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WHERE HISTORY, LEGEND, & RELIGION CONVERGE ~GREEK MYTHOLOGY~ WHERE HISTORY, LEGEND, & RELIGION CONVERGE

MYTHS YOU WILL STUDY: In Class Palace of Olympus Trickery of Hermes Loves of Apollo Echo and Narcissus Ceyx and Alcyone Arachne At Home: Phaethon, Son of Apollo Story of Prometheus Pomegranate Seeds

WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY? A CIVILIZATION’S TRADITIONAL STORIES PRE-HISTORIC PRE-SCIENTIFIC ABOUT HEROES AND GODS EXPRESS IMAGINATION, FEAR, & WONDER REVEAL VALUES AND BELIEFS

MYTHS WITH A 1000 FACES:

GIVE ME A HIGH-FIVE! I I ART: APPEALS TO THE 4 TOUCHSTONES OF GREAT ART~ MIND, HEART, SENSES, & IMAGINATION HISTORY: OPENS A WINDOW TO THE GREATEST CIVILIZATION OF ANTIQUITY SCIENCE: EXPLAINS NATURAL PHENOMENA & LIFE’S MYSTERIES CULTURE: SHEDS LIGHT ON ANOTHER TIME & PLACE – RELIGION, VALUES, WAY OF LIFE ENTERTAINMENT: THEY ARE FUN! 

MATCH 10 MYTHS WITH 10 HEROES: I flew a winged horse and killed snaky-haired Medusa. I turned into a spider because I bragged too much. My love for my wife outlived my death by drowning. I became a sunflower that looks at the sun god all day. I stole my brother’s cattle of the sun as a prank. My 3-headed dog guards the gates of hell where I live. I was kidnapped and kept in the underworld. I became anorexic; I fell in love with my own image. I stole fire from Zeus and taught man how to use it. I zapped the chariot of the sun with my thunderbolt.

ANSWER KEY: PERSEUS 2. ARACHNE

MORE ANSWERS: 3. CEYX 4. CLYTIE

MORE ANSWERS: 5. HERMES 6. HADES 5. HERMES 6. HADES

EVEN MORE ANSWERS: 7. PERSEPHONE 8. ECHO & NARCISSUS

FINAL ANSWERS-FINALLY! 9. PROMETHEUS 10. ZEUS & PHAETHON

5 DO’s: DO’S Find parallels to your life Approach myths with caution Imagination Take them for what they are History, legend, and religion AND DON’TS

5 DON’TS: DO’S DON’TS Forget the 3 myths that are HW. AND Forget the 3 myths that are HW. Ask for 21st century realism. Ignore the universal wisdoms. Think of the gods as fantastical. Hurry through. Reread with care. DON’TS

HELPFUL HINTS: Memorize the chart on gods & goddesses. Work on your god/goddess report. Read the at-home myths a few times. Take detailed notes on all of the myths. Discover and read other myths on your own. Explore other mythology (e.g.,Roman, Norse, Celtic, Asian, American, or African).

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