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Get to Know the Greek Gods With Noah Donten Contents  Gaea Gaea  Ouranos Ouranos  Cronus Cronus  Rhea Rhea  Zeus Zeus  Poseidon Poseidon  Hades.

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Presentation on theme: "Get to Know the Greek Gods With Noah Donten Contents  Gaea Gaea  Ouranos Ouranos  Cronus Cronus  Rhea Rhea  Zeus Zeus  Poseidon Poseidon  Hades."— Presentation transcript:

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2 Get to Know the Greek Gods With Noah Donten

3 Contents  Gaea Gaea  Ouranos Ouranos  Cronus Cronus  Rhea Rhea  Zeus Zeus  Poseidon Poseidon  Hades Hades  Hera Hera  Demeter Demeter  Hestia Hestia  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Hephaestus Hephaestus  Hebe Hebe  Heracles Heracles  Ares Ares  Persephone Persephone  Apollo Apollo  Artemis Artemis  Dionysus Dionysus  Athena Athena  Hermes Hermes  Driope Driope  Theseus Theseus  Triton Triton  Pan Pan  Amphitrite Amphitrite  Aethra Aethra  Maia Maia  Metis Metis  Semele Semele  Leto Leto  Dione Dione

4 Gaea: The grandma of the gods  The personification of the earth  No siblings  Married to OuranosOuranos  Children:  Titans (The larger, more powerful precedents to the gods)  Rhea Rhea  Cronus Cronus (There were many more Titans, but only Rhea and Cronus gave birth to true gods.)RheaCronus

5 Ouranos: The grandpa of the gods  The personification of the sky  No siblings  Married to GaeaGaea  Children:  Titans (The larger, more powerful precedents to the gods)  Rhea Rhea  Cronus Cronus (There were many more, but only Rhea and Cronus gave birth to true gods.)RheaCronus

6 Cronus: The father of the gods  The cruel leader of the Titans  The son of Gaea and OuranosGaeaOuranos  Siblings: Rhea and the other TitansRhea  Married to RheaRhea  Children: 6 original gods  Zeus Zeus  Poseidon Poseidon  Hades Hades  Hera Hera  Demeter Demeter  Hestia Hestia

7 Rhea: The mother of the gods  The quiet, passive female Titan  The daughter of Gaea and OuranosGaeaOuranos  Siblings: Cronus and the other TitansCronus  Married to CronusCronus  Children: 6 original gods  Zeus Zeus  Poseidon Poseidon  Hades Hades  Hera Hera  Demeter Demeter  Hestia Hestia

8 Zeus: The god of the sky  The bold leader of the Gods  The son of Cronus and RheaCronusRhea  Siblings: Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, and DemeterHeraHestiaPoseidonHadesDemeter  Married to HeraHera  Children:  Hephaestus, Hebe, and Ares (with Hera) HephaestusHebeAresHera  Aphrodite (with Dione) AphroditeDione  Persephone (with Demeter) PersephoneDemeter  Apollo and Artemis (with Leto) ApolloArtemisLeto  Dionysus (with Semele) DionysusSemele  Athena (with Metis) AthenaMetis  Hermes (with Maia) HermesMaia

9 Poseidon: The god of the sea  The brave and courageous ruler of the oceans  The son of Cronus and RheaCronusRhea  Siblings: Hera, Hestia, Zeus, Hades, and DemeterHeraHestiaZeus HadesDemeter  Children:  Theseus (with Aethra) TheseusAethra  Triton (with Amphitrite) TritonAmphitrite

10 Hades: The god of the Underworld  The gloomy and withdrawn overseer of death  The son of Cronus and RheaCronus Rhea  Siblings: Hera, Hestia, Zeus, Poseidon, and DemeterHeraHestia ZeusPoseidon Demeter  Married to PersephonePersephone

11 Hera: The goddess of marriage  The brash, opinionated head goddess  The daughter of Cronus and RheaCronus Rhea  Siblings: Zeus, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, and DemeterZeusHestia PoseidonHadesDemeter  Married to ZeusZeus  Children:  Hephaestus, Hebe, and Ares (with Zeus) HephaestusHebeAres Zeus

12 Demeter: The goddess of agriculture  The quiet and respectful overseer of the harvest  The daughter of Cronus and RheaCronus Rhea  Siblings: Zeus, Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, and HeraZeusHestia PoseidonHadesHera  Children:  Persephone (with Zeus) PersephoneZeus

13 Hestia: The goddess of the hearth  The sensible, responsible eldest goddess  The daughter of Cronus and RheaCronus Rhea  Siblings: Zeus, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, and HeraZeusDemeter PoseidonHadesHera

14 Aphrodite: The goddess of love  Daughter of Zeus and DioneZeusDione  Married to HephaestusHephaestus  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side):Zeus  Hephaestus Hephaestus  Hebe Hebe  Ares Ares  Persephone Persephone  Apollo Apollo  Artemis Artemis  Dionysus Dionysus  Athena Athena  Hermes Hermes

