Greek and Roman Mythology

• A myth is a____________________story rooted in primitive

________________________of cultures.

• Myths use _______________________ to interpret natural events.

• They explain the culture’s view of the _____________________ and

the _____________________________________________.

• In the beginning was CHAOS. CHAOS had 2

children_______________ and _________________________.

• __________________was born out of darkness and death.

• When Love was born, ____________and _____________began to

flourish.

• Love created ______________and ______________.

• Earth was created and she bore____________________to be a

covering for her and a _______________to the ______________.

THE FIRST PARENTS

• Mother___________and Father ________________.

• They had 3 kinds of children:______________________________,

and _____________________, and ________________________.

• Titans were enormous in size and had incredible______________.

• Cronos was ruler of__________________________.

• Rhea wife of____________________.

• Ocean was a ______________that encircled the ______________.

• Iapetus was father of _________________, and________________,

and_________________________.

The principal gods

• Cronos and rhea were parents of:

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• Other important Olympians (gods) include:

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• Zeus
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3.

• hera
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• poseidon
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• hades
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2.
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• Hestia
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3.

• demeter
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2.
3.

• athena
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2.
3.

• ares
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4.

• haephaestus
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2.
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4.
• apollo
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2.
3.

• artemis
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2.
3.

• Hermes
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2.
3.
• aphrodite
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2.
3.

• dionysys
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4.

• persephone
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• hebe
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• eros
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3.
• iris
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2.
3.

Monsters and others

• the muses
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• the graces
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• the furies
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• the fates
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• the satyrs
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• the centaurs
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