1. English 101 Mrs. Pham

2. What do you know about Greek mythology?

3. PAGAN Many gods and goddesses Lowercase “g” CHRISTIAN One God Capital “G”

4. Time Period: Around 500 BC Religion: Pagan Created stories to explain mysteries Natural Disasters Earthquakes Storms Volcanoes

5. Began as a popular story told orally (spoken) Homer wrote it down Given credit Helps us understand ancient Greek culture Importance of gods Traits of a Hero

6. Description Cunning Intelligent Powerful Strong Goes on a journey Fights battles Defeats monsters Both pleases and angers gods

7. As a Group: Your group needs to become experts on one or two Greek gods Take good notes! Then, as a Group: Teach the class about your gods/goddesses These people will have little to no knowledge of your topic. You will need to tell them what notes to take to prepare them for the quiz!

10. King Triton!

11. Capture of PERSEPHONE

15. The highest Mountain in Greece! Yes, it is a real place – although the Greek gods are fictional.