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Greek Mythology
An Introduction to Cupid and
Psyche
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What to you thing these might be?
Churches, temples or houses?
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There are many gods in
Greek Mythology. Female
gods were very important.
Her name is Athena
What do you think she is the
god of?
Love and beauty
War and violence
Wisdom and knowledge
Wine and party
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• The answer is
wisdom and
knowledge.
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This is the god
Dionysus partying
with his friends.
What do you
think he is the god
of?
Wisdom
War
Wine (drinking)
Love
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• The answer is
wine and
drinking.
• Dionysus also
represents the
creative power
of nature.
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• The Outline of the story
Cupid and Psyche
The story of cupid and psyche is
one of the most famous Greek
myths. We will look at some of the
main characters of the story
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This is one of
the main
characters. His
name is Cupid.
He is a boy and
will never
become older
as he is a god
who cannot die
(immortal)
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This is Cupid in love with
his girl friend Psyche.
Psyche is not a god; she
is just a normal human.
Nonetheless, she is very
beautiful.
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This is Cupid’s mother. Her
name is Aphrodite. She
is just like most mothers
and does not think that
Cupid’s new girl friend is
good enough for her
only son.
She is the God of ?
a) Fun
b) not wearing cloths
c) love
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This is Cupid’s father
Mars. Do you know what
he is the god of?
a) Games b) War c) funny
hats
Mars does not really care
about what his son does.
He probably just wants
his son to be happy.
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This is the god Hermes. He is the king of
gods son and is very naughty. His job is
to give messages to people and other
gods from his father, Zeus.
Because Hermes is a naughty god, what
kinds of people do you think Hermes
likes to help?
Soldiers
Government officials
Thieves (people who steal things)
Artists
Bankers
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• The answer is
thieves and artists.
He also likes to help
travelers and any
kinds of people that
are naughty or
interesting in some
way.
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This is the King of all Gods Zeus.
Zeus tries to do the good and the
right thing.
However, Zeus is usually very
naughty
Zeus’s wife always catches him
with other men and gives him lots
of trouble when he gets back
home.
Basically, most of the Greek Gods
are naughty. There are only a few
serious ones around
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• This is Zeus’s
brother Hades.
He is the god of
the underworld
(where many of
the dead, ancient
Greeks believe,
go for a while)
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This is Hade's beautiful
wife Persephone .
Cupid’s mother Aphrodite
makes poor psyche
(Cupids girl friend) go to
find Persephone in the
under world to get a little of
her beauty. Aphrodite
wants it because she
always wants to be more
beautiful.
The End