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Greek Mythology – Guided Notes
#8
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World History – Mrs. Crum-Reinsel
What is Greek mythology?
Greek mythology is the collection of stories, or____________________, about
ancient____________________, ____________________, and____________________.
Greek mythology was part of the ____________________in ancient Greece.
Greek mythology was a ____________________ belief system.
Greek mythology was how the ancient Greeks ____________________the
____________________ of the world and humans. For example:
-the changing of the seasons
-the reason for suffering
-human behavior
-moral lessons
Greek gods and goddesses looked and acted like ____________________
____________________. For example:
-fell in love, married, had children
-celebrated, played trick, felt jealousy and rage
The beginning of these stories is the Greek explanation of how the world was created.
In the beginning, the universe was without form. It was nothing; there was matter, but it
was unorganized, shapeless, mixed up, and dark. This was called ____________________.
Out of Chaos emerged ____________________, or ____________________.
From Gaia emerged ____________________, or ____________________.
Gaia and Uranus had a bunch of kids called the ____________________.
Gaia and Uranus had six boy Titans and six girl Titans.
One of those boy Titans was named ____________________ and one of those girl Titans was
named ____________________.
Cronus overthrew his father, Uranus, and became ____________________ of the Titans.
Cronus married his sister, Rhea, and they had a bunch of kids.
Cronus feared that he would suffer the same fate as his father by being overthrown by one
of his children.
As a result of this paranoia, he ____________________ the first ____________________ of
his children upon their birth so as to prevent any rebellion against him.
Rhea grew a little sick of seeing all her children swallowed alive, so she tricked Cronus upon
the birth of their sixth child, ____________________.
When Zeus was born, Rhea wrapped up a ____________________ to look like a baby and
had Cronus swallow that instead.
Zeus eventually rescued his five siblings:
-Demeter
-Hestia
-Hades
-Poseidon
-Hera
Zeus overthrew Cronus to become ____________________ of the gods.
Zeus married his sister, ____________________, but he also had many girlfriends.
Zeus had many ____________________.
We will study Zeus, his five siblings, as well as seven of his children:
-Aphrodite
-Athena
-Apollo
-Hephaestus
-Ares
-Hermes
-Artemis
Olympian Gods (12)*
They resided on ____________________ ____________________, the highest mountain in
Greece.
Zeus*
Aphrodite*
Demeter*
Apollo*
Hera*
Ares*
Hestia*
Artemis*
Poseidon*
Athena*
Hades
Hephaestus*
Hermes*
Hades is not usually considered an Olympian god because he resided in the underworld.
Zeus
-supreme ____________________ of the gods
-lord of the ____________________
-god of ____________________
-bringer of ____________________
-god of ____________________
-threw ____________________ at those who displeased him
-married to ____________________
-father of many other gods
Hera
-____________________ of the gods
-married to ____________________
-protected ____________________ women
-protected ____________________
Poseidon
-god of the ____________________
-seas churned and earth shook with his anger
Hades
-ruled and lived in the ____________________
-____________________ of dead souls
Demeter
-goddess of ____________________ and the ____________________
Hestia
-goddess of the ____________________
Athena
-goddess of ____________________
-protector of ____________________
-gave the Greeks the ____________________ tree
-guardian of the city of ____________________
-protected and helped the Greeks when they fought against other peoples
Apollo
-god of ____________________, poetry, ____________________, healing, and
____________________
-twin brother of Artemis
Artemis
-goddess of ____________________ and ____________________
-twin sister of Apollo
Ares
-god of ____________________
Aphrodite
-goddess of ____________________ and ____________________
Hermes
-____________________ of the gods
-patron of ____________________
-protector of ____________________
Hephaestus
-god of ____________________ and ____________________
Honoring the Gods and Goddesses
Publicly:
-____________________
-animal ____________________
Privately:
-household ____________________
City-States:
-____________________ for ____________________ god/goddess
-____________________ on ____________________ days
-offered gold, ____________________, wine, ____________________
-asked for ____________________
Athletic Contests:
-____________________, wrestling, ____________________, throwing
-honored gods through ____________________ and ____________________
-____________________ games honored ____________________
Sacred Sites:
-tree groves, ____________________, etc.
-____________________ ____________________
-____________________
-site of ____________________ temple
-housed Apollo’s priestess, the ____________________ ____________________
-____________________ – one who predicts the future
-answered in ____________________ statements and ____________________ that
confused those asking about the ____________________