Greek Mythology

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Greek Mythology

• Enrico
• ITEC 601 Final Project
• 9th Grade English

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Greek Mythology

• Gods, Goddesses, and Epics

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Why Study Mythology?

• For culture
• To study the development of Greek and western
  culture, literature, and civilization.

Temple of Apollo
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Why Study Mythology?

• For enjoyment
• It contains stories about human nature, appeals
  to emotions, and is rich in symbolism.

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Why Study Mythology?

• To know allusions (indirect references)
• Examples
• - Achilles Heel
• - Herculean Task

Hercules! Hercules!
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Why Study Mythology?

• To widen your vocabulary
• Examples
• - synchronize
• - somnambulism
• - aphrodisiac

The Birth of Aphrodite
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Mythology

• Leads us back to a time when the world was young
• Shows mans connection to nature
• Shows mans vivid imagination
• Had no distinction between the real and unreal

Who was the god of the sun?
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Greek Civilization

• Myths were based on facts and real places
• Magic was hardly practiced
• Ugly beasts were for the hero to conquer

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Works Cited

• Slides 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 Microsoft Encarta
  Reference Library 2003 (CD ROM)
  
• Slides 4 and 7 Microsoft Clip Art Gallery