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1 Greek Mythology Copyright © Clara Kim All rights reserved.

2 Homer The Greeks lacked writing, so they learned about the Trojan war through spoken word Greatest Greek story teller was a blind man named Homer.

3 The Iliad and the Odyssey

4 The Iliad and the Odyssey
Two epic poems composed by Homer about the Trojan War. Epics – Narrative poems that tell about heroic deeds. The heroes of The Iliad are Hector and Achilles. The Odyssey is about a 10 year journey home of Odysseus and his adventures along the way.

5 Greek Myths Greeks developed a rich set of Myths which means traditional stories about their gods Greeks have a polytheistic religion. This means they believed in many gods

6 Greek Myths Myths explained changing of the seasons and the mysteries of nature. Greek gods/goddesses had many of the same qualities as humans: Love Hate Jealousy Greek gods competed and fought with each other constantly. Gods lived forever on Mt. Olympus

7 Mt. Olympus Home of the Gods

8 Zeus King of the Gods Ruler of Mt. Olympus God of sky and thunder

9 Hera Wife of Zeus Goddess of Marriage

10 Apollo God of medicine, healing, light and truth
Bringer of death and plague

11 Artemis Goddess of the hunt and bow and arrows Twin sister of Apollo
Daughter of Zeus

12 Athena Goddess of Heroes and WISDOM Patron Goddess of Athens

13 Aphrodite Goddess of love, lust and beauty

14 Pictures Cited Slide 1 – clipart 2007
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