Greek Mythology

- Isabella Centanaro Castro- Carolina Giraldo Moreno- María Paulina Restrepo Z

Adviser: Sonia Alzate

INTRUDUCTION We chose this topic because it is a very interesting

and important. We give sense to Greeks in having gods for almost every creation of nature.

OBJECTIVESGeneral: Learn about Greek Mythology and what Greeks

believed in.Specific:• Learn the principal gods • Understand their legends• Understand their customs

MYTHOLOGY It can refer to the collective myths of a group of

people explaining nature and customs or to a set of traditions or beliefs.

GREEK MYTHOLOGY ROMAN MYTHOLOGY

It is much older than the roman mythology

It was created 1000 years after the Greek mythology

Their myths are collected in a book called the Iliad

Their myths are collected in a book called the Aeneid

Gods were based on human personality traits

Gods were named after objects

Importance of the physical life on earth rather than on afterlife

Mortals did good actions on earth to be rewarded in the afterlife

Gods were based on human traits, so they had characteristics

The gods’ characteristics weren’t important

Mortals were important in the world The gods were all that mattered

They were individual They worked on teams

Creativity was more important than physical work

They focused on actions rather than words

Greeks had extraordinary beauty Romans didn’t have physical appearance

GREEK MYTHOLOGY EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

They have 12 main gods They have 5 main gods

Its history won’t change anymore It has more history

They liked wisdom They liked art

They burned their dead They momificated their dead

They wrote their own myths They drew their own myths

Their gods lived in the Olympus The gods lived on earth

A god and a human can see and fall in love

You can’t see or talk to a god

They didn’t care about money They cared about power and goods

They were more sophisticated and changed a lot

They always stayed the same

THE GIFT OF FIRE• Zeus

• Prometheus

• Humanity

PANDORA’S BOX• Pandora

• Epimetheus

• Zeus

THE GREAT FLOOD• King Deucalion

• Pyrrha

• Prometheus

• Zeus

ICARUS AND DAEDELUS, WINGS• Daedalus

• Icarus

• King Minos

THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR• Theseus

• Princess Ariadne

• King Minos

• Theseus’s father

THE REASON FOR SEASONS• Persephone

• Demeter

• Hades

GODS

Main 12:• Zeus• Poseidon• Ares• Hermes• Hephaestus• Dionysus

• Apollo

• Hera• Aphrodite• Artemis• Athena• Demeter

Others:•Hades•Gaea•Nike•Uranus

OTHER MITHOLOGIES ALL AROUND THE WORLD

• Greek• Roman• Egyptian• Norse• Arabian

• Indonesian• Mongolian• Aztec• Inca• Persian

WHY IS MITHOLOGY INTERESTING?

The stories are symbolic, with moral lessons and puzzles. In it, you can find human truths and the basics of our culture.

CYCLOPS They were a wild, enormous race, and had a single eye in the

middle of their foreheads. They were the workmen of Hephaestus.

  The centaur is a mythological creature. Its upper part

is human and the rest of its body, (four legs and a tail) is of a horse.

CENTAURS

PEGASUS Pegasus is a winged white horse. It sprang from the

blood of Medusa when Perseus killed her. Pegasus brings the thunder to Zeus.

CONCLUSION We concluded that people should give more

importance to the beauty and intelligence of Greeks.

INTERNET SITES• http://greece.mrdonn.org/myths.html• http://historylink101.com/2/greece2/• http://www.diffen.com/difference/Greek_Gods_vs_Roman_Gods• http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp455-fs14/2014/09/25/1475/• http://www.greek-gods.info/• http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/roman/• http://www.dl.ket.org/latin/mythology/whatisa.htm• http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/greek-mythology• http://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_homer_odyssey.html• http://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_homer_iliad.html

BOOKS• Relatos de los héroes griegos, Roger Lancelyn Green, 124 – 160 p• Mitología del mundo, unknown, 253 – 307 p• Mitos griegos, Mary Pope Osborne, 115 – 128 p • Bulfinch’s Mythology, Thomas Bulfinch, 45 - 68