1. Culture of Ancient Greece 5-1a

2. Greek Mythology Myths- Traditional stories about gods and heroes
Greeks believed in many gods and goddesses.
Believed they affected people’s lives and shaped events

3. Greek gods and goddesses
Greeks thought they controlled nature
12 most important gods and goddesses lived on Mount Olympus

4. Greek gods and goddesses
Zeus
Was the Chief God
the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky and thunder.
His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull, and oak.

5. Greek gods and goddesses
Athena
The goddess of wisdom and crafts and war
Athena was the Goddess of the more disciplined element of War, such as Strategy.

6. Greek gods and goddesses
Ares
Was the god of war
son of Zeus and Hera.
His keen and sacred birds were the woodpecker, the eagle owl and, especially in the south, the vulture.

7. Greek gods and goddesses
Apollo
God of the sun and poetry and light
As patron god of musicians and poets, he carries a lyre and his symbol represents the “egg of creation”.

8. Greek gods and goddesses
Aphrodite
Goddess of love and beauty
Because of her beauty other gods feared that jealousy would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war.

9. Greek gods and goddesses
Hades
god of the underworld
The god of death and the dead. He presided over funeral rites and defended the right of the dead to do burial. Hades was also the god of the hidden wealth of the earth

10. Greek gods and goddesses
Hestia
Hestia is the Greek goddess of the hearth fire, hence presiding over domestic life. She is the eldest sister of Zeus.

11. Greek gods and goddesses
Artemis
Artemis is the goddess of the wilderness, the hunt and wild animals
The daughter of Leto and Zeus, and the twin of Apollo. p3

12. Greek Oracle Greeks believed that the gods gave prophecy
Oracle- a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke with the gods.

13. Greek Oracle
Delphi
Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew the Python p.5

14. Greek Poetry and fables
Greek poems and stories are the oldest in the western world
Epics-Long poems about heroic deeds
Homer- wrote these epics

15. Greek Poetry and fables
ILLiad and the Odyssey
The first great epics
Homer’s stories taught Honor & Courage.
Homer’s stories taught people to be the best they could be.