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Name ____________________
The Stories of Greek Mythology
Title of Myth
From
which
book?
Prometheus
Heroes,
Gods, and
Monsters of
the Greek
Myths
Pandora
Heroes,
Gods, and
Monsters of
the Greek
Myths
Main
Basic Plot
Which main
Characters
Olympian
(gods, humans,
gods/goddesses
or other)
appear?
Prometheus,
Prometheus gives fire to
Zeus
Zeus, and
mankind even though
humans
Zeus didn’t want him to
because he thought people
to stop worshiping him
which angers Zeus so
Zeus chains him to a rock
where a vulture eats him
eternally.
Hermes, Zeus, Zeus punishes mankind
All the
Pandora,
for accepting fire by
Olympians.
Epimetheus,
creating Pandora
and Hera
Hermes gave her the box
Hera gave her curiosity
The punishment is her and
the box which has
sickness old age disease,
ect. Foreboding is left
1
Other Notes
(For example, did
anything about how the
world works get
explained?)
How fire came to
be.
Diseases, old age,
sickness, Etc.
Name ____________________
Title of Myth
From
which
book?
Narcissus and
Echo
Heroes,
Gods, and
Monsters of
the Greek
Myths
Eros and Psyche
Heroes,
Gods, and
Monsters of
the Greek
Myths
Main
Basic Plot
Characters
(gods, humans,
or other)
Narcissus,
Hera punishes Echo by
Echo,
making her repeat the last
Aphrodite
words of someone else’s
sentences Echo falls in
love with Narcissus but he
rejects her so Aphrodite
curses him so anything he
loves cannot love him
back so he goes to a river
and falls in love with his
own reflection as
punishment both are
eternal frustration
Eros, Psyche,
Aphrodite is jealous of
and Aphrodite. Psych. Eros accidentally
makes himself fall in love
with psyche but psyche
can’t see him and she
become doubtful and
jealous because she can’t
see him. Her sisters made
her doubtful and jealous.
she sees him while he is
asleep and she is banished
after she finds out he is a
2
Which main
Other Notes
(For
example, did
Olympian
anything about how the
gods/goddesses world works get
explained?)
appear?
Zeus, Hera,
How echos came
and Aphrodite to be.
Aphrodite
Jealousy is
important.
Name ____________________
Title of Myth
From
which
book?
Main
Characters
(gods, humans,
or other)
Basic Plot
Which main
Olympian
gods/goddesses
appear?
Other Notes
(For example, did
anything about how the
world works get
explained?)
god. She can’t see him
because he doesn’t think
that she won’t love him
for who he really is and
that she isn’t ready.
Daedalus
Heroes,
Gods, and
Monsters of
the Greek
Myths
Daedalus,
Aphrodite,
Pasiphae,
Icarus, Talos,
King Minos
Daedalus, a great inventor, Athene,
murders his nephew Talos Aphrodite
because he is jealous of his
work. Then he flees to
Crete to work for King
Minos, who puts Daedalus
in a Labyrinth for helping
out Queen Pasaphe with
the white bull, which
made the Minotaur.
However, Daedalus’ son,
Icarus wanted to see the
real world, so Daedalus
made him wax wings,
however Icarus flew too
the sun, and fell to his
death after his wings
melted.
3
The invention of
the saw
Icarus ignores
father’s warning
Excessive
jealously or pride
will get you
punished
Name ____________________
Title of Myth
From
which
book?
The Palace on
Mt. Olympus
Greek Gods
and Heroes
(xeroxed
handout)
Main
Basic Plot
Which main
Other Notes
(For
example, did
Characters
Olympian
anything about how the
(gods, humans,
gods/goddesses world works get
explained?)
or other)
appear?
All the
The Palace of Olympus is All the Olympian See god/goddess
gods
Olympian gods a huge Palace on top of
chart
Mt. Olympus. This
chapter shows all the Gods
major Duties, Signs, and
personalities. It explains
the layout of the palace.
(see god chart for details)
The Underworld
of Tartarus
Greek Gods
and Heroes
(xeroxed
handout)
King Hades,
Persephone,
Demeter,
Charon, Three
Furies,
Cerberus,
Tantalus,
Sisyphus,
Danaiads
Shows the Punishment
Hades,
Grounds, Asphodle Fields, Demeter,
Elysium, and The Isle of
Persephone
the Blessed. Sisyphus’
punishment was that he
would have to roll a
boulder up a hill, and each
time it got up, it rolled
down. Tantalus’s
punishment was eternal
starvation and thirst. The
Danaiad’s punishment was
that they had to carry
water from the river to the
well but they couldn’t do
it because there were holes
in the baskets.
4
The quality of
eternal frustration
Name ____________________
Title of Myth
Atalanta
Zeus: King of the
Gods (graphic
novel p. 1-16)
From
which
book?
Main
Characters
(gods, humans,
or other)
In-class play Atalanta,
Artemis,
Meleager,
Hunters, Wild
boar, King of
Calydonia
Zeus: King
of the Gods
by George
O’Connor
Zeus, Kronos,
Gaea, Rhea,
Ouranos,
Basic Plot
Atalanta was brought up
in the wild, raised by shebears, and survived by
becoming a hunter.
Artemis became angry
because the King did not
mention her name in a
toast. She sent a wild boar
who was destroying the
landscape. A hunting party
went after it, and Atalanta
was defended for being a
female hunter by
Meleager. She was the one
who first wounded the
boar, and Meleager
finished it off.
First there was Kaos, then
Gaea, then Ouranos, Gaea
and Ouranos had children
including the Titans,
Ouranos locks up the
“ugly” children, and Gaea
and Kronos conspire to
overthrow Ouranos, by
5
Which main
Other Notes
(For
example, did
Olympian
anything about how the
gods/goddesses world works get
explained?)
appear?
Artemis
Atalanta is a one
of the very few
female greek
heroes.
Tells how gods
came to be
Common theme
parent being
worried child will
overthrow them
Name ____________________
Title of Myth
From
which
book?
Main
Characters
(gods, humans,
or other)
Basic Plot
having Kronos chop him
up. Kronos marries Rhea,
and Kronos eats every
child they have, until
Zeus. Rhea tricks Kronos
by wrapping a rock like a
baby. He throws up all the
children and Rhea hides
baby Zeus in a cave. He
grows up and leads a fight
to overthrow Kronos. The
gods and goddesses
choose Zeus to lead them.
6
Which main
Olympian
gods/goddesses
appear?
Other Notes
(For example, did
anything about how the
world works get
explained?)