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Greek Gods
By AH
Intro
• There are many Greek Gods what
Greeks believed in almost too
many in my own opinion. This
PowerPoint is about the main
twelve Gods who are believed to
live at the top of Mount Olympus.
These gods made one ruler Zeus,
the king of all Greek Gods.
Content
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Zeus
Poseidon
Hades
Hera
Athena
Apollo
Artemis
Ares
Aphrodite
Hephaestus
Hermes
Hestia
The End
Zeus
• Zeus is the king of all Gods and he
won the draw between Hades and
Poseidon, his two brothers, and
that is why Zeus is King God.
• His weapon is a lightning bolt
which he hurls at people who
defies him. In my own opinion it is
the best weapon.
• Zeus has a wife called Hera who is
also a God.
• Zeus is also the God that punishes
those who lie or break oaths,
which means to keep a promise .
His is the God of the rain and the
sky.
Poseidon
• Poseidon after overthrowing his
father, Cronus, became lord of the
sea. He was worshiped by seamen.
• He married Amphitrite, a
granddaughter of the Titan Oceans.
• He desired Demeter, who asked him
to make an animal, the first one the
world had ever seen. So Poseidon
created the first horse.
• His weapon is a trident, what can
shake the Earth and shatter any
object.
• He is the second most powerful God.
Hades
• Hades is brother of Zeus and
Poseidon.
• After they overthrew their father he
drew lots with his brothers to share
the universe.
• As he drew he become God of the
Underworld and ruler of the
terrifying dead.
• Hades also become God of Wealth.
Weirdly, Hades preferred the
underworld and hardly left his
kingdom.
Hera
• Hera is Zeus wife and sister, as well as
raised by the Titan Oceans and
Tethys.
• She is the protected of marriage and
protects married women.
• Heras marriage was found in strife
with Zeus. Zeus courted Hera,
unsuccessfully.
• Hera was hung from the sky, with
gold chains, because she drugged
Zeus and while he was sleeping the
Gods tied him to a couch.
Athena
• Athena is the daughter of Zeus.
• Despite she is fierce in battle but she
only fights to protect the state and
home from treacherous enemies.
• She is the Goddess of a city,
handicrafts and agriculture.
• She is the God of Wisdom, Reason,
and Purity.
• She is Zeus favourite child and she is
allowed to use his weapons including
his thunderbolt.
Apollo
• He is the God of Music, playing a
golden lyre, and can not tell a lie.
• He is the son of Zeus and Leto.
• His twin sister is Artemis.
• He is tragically famous for his
oracle at Delphi and people used
to travel to it from all over the
Greek world to decide the future.
Artemis
• She is the huntsman of the Gods.
She is daughter of Zeus and Leo.
• Her brother is Apollo.
• She is the protector of the young
people. Like Apollo she likes to
hunt with silver arrows.
• All wild animals are scared of her,
especially the deer.
Ares
• Ares is the son of Zeus and Hera.
• Both his parents disliked him.
• He is the God of War, despite, him
being a coward, he is murderous
and bloodstained.
Aphrodite
• Aphrodite is the Goddess of Love,
Desire and Beauty.
• She is the wife of Hephaestus.
• There are two stories about her
birth. One is daughter of Zeus and
Dionne, the other one goes back
to when Cronus is alive.
Hephaestus
• Hephaestus is the only God to be
physically ugly and lame.
• He is the son of Zeus and Hera.
• There are accounts as how he
became lame. Some say that Hera,
was upset by having an ugly child and
threw him from Mount Olympus into
the sea breaking his legs. Others say
that he took Hera's side in an
argument with Zeus and Zeus threw
him off Mount Olympus.
• He is the amazingly God of Fire and
the Forge.
Hermes
• Hermes is the son of Zeus and Maia.
• Despite him being Zeus’s messenger
he is the fastest of the Gods.
• He magically wears winged sandals, a
winged hat, and carries an
unbelievable magic wand.
• He is the God of Thieves and
Commerce.
• Sadly he is the guide for the dead to
go to the underworld, where Hades
lives.
Hestia
• Hestia doesn‘t have a direct
personality.
• She is Zeus sister.
• She plays no parts in myths.
• She is the Goddess of the Hearth.
Each city had a public hearth
sacred to Hestia.
The End
• Thanks for watching hope you
enjoyed.