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Greek Mythology
Name:__________________
The Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
•The Greeks lacked ___________, so they
learned about the _____________
________through ______________
•Greatest Greek story teller was a __________
man named ____________.
•Two epic poems composed by Homer
about the _____________
_________
•Epics – Narrative poems that tell
___________________________________.
•The heroes of ____________ are
__________ and __________.
•_______________ is about a 10 year
journey home of __________ and his
__________ along the way.
Greek Myths
•Greeks developed a rich set of ___________ which means
________________________________
•Greeks have a ______________ religion. This means they believed in
__________ gods
•Myths _____________ changing of the seasons and the __________ of
__________.
•Greek gods/goddesses had many of the ____________ qualities as
____________:
•Love
•__________
• __________
•Greek gods ___________ and ____________ with each other
____________.
•Gods lived forever on Mt. Olympus
Mt. Olympus
Home of the __________
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Greek Gods
Zeus
Hera
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Wife of
________
Goddess of
____________
_________ of the Gods
Ruler of Mt. ___________
God of sky and _________
Artemis
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•
•
Goddess of
the
_________
and bow
and arrows
________
sister of
Apollo
Daughter of
________
Apollo
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God of ______________,
healing, light and ________
Bringer of death and
_________
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Athena
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Goddess of
Heroes and
__________
Patron
Goddess of
___________
Aphrodite
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Goddess of ________,
lust and beauty