Mythology

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Mythology

• Tomasz Crabbs

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Zeus

• God of the sky
• Supreme Ruler of Mount Olympus
• Cronus and Rhea were parents of Zeus
• Poseidon, Hades, Hera were his siblings
• Lightening bolt
• Juipiter

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Zeus

• Good leader and ruler
• Killed parents Adultery Wrathful
• He had many wives
• Cronus and Rhea were his parents. He overthrew
  Cronus

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Poseidon

• God of the sea
• Son of Cronus and Rhea
• Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Zeus were his
  siblings
• Trident
• Neptune

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Poseidon

• Guided people safely across the sea
• Wrathful drowned people
• People drowned horses in his honor
• One of six siblings who eventually divided the
  power of the world.

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Hades

• God of the underworld
• Son of Cronus and Rhea
• Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Zeus were his
  siblings
• Scepter Hell
• Pluto

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Hades

• None
• Gloomy Happy with our sad and tears
• Sits on a throne of ebony
• When he was born to Cronus and Rhea, he was given
  the underworld

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Apollo

• The god of music
• Son of Zeus and Leto
• Twin brother of Artemis
• Lyre Tripod
• Phoebus

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Apollo

• Healed Music Killed rats and locusts
• Plague
• He had many specialties such as archery, healing,
  sun god, music, etc.
• Was born from Leto who was forced by Hera to
  roam the Earth in search of a birthplace for
  Apollo

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Hephaestus

• God of smiths and fire
• Son of Zeus and Hera
• Mount Etna
• Vulcan

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Hephaestus

• Patron of craftsmen
• Born weak and crippled lame god
• He was also the god of fires
• Was thrown out by Hera for being weak Nymphs
  rescued him and brought him to Lamnos

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Hera

• The queen of the Olympian deities Goddess of
  marriage and birth
• Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
• Zeus was her husband
• Peacock and cow
• Juno

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Hera

• Majestic solemn woman
• Jealous of husband Punishing her rivals
• Her main sanctuary was at Argos in the
  Peloponnesus
• Was born to Cronus and Rhea and married Zeus

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Aphrodite

• The goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture
• Has no family
• Dolphin dove swan pomegranate lime tree
• Venus

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Aphrodite

• Loved gods and mortals
• None
• Aphrodisiac
• Born when Uranus was castrated by Cronus and the
  genitals thrown in the ocean grew to make
  Aphrodite

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Persephone

• Goddess of the underworld
• Daughter of Zeus and Demeter
• Pomegranate
• Proserpina

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Persephone

• Beautiful Everyone loved her
• None
• She has to live 1/3 of her life in the underworld
  and 2/3 in the normal world
• She was abducted by Hades

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Athena

• The goddess of wisdom, war, the arts, industry,
  justice and skill
• Daughter of Zeus and Metis
• Aegis Athens
• Minerva

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Athena

• Gave gifts
• Started wars
• Favorite daughter of Zeus
• Sprung fully grown out of Zeuss head

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Demeter

• The Earth goddess
• Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
• Sister of Zeus
• Snake Pig Torch Fruits
• Ceres

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Demeter

• Produces food and flowers
• When angry, no food is produced on Earth
• She taught mankind the art of sowing and
  ploughing
• When Persephone was captured, she wandered the
  Earth in search of her

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Homer

• Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
• Lived during the time when Mythology was created
• Was a poet who was one of the main creators of
  Mythology

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Odysseus

• Was a Greek leader in the Trojan War
• Greece
• He helped create the Trojan Horse and received
  Achilles armor. After the war, he went home to
  his wife who had been fighting off suitors that
  were trying to marry her. He killed them all.

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Hercules

• Hercules was born with super strength
• Lived in Thebes where he remarried
• Hercules was born with a supernatural strength
  and when he was driven insane by Juno, he killed
  his wife. He went to Delphi and was told to do
  12 tasks in order to repay for what he had done.
  He did them and later remarried. When he died,
  he was allowed eternal life in Olympus.

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Atlas

• He was a scion of the Titans
• He lived in Greece
• Because of the revolt of the titans against the
  gods, Atlas was punished by Zeus to forever bear
  the universe on his shoulders.

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Prometheus

• A titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it
  to humans
• Prometheus found out about the prophecy that one
  of Zeuss sons was going to overthrow him. Zeus
  wanted information but Prometheus wouldnt give
  any. He was chained to a rock for eternity with
  an eagle attacking him. Hercules later killed
  the eagle.

