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“Odyssey Myth Gods” PowerPoint ActivityUsing the PowerPoint for Monday, April 10th and Tuesday, April 11th, fill in the blanks.What is Greek Mythology?The people of ancient Greece shared stories called _______ about the gods, goddesses, and heroes in which they believed.Each god or goddess was worshipped as a _______ and ruled over certain areas of the Greeks’ lives.These exciting stories explained _________ _________ that could not be explained by science in the ancient world.Why Should We Study Greek Mythology?The Ancient Greek culture has been kept alive by the _______ and later _______ stories handed down through thousands of years.Modern plays, novels, television programs, movies and even advertisements refer to Greek gods, goddesses, heroes and their stories.Adventurous and exciting stories _________ and _________ us.In the beginning……was __________ (shapeless nothingness)Chaos had two children:_________ (darkness)_________ (death)“All was black, empty, silent, endless.”Mysteriously, ________ was born of darkness and death.And then…When Love was born, _______ and __________ began to flourish.Love created _________ and _______.Earth was created.She was the solid ground, but also a ______________.The Earth bore ___________ to cover her and be a home for the gods.The First Parents_____________ = Gaea (Gaia)______________ = Ouranos (Uranus)They had three kinds of children:Three monsters with 100 hands and 50 headsThree __________The _________These were the first characters that had the appearance of life, although it was unlike any life known to man.The Titans (The Elder Gods)There were many of them._________ size, _________ strength_________ (Saturn): Ruler of the titans__________: Wife of CronosOceanus: River that encircled the worldIapetus: Father of Prometheus,Epimetheus, and Atlas (also titans)The OlympiansZeus? He ruled the _______.? He was the god of the sky, lightning and thunder carrying a ___________ as his symbol.? He married Hera, his _______, which was a family habit.? He fathered many children with various _________ and ___________.HeraShe was the protector of ________ and the _________.She was associated with the __________, because of her great beauty.She and Zeus were always quarreling.She was called the queen of intriguers, a vindictive and _________ wife, who frequently outwitted her husband, Zeus.PoseidonHe built an underwater __________ with a great pearl and coral throne.Although he chose Thetis, a beautiful water nymph, as his queen, he, like his brother Zeus, was a great wanderer fathering ___________ of children.He was a difficult god, changeful and __________, but created many curious forms for his sea creatures.He invented the _______ for his sister Demeter, whom he loved.HadesHe was the _________ brother to Zeus and Poseidon.He made __________ his wife after stealing her from her mother, Demeter, who was his sister.Because he was a __________ god, who was also very possessive of every new soul, he rarely left his underworld domain.AthenaShe was born fully _______ out of the _________ of Zeus.She taught man to use _______ and taught man’s wife to spin and _________.She was the _____________ goddess on Olympus.She hated Ares, god of war, often besting him in battle.The Greek city of ___________ is named after her.She was said to have created the __________.AresHe was a ruthless and __________ god, who displayed the worst of humanity’s traits.He, along with grief, strife, panic, and terror roams the earth.Ironically, he was a _________, who fled the field of battle.HephaestusHe was the ________ of the gods, who was rejected by his mother, Hera, when she hurled him off of Mount Olympus, crippling him.He fashioned the _______ and ________ of the gods on a broken mountain near Mount Olympus.He made beautiful _________ for the goddesses.ApolloHe was the twin brother of Artemis and the most _________ of the gods.He was also the god of the healing arts and of __________.He drove his chariot across the sky to pull the ______ each day.His son, Phaethon, drives Apollo’s sun chariot with disastrous results.ArtemisShe was the twin sister of Apollo, whose mother was Leto and father was Zeus.She was a _________ __________, who always carried a silver bow and arrows.She ruled over the _________ places of the earth.HermesHe was the ___________ son of Zeus and Maia, a Titaness.As a baby, he made a lyre and pipe for his half-brother, __________.He carried Apollo’s ______ _________ and flew around the heavens and earth on winged ________.AphroditeShe is the goddess of _______ born from sea foam. Another myth credits her mother as Dione and her father as Zeus.After all the gods on Mount Olympus courted her, she married ___________, the ugliest of the gods.Because she was judged the most beautiful of all the goddesses on Mount Olympus by ________, the other goddesses envied her.The Muses________ daughters of Zeus and MnemosyneInspired ________ of all kindsGoddesses who presided over the _______ and ________“He is happy whom the muses love.”The FatesRoman Name: Parcae, MoiraeThree sistersClotho (“The _______”)Lachesis (“The _______ of lots”)Atropos (“The ________”)They _______, _________, and _______ the thread of ________ for humans.The GorgonsThree _______-haired monsters________ is most well-knownTheir look turns men to _________. ................
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