1. WHERE HISTORY, LEGEND, & RELIGION CONVERGE
~GREEK MYTHOLOGY~
WHERE HISTORY, LEGEND, &
RELIGION CONVERGE

2. MYTHS YOU WILL STUDY: In Class Palace of Olympus Trickery of Hermes
Loves of Apollo
Echo and Narcissus
Ceyx and Alcyone
Arachne
At Home:
Phaethon, Son of Apollo
Story of Prometheus
Pomegranate Seeds

3. WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY? A CIVILIZATION’S TRADITIONAL STORIES PRE-HISTORIC
PRE-SCIENTIFIC
ABOUT HEROES AND GODS
EXPRESS IMAGINATION, FEAR, & WONDER
REVEAL VALUES AND BELIEFS

4. MYTHS WITH A 1000 FACES:

5. GIVE ME A HIGH-FIVE! I I
ART: APPEALS TO THE 4 TOUCHSTONES OF GREAT ART~ MIND, HEART, SENSES, & IMAGINATION
HISTORY: OPENS A WINDOW TO THE GREATEST CIVILIZATION OF ANTIQUITY
SCIENCE: EXPLAINS NATURAL PHENOMENA & LIFE’S MYSTERIES
CULTURE: SHEDS LIGHT ON ANOTHER TIME & PLACE – RELIGION, VALUES, WAY OF LIFE
ENTERTAINMENT: THEY ARE FUN! 

6. MATCH 10 MYTHS WITH 10 HEROES:
I flew a winged horse and killed snaky-haired Medusa.
I turned into a spider because I bragged too much.
My love for my wife outlived my death by drowning.
I became a sunflower that looks at the sun god all day.
I stole my brother’s cattle of the sun as a prank.
My 3-headed dog guards the gates of hell where I live.
I was kidnapped and kept in the underworld.
I became anorexic; I fell in love with my own image.
I stole fire from Zeus and taught man how to use it.
I zapped the chariot of the sun with my thunderbolt.

7. ANSWER KEY:
PERSEUS ARACHNE

8. MORE ANSWERS:
3. CEYX CLYTIE

9. MORE ANSWERS:
5. HERMES HADES
5. HERMES HADES

10. EVEN MORE ANSWERS:
7. PERSEPHONE 8. ECHO & NARCISSUS

11. FINAL ANSWERS-FINALLY!
9. PROMETHEUS ZEUS & PHAETHON

12. 5 DO’s: DO’S Find parallels to your life Approach myths with caution
Imagination
Take them for what they are
History, legend, and religion
AND
DON’TS

13. 5 DON’TS: DO’S DON’TS Forget the 3 myths that are HW.
AND
Forget the 3 myths that are HW.
Ask for 21st century realism.
Ignore the universal wisdoms.
Think of the gods as fantastical.
Hurry through. Reread with care.
DON’TS

14. HELPFUL HINTS: Memorize the chart on gods & goddesses.
Work on your god/goddess report.
Read the at-home myths a few times.
Take detailed notes on all of the myths.
Discover and read other myths on your own.
Explore other mythology (e.g.,Roman, Norse, Celtic, Asian, American, or African).

15. MYTHS OF THE FUTURE?

16. MOVIES & MYTHS