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Helen of Troy

• She was one of the main reasons for the Trojan
  War
• Lived with the gods
• When she was supposed to get married, she ran off
  with Paris. Paris was the son of the king of
  Troy and the Greek suitors wanted her back. They
  ended up with a huge war against Troy and ended
  up receiving Helen.

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Sisyphus

• He is forced to forever roll a boulder up a hill
• Realm of the dead
• He betrayed the secrets of the gods and chained
  the god of death.

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The River Styx

• Separates the living from the dead
• In the area between the living and dead
• Known as the river of hate, Zeus forced some of
  the gods to drink from it. The taste was so bad
  that the gods would lose their voice for 9 years.

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The Odyssey

• A book of poems written by Homer
• All over the world
• This is a story of a trip of the hero Odysseus
  and Mythology.

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The Iliad

• Another book written by Homer
• All over the world
• This book talks a lot about the Trojan War and is
  another base of Mythology written by Homer.

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Labyrinth

• An intricate structure of interconnecting
  passages through which it is difficult to find
  one's way a maze.
• Minotaur
• On Herculess task, he had to fight the Minotaur
  in the Labyrinth.

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Psyche

• A young woman who loved and was loved by Eros and
  was united with him after Aphrodite's jealousy
  was overcome. She subsequently became the
  personification of the soul.
• Aphrodite
• Aphrodite was jealous of her beauty.

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Atlas

• A Titan condemned by Zeus to support the heavens
  upon his shoulders.
• Zeus
• Zeus punished Atlas for the revolt of titans vs.
  the gods and ended up making him hold the
  universe on his shoulders.

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Volcano

• An opening in the earth's crust through which
  molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected.
• Hephaestus
• The fire within volcanoes represents a smiths
  fire Also the god of volcanoes.

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Elysian

• Of or relating to Elysium. Blissful delightful.
• The gods
• The gods choose great people to be sent to the
  Elysian Fields. It is like heaven.

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Marathon

• A village and plain of ancient Greece northeast
  of Athens. It was the site of a major victory
  over the Persians in 490 B.C.
• Athena
• Athena starts wars and this was a big war.

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Echo

• A nymph whose unrequited love for Narcissus
  caused her to pine away until nothing but her
  voice remained.
• Nymphs
• She was a nymph and nymphs had to do with
  Mythology.

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Nemesis

• The goddess of retributive justice or vengeance.
• Gods
• She was a god that was made up during the time of
  Mythology.

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Calliope

• The Muse of epic poetry.
• Muse
• She was a muse and thus she was a part of
  Mythology.

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Panic

• Of or relating to Pan.
• Pan
• Pan was part of Mythology.

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Epic Poem

• A long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds.
• The Odyssey
• The Odyssey is of great importance to Greek
  Mythology. It was written by Homer and is the
  perfect example of an epic poem.

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Archetype

• An original model or type after which other
  similar things are patterned a prototype.
• Religion
• Mythology is believed to be an archetype for
  religion. It is said that it is the beginning of
  religion for that region.

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Myth

• A traditional, typically ancient story dealing
  with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes
  that serves as a fundamental type in the
  worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects
  of the natural world or delineating the
  psychology, customs, or ideals of society.
• Eros and Psyche
• The myth about these two is a good example of a
  mythological myth.

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Folklore

• The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and
  practices of a people, transmitted orally.
• Mythology
• Mythology is made up a lot by folklore. Many of
  the tales were told to other people and were
  slightly change to form the mythology we know of
  today.

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Legend

• An unverified story handed down from earlier
  times, especially one popularly believed to be
  historical.
• Mythology
• Much of mythology is legends.

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Titans

• One of a family of giants, the children of Uranus
  and Gaea, who sought to rule heaven and were
  overthrown and supplanted by the family of Zeus.
• Zeus
• Zeus was involved with the battle against the
  titans. He also punished some of the titans such
  as Atlas. Atlas was forever burdened to hold the
  universe on his shoulders.

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Olympians

• Of or relating to the greater gods and goddesses
  of the ancient Greek pantheon, whose abode was
  Mount Olympus.
• The gods
• The gods are talked about as living in Mount
  Olympus and so they were called Olympians. They
  are the gods of Greek and Roman mythology.

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Muse

• Any of the nine daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus,
  each of whom presided over a different art or
  science.
• Muses
• Muses were all a part of mythology.

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Oracle

• A shrine consecrated to the worship and
  consultation of a prophetic deity.
• Apollo
• Apollo at Delphi is a good example of the oracle.

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Nymph

• Any of numerous minor deities represented as
  beautiful maidens inhabiting and sometimes
  personifying features of nature such as trees,
  waters, and mountains.
• Nymphs
• The nymphs played the nature roles of mythology.

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