1. PTT.- 1.Take a computer from the cart. 2.Log into my teacher blog at www.asfmtech.org/mskliefoth/ www.asfmtech.org/mskliefoth/ 3.Use the SOCIALS: Ancient Greek Religion post to take you through your activity today. 4.You may work with ONE other person.

2. Ancient Greek Beliefs The ancient Greeks believed in many gods. What is the belief in many gods called? Polytheism!

3. Ancient Greece Gods and Goddesses Ancient Greek religion tried to explain how the world began. Mother earth created the titans.

4. FIRST GODS 12 TITANS Theia SUN Tethys MOTHER OF RIVERS Hyperion SUN Oceanus OCEAN Gaia EARTH Uranos SKY Coeus AXIS OF HEAVENS Mnemosyne MEMORY Themis LAW OF NATURE Pheobe MOON Crius Rhea MOTHER OF GODS Cronus TIME Iapetus

5. Ancient Greece Gods and Goddesses Ancient Greek religion tried to explain how the world began. Mother earth created the titans. World was in chaos. Zeus fought and defeted titans and became the king of gods. Gods lived in Mount Olympus.

6. THE 12 OLYMPIAN GODS HERA Goddess of marriage and childbirth POSEIDON God of sea and earthquakes HADES God of underworld ZEUS God of sky and thunder ARES God of warfare - bloodlust APHRODITE Goddess of love and beauty APOLLO God of arts, medicine, truth and prophecy HERMES God of messengers and travelers HEPHAESTUS God of technology and inventions DEMETER Goddess of grain and fertility ARTEMIS Goddess of the hunt ATHENA Goddess of wisdom, weaving, and war

7. Mythology It helped to explain why things happened the way they did. They featured gods and goddesses It explained events in nature. It explained why certain behavior was good or bad. It taught social lessons.

8. The man behind the Myth Heracles (Hercules)

9. The man behind the Myth Heracles (Hercules)

10. Please complete all of the questions in the Word document. They are due for Thursday, March 26th. Mythology