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Greek Mythology
The Twelve
Olympians
Notebook Journal
For 7th to 12th grade
Designed by
Rachel Sarafin
of Knowledge Box Central
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Greek Mythology—The Twelve Olympians Notebook Journal 7th-12th Grade
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Table of Contents
How do I get started?............................................................
Study Guide……………………………………………………...….….…..
The Twelve Olympians……………………………………….....……..
Zeus……………………………………………………………...….…..…….
Zeus Questions.………………………………………...………….……...
Hera…….………………………………………………….….……………….
Hera Questions………………………………….....….………………….
Poseidon.…………………………………………..….…………...………..
Poseidon Questions..………………………..…………....….………….
Demeter…..…………………………………………...………….………....
Demeter Questions………………………………..……….…….……….
Athena…..……………………………………………..……………….…….
Athena Questions..…………………………………..…….………….….
Apollo...……………………………………………..………………………...
Apollo Questions.………………………………..………………………..
Essay Topic…..…………………………………..……………………...….
Artemis………………………………………………………….…..………..
Artemis Questions………………………………………...……….……..
Ares………...…………………………………………….………….………...
Ares Questions..….………………………………………….…………….
Aphrodite…………....………………………………………….…………...
Aphrodite Questions.……………………………….…….……………..
Hephaestus……………...………………………………….……………….
Hephaestus Questions..…………………………….…………………..
Hermes..…………..……….……………………………….………………..
Hermes Questions.….….…………………………………………………
Hestia……………...…………….………………………….……………..….
Hestia Questions.…………….…………………………….……………..
Dionysus...……………………….…………………………………………..
Dionysus Questions…………….……………..……….…………………
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Hades……….……………………………………………………...….….…..
Hades Questions……….……………………………………….....……..
Other Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Greek Events……….……..
Persephone….…………………………………………...………….……...
Persephone Questions……………………………….….……………….
Asclephius..……………………………………….....….………………….
Asclephius Questions..………………………..….…………...………..
Eros & The Graces..………………………………………….…………...
Eros & The Graces Questions.………………...………….………....
Hypnos & Iris..……………………………………..……….…….……….
Hypnos & Iris Questions.………………………..……………….…….
Morpheus & Nemesis..………………………………….……………….
Morpheus & Nemesis Questions…………………….……………….
Nike & Eris………….……………………………..………………………..
Nike & Eris Questions……………………………….…………………..
Perseus & Phobos……….……………………………….………………..
Perseus & Phobos Questions.……………………….………………..
Muses & Narcissus.…….…………………………………………………
Muses & Narcissus Questions…………………………………………
The Trojan War..…………….………………………….……………..….
The Trojan War Questions………………………….……………..….
The Olympics.………………….…………………………….……………..
The Olympics Questions.….…………………………….……………..
On Your Own…….……….……………………………….………………..
For Fun!..................…….…………………………………………………
References……………………….…………………………………………..
Image References……………….……………..……….…………………
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How Do I Get Started?
The first thing to do is gather supplies. For this Notebook Journal you
only need a 1/2 inch binder to hold the pages. You can use use whatever you have on hand!
Print out the pages and three hole punch them or put them in sheet
protectors.
Use some colored pencils or markers to color in the notebook sheets if
you’d like!
Start your journey into Greek Mythology!
A Note to Parents
There are questions and assignments in this notebook journal that
will have your children doing their own research. In the course of doing my own research I found that there is some unsavory and questionable material. Some of the myths are violent and disturbing. I did
not include any of these types of myths in this journal. If you are concerned with what they may come across while researching I would
help them or place a filter on the search.
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Greek Mythology
The Twelve Olympians—Notebook Journal
"Greek - Procession of Twelve Gods and Goddesses - Walters 2340" by Anonymous (Greece)
Walters Art Museum – Wikipedia
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Zeus
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Hera
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Poseidon
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Athena
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Demeter
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Apollo
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Artemis
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Ares
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Aphrodite
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Hephaestus
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Hermes
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Hestia or Dionysus
There are only twelve major deities. Dionysus or Hestia completes the
twelve. Which god completes the twelve can change depending on who is
telling the tale.
Hades, although brother to five of the twelve major gods, was not part of
the main twelve. Hades resided in the underworld, not on Mount Olympus.
Because of this he was not included in the twelve major gods.
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Zeus
King of the gods and god of the sky.
Last born son and child of Titans Cronus
and Rhea.
Siblings: Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Poseidon,
and Hades.
Married to Hera.
Children: Ares, Hebe, Athena, Hephaestus,
Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Persephone,
Dionysus, Perseus, Heracles, Helen of
Troy, Minos, and the Muses.
Weapon: Thunderbolt forged by the
Cyclopes.
Armor: Aegis, a sacred shield made by Hephaestus which he later lends to Athena.
Sacred Animal: Eagle.
Roman Name: Jupiter
Zeus is the youngest of the siblings and the only one not swallowed by his
father, Cronus, at birth. Rhea, right after Zeus was born, swaddled a stone
and gave that to Cronus to swallow instead.
There are a few varying stories on how Zeus was raised.
1. He was raised by Gaia (Mother Earth).
2. Raised by Adamanthea, who is a nymph. He was left dangling in a tree
so that Cronus, who was the ruler of earth and the heavens, wouldn't
find him.
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3. Raised by Cynosura, a nymph on Mount Ida. She asked several
warriors to stand outside the mountain cave and bang their weapons day
and night to drown out baby Zeus's wails. Zeus put her among the stars
as payment for taking care of him.
4. He was raised by a shepherd family.
Zeus needed the help of his siblings to defeat Cronus, so Zeus went up to
Cronus's throne, disguised so he wouldn't recognize him, and tricked him
into vomiting up Zeus's brothers and sisters. When they were regurgitated,
they came out in the opposite order they were swallowed.
Zeus also needed the help of the Titans which were Cronus's siblings. He
released the brothers of Cronus from Tartarus (Tartarus is a deity and a
dungeon prison for the Titans. If judged wicked after death, you were also
sent to Tartarus.) where they had been banished by their father. The brothers were Cyclops, Gigantes, and Hecatonchires.
The Cyclopes gave Zeus lightning and thunder as a gift to thank him for
releasing them. Zeus, with his brothers, sisters and the released Titans,
defeated Cronus and sent him to Tartarus.
After Cronus was defeated, Zeus shared the world with his brothers
Poseidon and Hades. They drew lots to decide which part of the world they
would rule. Zeus drew the sky and air, Poseidon drew the sea and Hades
the Underworld.
Gaia was angry at Zeus for banishing her sons, the Titans he defeated, to
Tartarus. She then made the Typhon with Tartarus, the god, so that Zeus
could be eliminated. Zeus was triumphant after hurling Mount Aetna at
Typhon and pinning him underneath.
Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens
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Zeus
1. Zeus was the god of what?
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2. How was Cronus tricked into thinking he swallowed
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3. What was Zeus’ weapon and who forged it for him?
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4. Which Titans helped Zeus defeat Cronus?
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5. What was Tartarus?
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6. What did Cronus eat instead of Zeus after he was
born?
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7. What was Zeus’ Roman name?
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8. Was Zeus’s Roman form different than his Greek
form? Explain the differences and similarities.
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