Its about Greek Mythology

1. Greek Myths

2. What is mythology?
 Some people use the word myth to mean
fake, but…
 Mythology is the study of stories that
were used to explain the world and
other human experiences.

3.  Which biblical
myth is this
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cartoon
referring to?
 How does it
help explain
our world?

4. In the same way, Greek
Myths…
 Were used to explain
 the creation of the earth,
 death and the afterlife,
 and human experiences: love, jealousy,
revenge, & war.
 They were also used as entertainment and
were only told orally because most people
could not read.

5. Gods & Goddesses
 Greek Myths include gods & goddesses.
A god or goddess is immortal. This means that
they can never die and that they live forever.
 The immortals could not die but they did make
mistakes and had human emotions such as:
jealousy, love & anger.

6. Myths also include mortals
 Mortals are men and women who
live on earth. To be mortal means
that you can die.
 Sometimes the gods like to help,
punish or even have romantic
relationships with the mortals.

7. The Immortals
Here are some
of them…

8. Zeus
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 God of the skies
 The King of the gods

9. Hades
Zeus’ brother
God of the
Underworld
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(Land of the
Dead)

10. Poseidon
 Zeus’
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brother
 God of
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the seas

11. Hera
» Zeus’ Wife
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» Goddess of
motherhood
and child
birth

12. Aphrodite
»Zeus’
daughter
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love

13. Greek myths also
include…

14. Odysseus
 After
fighting in a
war for 10
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years…
 He spends 10
more years
trying to
return home

15. Hercales
(Hercules)
 He is part-
god and part-
man
 Completes 12
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dangerous
tasks

16. There are also…
•Monsters and
other creatures

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half- horse
creatures

18.  Satyrs are Satyrs
half-man and
half-goat.
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a god called
Pan.

19. Cyclops
 One-eyed
monsters
 The most
famous one,
Polyphemus,
fights
Odysseus in
his cave.

20. Nymphs
 female nature
spirits
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21. In our world today
there are many
references to Greek
myths.
Knowing these famous
stories and
characters will help
us to better
understand the world

22. More Mythological
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