Greek Mythology
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Mt. Olympus
• An actual mountain in Greece.• Home of the gods/goddesses of
Greece.• It formed itself for them.• Tallest mountain in Greece.
Olympus was regarded as the home of the Twelve Olympian Gods. It is the setting of many Greek mythical stories. Mt. Olympus is located far above the heavens. “Olympus was not shaken by winds nor ever wet with rain, nor did snow fall upon it, but the air is outspread clear and cloudless, and over it hovered a radiant whiteness.”
Main gods & goddesses
gods• Zeus• Poseidon• Hades• Dionysus• Apollo• Hermes• Ares• Hephaestus
goddesses• Hera • Artemis• Athena• Aphrodite• Demeter• Hestia
god/goddess of the UnderworldHades• Wasn’t necessarily
associated with evil.• The gods ruled the land,
air, sea, and underworld.
• Brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
Persephone• Hades tricked her and
then forced her to live in the underworld.
• Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
Cyclops - The Cyclopes were gigantic one eyed monsters. Arges (thunderbolt), Steropes (lightning),
and Brontes (thunder) are 3 of them.
Other important figures
• Perseus: Greek hero who killed Medusa.
• Medusa: Gorgon that could turn people into stone by looking at them.
• Pegasus: winged horse.• Hercules: demigod; son of Zeus and
a mortal mother.• Nike: goddess of victory.
Oracle -The answer given by a god to a question asked by a human. This is how gods communicated to humans and gave them advice.