2. Greek Mythology To support understanding of The Odyssey as told by Homer

3. Creation of the World Chaos Erebus – Where death dwells Night Love – beginning of order Gaea – Mother Earth

4. Mother Earth produces son Uranus – the Sky

5. Uranus and Mother Earth Three Cyclopes Three Hecatoncheires Twelve Titans

6. The Titans  Gaea  Uranus  Chronus  Rhea  Oceanus  Tethys  Hyperion  Mnemosyne  Themis  Iapetus  Coeus  Crius  Phoebe  Thea  Prometheus  Epimetheus  Atlas  Metis

7. Early Trouble  Uranus hated the Hecatoncheires  Pushed them in hidden places in the earth  Mother Earth is angered  She and son Cronus set up ambush  Cronus castrates his father  Cronus becomes next ruler

8. More Trouble  Cronus imprisons the Cyclopes  Marries Rhea, his sister  Mother Earth and Sky prophesy that he will be overthrown by a son  Cronus eats each of his children when they are born  Rhea tricks him with the seventh child

9. Zeus  Zeus grows up on Crete  Raised by nymphs  Allowed to come back to Mt. Olympus  Slips his father a drink that causes him to vomit up the other children  They make Zeus their leader

10. The Olympians  Zeus  Poseidon  Hades  Apollo  Hermes  Hephaestus  Hestia  Hera  Athena  Aphrodite  Artemis  Ares

11. Battle for Power  Titans fight to keep power  Prometheus, Epimetheus and Oceanus help Zeus  Atlas becomes their leader in battle  Zeus frees the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires  Cyclopes give Zeus lighting bolt

12. The Outcome  Zeus exiled the Titans who fought him  Atlas was forced to hold up the world  Gaea is angry  She gives birth to Typhoeus  Zeus defeats Typhoes with a lighting bolt

13. Gifts  Zeus - a lightning bolt  Poseidon - a trident  Hades - a helmet

14. The World EarthUnderworldOlympusOcean

15. Earth Inhabited by humans Gods visited often

16. Underworld Ruled by Hades Reached by crossing River Styx Asphodel Fields - shadows Tartarus - punishment Elysian Fields - place of rest

17. Ocean Surrounded the Earth Poseidon ruled Controlled wind and waves

18. Olympus Home of the Gods Zeus married Hera Zeus and Hera Rule all

19. Creation of Man

20. Prometheus  Zeus ask him to create man  Prometheus loves the people he creates  Zeus asks for a sacrifice  Prometheus tricks Zeus  Zeus withholds fire from man  Prometheus steals it form the sun for man

21. Punishment  Prometheus chained to rock  Eagle eats his liver out  Hephaestos creates a woman  She is called Pandora  She was given a jar she must never open  Pandora becomes curios and opens it  Out of it comes evils of the wold

22. Pronunciations C + e, i, y = S; C = a, u, o = K; ch = K; a name = e = ee; a name + es = eez; eu = yoo; ph = f. Circe = sir see Callisto = kal ist toe Charon = ka ron Aphrodite = aff ro die tee Hephaestos = Heff est oss