1. GODS AND GODDESSES CHAPTER 4 SECTION 1

2. SURVIVING THE “DARK AGE” Bards-singing storytellers – Helped to keep Mycenaean traditions alive. – Homer, was a blind poet, who live 700’s – Homer composed the _______________ and the _________________. – Set during the Trojan War. Supposedly fought Troy in the mid-1200’s.

3. Iliad Story of Trojan Prince Paris and Mycenaean Queen Helen. War

4. Trojan Horse Mycenaeans trickery

5. Odyssey Story of Mycenaean kings return home. Odysseus was his name.

6. Greek Heritage

7. Greeks and Gods

8. Gods and Goddesses Zeus- chief among the gods 12 High gods live on ____________________.

9. Greek Festivals Religious Festivals very important Every 4 years they held athletic contests at Olympia– Olympic Games. Greeks also developed plays in honor of Dionysus, god of wine and fertility. Permanent theaters were soon built in many cities.

10. Major Greek Gods Olympian Gods Apollo Ares Hermes Poseidon Zeus Olympian Goddesses Aphrodite Athena Artemis Hera.

11. Other Greek God Hestia Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hades