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GREEK MYTHOLOGY: THE OLYMPIC GODS
These were called the Olympic Gods because they resided high atop Mt. __________
-This was the highest mountain in _____________
-It is located in the city of ______________.
To gain total control of the _____________, it was ______ that led his Olympians in
a great battle against the Titan Gods, Cronus and __________.
-The war was __________ and __________!
-Finally, the 3 brothers cornered Cronus
-_________ while invisible was able to sneak up and distract him
-Poseidon then was able to ___________ him with his Trident
-Lastly, Zeus knocked him out with a ____________bolt
Upon his victory, Zeus would punish ________ by making him carry the ________
on his shoulders for eternity.
-He wrapped the rest of the Titans in _________
-He imprisoned them in the land of _____________
-A horrible prison beneath the ____________________.
12 OLYMPIC GODS:
Zeus: _______ of the Gods / God of the _________ and _________
-His weapon is the _____________________.
Poseidon: Brother of _______ / God of the ______ and __________
-His weapon is the _____________________.
-It can shake the ________ and __________ any object
Hades: Brother of Zeus and ________________ / God of the ________________
-He had a ____________ that made him ____________________.
-Had _______________ as a 3-headed guardian of the __________.
Hera: ______ of the Gods and Goddess of marriage / Zeus’ wife and his __________
Athena: Goddess of ____________ / She is a skilled _____________
-Daughter of ______ / Born out of his ______________
Ares: God of ______ / Son of ______ (Always ________ of sister __________)
Aphrodite: Goddess of _______ and Beauty / No accurate ________ record
Hephaestus: God of _______ and ________ (Only ______ God in Mythology!)
-Married to __________________.
-The ___________ was his place of work (His ___________!)
Artemis: Goddess of the _________ and the ________ (Twin sister of _________)
-Daughter of ________
Apollo: God of the _____, Music and _______ (Son of ________)
-He would drive the _____ across the sky with his chariot and ____ horses
Hermes: ____________ of the Gods (Son of ___________)
-He wore winged ____________ on his feet
-He guided the __________ to the Underworld
Hestia: Goddess of the ______________ (Sister of ________)
PLUS 2 MORE:
Dionysus: God of _______ and _________ of Zeus.
Demeter: Goddess of the Harvest / Sister to ________ / Creates the cold __________
The story goes: Persephone was amazingly ________________ and finally caught the
eye of her uncle _________. He fell in love with her.
-He steals her away and take her to the _____________________.
-She was locked in the Great ________ of Hades
-She ________ and refused to ________________ to Hades at all.
-She also refused to _______!
The legend was that if you ________ anything while in Hades you could never leave!
Finally after a ______ went by she was so hungry that she ate ___ pomegranate
seeds.
-Zeus sent ____________ to make a deal with his uncle Hades.
The deal was that Persephone would ________ Hades and live with him as ________
of the Underworld for ____ months out of the year.
-However each _____________ Persephone would return to Earth and live
with her mother Demeter for the remaining _____ months.
So as a result…
-Each _________ Demeter is happy and welcomes the return of her daughter
by allowing all the ______________ to bloom.
-Each ________ when Persephone returns to the Underworld, Demeter
_______ and lets all of the ________ die until the next spring!
The Olympic Gods: Part II
The Conclusion to our Great Story
_______ crowns himself commander of the _____________ (______ ruler in all)
-Builds himself a huge ___________ on top of Mt. Olympus
-Begins to behave badly again with way too much _________!
-Olympians planned to overthrow Zeus: Led by _____________ and Apollo
-This plan ____________! But Zeus learned to become a ________ ruler
Zeus and the Olympians only had one major enemy left: ___________
-She was upset and wanted _____________
-She would plan ____ major attacks against the Olympians
Attack #1: Gaea sent an army of ___________ to attack Mt. Olympus
-She made it so that only a ___________ could kill these __________
-Zeus’s mortal son ______________ steps up and saves the day
Attack #2: Gaea sent a monster named __________________
-He had a human body with millions of _____________ as legs
-These ___________ were hundreds of miles long!
-The Olympians were afraid and ran to ________
-Only __________ and ___________ stayed to fight
-The battle lasted for _____ days
-The battle ends when ____________ picks up a mountain to throw at Zeus
-Zeus is able to hit him with a ________________ and bury him underground