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Greek Mythology: Heroes, Gods, and Monsters
Greek Mythology: Heroes, Gods, and Monsters
Mythology
Heroes, gods,
and monsters…
Class Notes
English 9
Ms. Viel
What is a myth?
a traditional story serving to explain some
phenomenon, custom, or event.
What are the characteristics of the
Gods?
Egotistical, vain Unforgiving
Easily Flattered Vengeful
Jealous Manipulative
Spoiled
Cruel
Selfish
See humans as
Easily Angered
playthings
Reward Loyalty
Where do the Gods live?
• Mount Olympus
THE GODS
Zeus – King of Athena – Goddess of
the Gods Wisdom and Beauty
Carries a Taught man to use tools
thunderbolt Turns Arachne into a
spider
Hera – Queen of Today arachnid means
the Gods spider
Zeus’ wife and
sister
THE GODS
Erotic – relating to
love, derived from
Eros, Aphrodite’s
son, the secret archer
whose arrows were
tipped with sweet
poison.
Terms to know…
Fortune – derived from Fortuna,
the Roman goddess of luck and
vengeance, mistress of destiny.
Her name is a variant of the Latin
word votrumna, meaning
“turner” because she turned the
giant wheel of the year, stopping
it at either happiness, sorrow,
life, or death.
Terms to know…
Hades – describes the home of the dead;
comes from the Greek word meaning “the
unseen”.