Post on 30-Jul-2015
Greek Heros and Heroines
Hercules
● son of zeus
Hercules had to fight two snakes
● Most kids would be scared but not Hercules
● He killed both of them with his bare hands
Where do we see this name today?
● Its the name of a movie
Admetus
● He was a kind man
● he let apollo guard his sheep
● This was not a hard labor
● As time went by Apollo began to like Admetus
● They became good friends
Where do we see this name today?
● Admetus is a type of cat
Greek Gods and
Goddesses
Apollo
God of the sun,archery,music, and poetry
Why was he important?
When someone died suddenly, he was said to have been struck down by one of Apollo's arrows.
As god of music, Apollo is often dedicated playing the lyre.
He did not invent this instrument, however but was given it by Hermes.
where do we see his name today?
There is a theater called the Apollo theater
Ares
His power is the god of war
Why he was important?
Ares was bested by Hercules in battle.
He almost died when he was stuffed in a jar by two giants
There was a hero that wounded him
In the Trojan war
He received scant sympathy from his father Zeus
Where we see his name today?
Its an open response file saving program
Athena
She was the goddess of wisdom,war and the arts
Hepatus cleaved zeus's forehead with an ax
Athena sprang forth fully armed
Athena was Zeus's daughter
she was born from Zeus's forehead
Whos to say you need a women to bring
New life to the world
where do we see this name today?
Its a health recording website
Aphrodite
her power was
goddess of love and beauty
the poet hesiod said that aphrodite
was born from the sea
when the Trojan prince paris was asked to
judge which of three olympian godesses was the most beautiful
he chose Aphrodite over Athena and Hera
Where do we see this name today?
It is a website for a hotel reservation
Hades
his power was the god of the underworld
why was he important?
Hades had two symbols his scepter and his horn
he's rich and wealthy
very persistent and he is also very determined
hades had a pet his name is Cerberus
a very unusual three headed dog
where do we see this name today?
it is a homework helping website
Greek Myths
Jason and the Argonauts
Central figures: jason, pelias, the harties, the goddess Hera and madea
the summary of the myth
Jason finds the gold fleece
to win back the throne
from his evil uncle pelias
and to do this he must find a crew for his ship
to fight dragons and the Harpes
he is helped by the goddess Hera and Madea
and Madea ends up falling in love with Jason
THE END