15 Hephaestus: The god of fire  Son of Zeus and HeraZeusHera  Married to AphroditeAphrodite  Siblings: Ares, HebeAresHebe  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side):Zeus  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Persephone Persephone  Apollo Apollo  Artemis Artemis  Dionysus Dionysus  Athena Athena  Hermes Hermes

16 Hebe: The goddess of youth  Daughter of Zeus and HeraZeusHera  Siblings: Ares, HephaestusAresHephaestus  Married to HeraclesHeracles  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side):Zeus  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Persephone Persephone  Apollo Apollo  Artemis Artemis  Dionysus Dionysus  Athena Athena  Hermes Hermes

17 Heracles: The god of heroes  Married to HebeHebe  Best known myths:  The slaying of the Nemean lion  Cleaning the Augean stables  Capturing the Cretan bull  Catching Cerberus

18 Ares: The god of war  Son of Zeus and HeraZeusHera  Siblings: Hephaestus, HebeHephaestus Hebe  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side) Zeus  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Persephone Persephone  Apollo Apollo  Artemis Artemis  Dionysus Dionysus  Athena Athena  Hermes Hermes

19 Persephone: The goddess of spring  Daughter of Zeus and DemeterZeus Demeter  Married to HadesHades  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side)Zeus  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Hephaestus Hephaestus  Hebe Hebe  Apollo Apollo  Artemis Artemis  Dionysus Dionysus  Athena Athena  Hermes Hermes

20 Apollo: The god of knowledge  Son of Zeus and LetoZeusLeto  Brother of ArtemisArtemis  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side)Zeus  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Hephaestus Hephaestus  Hebe Hebe  Persephone Persephone  Dionysus Dionysus  Athena Athena  Hermes Hermes

21 Artemis: The goddess of the hunt  Daughter of Zeus and LetoZeus Leto  Sister of ApolloApollo  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side)Zeus  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Hephaestus Hephaestus  Hebe Hebe  Persephone Persephone  Dionysus Dionysus  Athena Athena  Hermes Hermes

22 Dionysus: The god of wine  Son of Zeus and SemeleZeusSemele  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side)Zeus  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Hephaestus Hephaestus  Hebe Hebe  Persephone Persephone  Apollo Apollo  Artemis Artemis  Athena Athena  Hermes Hermes

23 Athena: The goddess of wisdom  Daughter of Zeus and MetisZeus Metis  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side)Zeus  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Hephaestus Hephaestus  Hebe Hebe  Persephone Persephone  Apollo Apollo  Artemis Artemis  Dionysus Dionysus  Hermes Hermes

24 Hermes: The god of commerce  Messenger of the gods, guide to the Underworld  Father of Pan (with Driope)PanDriope  Son of Zeus and MaiaZeusMaia  Half-siblings (on Zeus’ side)Zeus  Aphrodite Aphrodite  Hephaestus Hephaestus  Hebe Hebe  Persephone Persephone  Apollo Apollo  Artemis Artemis  Dionysus Dionysus  Athena Athena

25 Driope: A nymph of the forest  Mother of Pan (with Hermes)Pan Hermes

26 Theseus: Slayer of the minotaur  Son of Aethra and PoseidonAethraPoseidon  Theseus and the minotaur:  King Minos of Crete wins war against Athens  Demands 7 boys and 7 girls to use as food for minotaur every 7 years  Theseus goes as one of the boys, wins heart of king’s daughter  Uses string and the king’s daughter’s help to find minotaur in labyrinth, slay it, and escape  After losing popularity in Athens, Theseus was thrown off a cliff and died

27 Triton: Messenger of the sea  Son of Amphitrite and PoseidonAmphitrite Poseidon  Herald in Poseidon’s royal courtPoseidon  Carries conch shell that can be used to control the waves  Usually takes the appearance of a merman (upper body of a man, fish tail)

28 Pan: The god of nature  Son of Hermes and DriopeHermes Driope  Half man, half goat

29 Amphitrite: The goddess of the sea  Lives in underwater castle with Poseidon, reigns as his queenPoseidon  Married to PoseidonPoseidon  Mother of Triton (with Poseidon)TritonPoseidon

30 Aethra: The princess of Troezen  Mother of Theseus (with Poseidon)TheseusPoseidon

31 Maia: The goddess of growth  Mother of Hermes (with Zeus)HermesZeus

32 Metis: The goddess of deep thought  Of the titan generation  Mother of Athena (with Zeus)AthenaZeus

33 Semele: A mortal lover of Zeus  Mother of Dionysus (with Zeus)DionysusZeus

34 Leto: The cursed goddess  Cursed by Hera to not be able to set foot on land  Mother of Apollo and Artemis (with Zeus)Apollo ArtemisZeus

35 Dione: The “Mother” goddess  Mother of Aphrodite (with Zeus)Aphrodite Zeus

36 Bibliography greek bib.doc


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