Презентация, доклад к открытому уроку Greek and Roman mythology

beginning
5.The Gods of Greek mythology
6.Greek Gods Vs Roman Gods
7.The list of literature

weak men and women fighting for the overall good, monsters, creatures from an unknown world.
Greek Mythology is the body of all the legends, stories and myths created by the ancient Greeks, and it used to be the basis of their spiritual and religious believes, and cult practices.

they were able to control nature in all its forms.
The interesting part is that it was Greeks themselves who appointed all this power to their Gods, yet, they were full of respect and fear for them.

the two epic poems written by Homer: the Odyssey and the Iliad, although the origins of the world and the vast effort to explain the nature, the surroundings and the very essence of Greek mythology itself, lies at the texts of Hesiod especially Theogony
“At the beginning, there was chaos” he said, explaining the Genesis of the world, the birth of Gods, the succession of rulers, the origins of human woes. Till today, Theogony is considered the basis of the Greek mythology, probably the most comprehensive literal creation of that time.
Later, hymns, poems, tragedies, plays, arts, artists, everyone tried to explain and reproduce the myths about the Gods, about heroes such as Hercules about important kings, such as Minos, about the wars of the gods, the wars of the people.

empty, silent, endless.”
Mysteriously, Love was born of darkness and death.
When Love was born, order and beauty began to flourish.
Love created Light and Day.
Earth (= Gaea) was created.
She was the solid ground, but also a personality.
The Earth bore Heaven to cover her and be a home for the gods.

Father of Heaven (Uranus)
She represented the Earth and was worshipped as the universal mother.
In Greek mythology, They were the parents of the first creatures
(The Titans, the Cyclopes, the Giants , the Hecatoncheires (Hundred - Headed Ones) and the first humans)

and Gaea
He lead his brothers and sisters, The titans
In a revolt against their father and became the king of the gods.
He married the titan Rhea.

of the Olympian gods.
Being that Zeus was chief god, he presided over many other aspects than the sky.
Zeus flirt with many girls and the girls had many sons and daughters.

poseidon’s power was the three pronged spear known as the trident.
Poseidon was often depicted riding in a chariot pulled by golden seahorses, and carrying his trident.

his brother Zeus defeated his father Cronus, the three brothers drew lots to see who would rule what parts of the universe. Poseidon was assigned as the ruler of all watery domains, Hades received all of the underworld, and Zeus received all of the heavens

considered the patroness of marriage
Although married to Zeus, their marriage was an all but faithful and happy one. Their relationship was full of many quarrels and infidelities on the part of Zeus. This often turned Hera into a vengeful woman, that was out to get revenge on anyone available.

was an extremely pure and peace-loving goddess that kept free from all disputes and delicate situations. Hestia was considered to represent personal security and happiness.

grain, and bread,
the prime sustenance of mankind
who presided over all dealings related to the harvest.

many things;
among them as the goddess of war, wisdom, peace, compassion, architects,olives and prudence.
She was also the patron of the arts, crafts, spinning, weaving, and Athens.

surrounded by battle and violence. This love of violence was so bad that his own father declared his hatred of him
Ares flirt with Aphrodite

been lame since birth and was known as one of the less attractive gods of Olympus.
lame as the result of a quarrel between his parents. Zeus was so angry that he threw him down to the island of Lemnos.

prophecy, justice, law, order and the art of healing.
Ironically his main function is known as that of a Sun-god.
Apollo was the twin brother of the goddess Artemis

known as the goddess of the virginal goddess of hunt
Romans identified Artemis with the Greek goddess Diana.
Artemis was the twin sister of the god Apollo.

games, of business, and of story telling.
He was depicted as a young man wearing a wide brimmed hat, sandals, and carrying his staff with two snakes around it.

was not always nice. When people made her angry, she was not afraid to show her wrath. She was also very proud because she could make gods fall in love with people.
The husband of Aphrodite is He