancient Olympic games last?
2. What occurred during the first day of the Olympic games?
3. What prizes were awarded to the winners? (more than 1!!)
The Olympic Games
Among the things on which the Greeks placed
great importance was _______, or the ability to
learn and reason.
To the Greeks, studying the laws of nature and
loving wisdom were the same thing; they called it
__________.
Today, people who search for such
knowledge and wisdom are known as
scientists and ________.
Much of what they know is based on the
______of the Greeks.
In 399 B.C., _______, a 70-year-old
Athenian philosopher, was tried in
Athens.
He believed people could discover
______ if they knew how to think.
In his search for truth, Socrates walked
throughout _____ trying to teach people how
to think.
He did this by asking ______.
This form of questioning is known as the
_______ _______.
Socrates was tried before a jury of some _____ citizens and
sentenced to death.
All that is known about Socrates
comes from one of his pupils, an
Athenian aristocrat named ______.
Plato set up the ______, a school to
train government leaders, outside
Athens in the sacred grove of the hero
_________.
He thought political liberty was ________
and did not approve of it.
Plato set down his ideas about an ideal
state in a book called ____ _______ –the
first book ever written on ______ _______.
In a work called ___ _______, Plato
showed how difficult it is to discover truth.
They consist of a series of discussions in
which different people talk about such things
as _____ and loyalty.
________ was one of Plato’s brightest pupils.
Before he died in ______, he founded his
own school in Athens and wrote more than
200 books.
He believed in using one’s _______ to discover
the laws that govern the physical world.
Aristotle also added to the ideas of an early Greek
scientist named _____ __ ______. Thales developed
the first two steps of what is known today as the
_____ __________.
First, Thales collected _______.
Then, based on what he observed, he formed a
__________, or possible explanation.
Aristotle said that a ________ must be tested to see if it
is correct.
Aristotle contributed the _________ ,a method of reasoning that uses three related
statements to logic, or the science of reasoning
Socrates
Plato
One of Plato’s
brightest
students
Private business
Education
Location of
teaching
Walked through
Athens
Greece, Egypt and
Italy
Academus in
Athens
First to classify
plants and
animals
Accomplishments
Convicted of
being a threat to
Athens
Scientific method
Wrote 200 books
Order
Beliefs
Aristotle
Thought that
only the wise
should rule
Use of senses to
discover laws
that govern the
physical world
ANCIENT GREEK
PHILOSOPHY
Questions to answer while watching the video clip:
1. What does philosopher mean?
2. What was Socrates’ method of teaching?
3. Why was Socrates placed on trial?
4. What was Plato’s book about government called?
5. In Plato’s book, whom did he write should be in
charge of the government?
6. Which scholars kept the ancient Greeks works from
being lost?
that natural events
way gods behave.
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are not caused by the
They also learned that the world is ________ by
natural laws that people can discover and
understand.
____ ____ _____ not only developed
the first two steps of the scientific method,
but also correctly predicted an eclipse of
the sun in 585 B.C.
The “Father of Scientific Medicine” was
_________. Hippocrates drew up a list
of rules about how doctors should use their
skills to help their patients, which is known
today as the Hippocratic Oath.
Doctors all over the world still promise to
honor the _______ _______.
HEALING in
Ancient Greece
Questions to answer while watching the video:
1. Who was Asclepius?
2. Which creature did he learn the art of healing
from?
3. How did a patient get treatment prescribed for
their illness?
How important was religion in ancient
Greek civilization?
How did tragedies differ from comedies?
Why is the scientific method important to
modern science?
What would you have done if it had been
your decision whether or not to put
Socrates on trial?