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Athens, January 2013
Teacher: Liakou Elena
Class: St3/8
Numbers of students: 19
Duration : 2weeks
Age of students: 11
Years of learning
English: 4 years
Aims: Writing a
paragraph about a myth
or a legend. Use of textrelated words and
character-related
adjectives.
Students were asked to
find information about a
famous character in
mythology or a famous
legend. They were given
the choice of working
individually or in groups
and were responsible for
finding resources and
using their own creativity
to complete the task.
Athena
Athena was the goddess of:
Wisdom
Courage
Inspiration
Culture
Law
Justice
Mathematics
Strength
Strategy
Arts
Skill
Philosophy
Intelligence
Architecture
War
Athena
Her symbol is the owl and the olive tree.
In Roman mythology she was also called Minerva.
Her parents are: Zeus and Metis
She was the favorite daughter of Zeus.
Hercules is her half brother.
She had no husband, children
or any brothers or sisters.
Greeks would pray to her before
battles or for wisdom when
making decisions.
ATHENA
According to Greek mythology, Athena and
Poseidon, the sea god, organised a competition
to decide who would protect the Greek city.
Poseidon created a spring with his trident,
and Athena created an olive tree.
The people chose Athena's gift, and the city
was named Athens. To honor her, they built
the Parthenon, which still stands in Athens
today.
In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan
War, the central character and the greatest warrior of
Homer's Iliad.
Achilles was the son of the nymph
Thetis and Peleus, the king of the
Myrmidons. Zeus and Poseidon had
been rivals for the hand of Thetis
until Prometheus warned Zeus of a
prophecy that Thetis would bear a
son greater than his father.
When Achilles was born Thetis
tried to make him immortal, by
dipping him in the river Styx.
However, he was left vulnerable
at the part of the body by which
she held him, his heel.
Homer's Iliad is the most famous
narrative of Achilles in the Trojan
War.
Agamemnon, the king, had taken a
woman named Chryseis as his slave.
Her father Chryses, a priest of Apollo,
begged Agamemnon to return her to
him. Agamemnon refused and Apollo
sent a plague to the Greeks. The
prophet Calchas said that Chryseis
must be returned to her father.
Agamemnon agreed, but
told
Achilles' slave Briseis must be
brought to replace Chryseis.
Angry at the dishonor, Achilles
refused to fight or lead his troops.
At the same time Achilles prayed to Thetis to convince Zeus to
help the Trojans in the war. As the battle turned against the
Greeks thanks to the influence of Zeus, Agamemnon realized
that the Trojans were winning because he had dishonored
Achilles.
He sent Odysseus to Achilles with the offer of the return of
Briseis and other gifts. Achilles rejected all Agamemnon
offered him and urged the Greeks to sail home as he was
planning to do.
The Trojans, led by Hector, pushed the Greek army back toward
the beaches and assaulted the Greek ships. Patroclus led the
Myrmidons into battle wearing Achilles' armor, though Achilles
remained at his camp.
Patroclus succeeded in pushing the Trojans back from the
beaches, but was killed by Hector before he could lead an
assault on the city of Troy.
Achilles was sad about his
beloved companion's death.
He ended his refusal to fight
and took part in the battle
killing many men , but
always looking for Hector.
Achilles chased Hector around
the wall of Troy three times
before Hector decided to fight
Achilles face to face. Achilles
took his revenge by killing
him. Hector's father Priam
went to Achilles' tent to beg
Achilles to let him perform
Hector’s funeral.
Paris killed Achilles. The god Apollo guided Paris'
arrow to Achilles’ heel.
Thank you for your attention