1. It’s Monday! Have out your biography, a pen or pencil, and bring your literature book.

2. Christian Biography Project

4. Mythology is EVERYWHERE!
Class Discussion

5. Descriptive Mythology
titanic- having great size, strength, power, or intellect- from the Titans, the first gods
mercurial- a quick -witted, changeable, fickle- from Mercury the messenger god
herculean- adjective meaning "difficult, requiring great strength or courage"- from the Greek hero Hercules
Junoesque- objective meaning stately and queenlike- from Juno, queen of the Roman gods
odyssey- an extended journey- from Odysseus, who wandered many years trying to get home from the Trojan War
lethal- fatal, deadly, suggestive of death- from the Lethe River, the river of forgetfulness in the Underworld
cloth- fabric- from Clotho, the fate who spun the thread of life
plutonium- a radioactive chemical element- named for Pluto, god of the underworld
Europe- a continent- europa, one of Zeus' lovers, gave this name to the continent
panic- a sudden fear- comes from Pan, the god of fields and woods, who sometimes caused a groundless fear among mortals
phobia- an irrational or persistent fear- comes from Phobus, the god of fear
Examples of Mythological references

6. gods and goddesses of ancient Greece
Mythology Trivia for Opener

7. Zeus

8. ruler of all Greek gods

9. Apollo

10. Zeus’ son, god of light and the muses

11. Hades

12. god of the dead

13. Proteus

14. sea god

15. Ares

16. god of war

17. Dionysus

18. god of wine and agriculture

19. Charon

20. god of the underworld

21. Chronos

22. god of time

23. Eros

24. god of love

25. Hephaistos

26. god of fire

27. Hermes

28. messenger god

29. Pan

30. god of the shepherds

31. Hera

32. married to Zeus, goddess of women and marriage

33. Aphrodite

34. goddess of love

35. Artemis

36. goddess of the hunt

37. Athena

38. goddess of widsom

39. Persephone

40. goddess of the underworld

41. Phaethon

42. MYTHS Myths: stories about mortals and gods from Greeks & Romans
present universal themes, teach virtues, and warn against vices
Ovid:
popular Roman poet
wrote Metamorphoses
Edith Hamilton:
translated story from Greek to English

43. DAWN had opened her courts full of rosy light….
READ ALOUD AND ACT OUT THE MYTH.

58. SON & SUN Phaethon: rash insecure foolish repentant (but too late)
father of Phaethon
rides through the skies giving light
kind and “loving”
wants to prove himself
Notes/discussion

59. STORY DETAILS
Styx—river of the oath of the gods Phaethon’s request: “Dad, may I have the keys to the car?” Natural Event: The rising and setting of the sun

60. FOUR NATURAL OCCURRENCES
Sunrise
“Consider the road. It rises up from the sea so steeply that the horses can hardly climb it, fresh though they are in the early morning.”
Sun at noonday
“In midheaven it is so high that even I do not like to look down.”
Sunset
“Worst of all is the descent, so precipitous that the sea-gods waiting to receive me wonder how I can avoid falling headlong.”
Sun rising daily
“Just for a day, a single day, let me have your car to drive.”

61. CONCLUSION ***His downfall is caused by his rashness and pride!
Fallacies:
Gods rule the earth.
The sun god is able to have children.
There are beasts in the sky waiting to attack the chariot.
The seasons are gatekeepers.
Due to Phaëthon’s folly, the world was set on fire by the sun.
***His downfall is caused by his rashness and pride!

62. The major flaw of the Greek gods…
PRIDE!

63. Watch Video!