1. Chapter 6- Greek Religion
By: Kate C. :)

2. Greek Religion
The Greeks didn’t understand why things happened with their environment, so they blamed those things on the powers of spirits.

3. Greek Religion
Over time, storytellers came up many stories, called myths, to explain all the things that they couldn’t figure out. Some examples are

4. Greek Religion Why did people suffer? Why did they die?
What happened to them after they stopped breathing?

5. Hesiod
Hesiod was a poet of the eighth century B.C.E. He wrote a looooong called Theogony that summed up all the myths of his time.

6. Why did Hesiod write it?
To bring the gods together.

7. The Creation
The geeks believed that there was just Chaos. Out of Chaos Mother Earth popped up. Then came Uranus. A huge Ocean wrapped around her. They also thought that the world was flat with the underworld under it.

8. The Creation Chaos- the time of only confusion Mother Earth- the earth
Uranus- the sky
Ocean- the huge sea surrounding Mother Earth

9. The Titans
The Titans were the children of Gaea and Uranus. Hyperion, the sun god. Phoebe, the goddess of moon. Cronos was the most powerful titan and he was Mother Earth’s favorite . The titans were the favorites of Uranus. When Mother Earth gave birth to the Cyclops, Uranus was upset to see such ugly creatures walking on Mother Earth so he banned them to Tartus.

10. The Titans
When Rhea was about to have Zeus, she cleverly wrapped a stone in blankets and gave it to Cronus. He contentedly swallowed the stone while the nymphs took care of Zeus.

11. The Titans
When Zeus was a full grown man, he worked in the court. This enabled him to mix up a potion that would make Cronus very sick. When Cronus drank the potion, he got so sick that he threw up the other five gods Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera. Together they defeated Cronus and they became the olympians.

12. The Olympians
The three brothers divided up Cronus’s powers.

13. The Olympians (continued)
Poseidon- god of the sea

14. The Olympians
Hades- god of the Underworld

15. The Olympians
Zeus- god of the sky and the main god

16. The Olympians
Hera- wife of Zeus and protectress of wives

17. The Olympians
Athena- goddess of combat and wisdom

18. The Olympians
Demeter- goddess of the harvest and fertility

19. The Olympians
Hestia- goddess of the hearth

20. The Olympians
Artemis- goddess of the hunt

21. The Olympians
Apollo- god of music and light

22. The Olympians
Aphrodite- goddess of love and beauty and wife of Hephaestus

23. The Olympians
Hephaestus- god of metalworking

24. The Olympians
Ares- god of war

25. The Olympians
Hermes- Zeus’s messenger and god of mischief

26. The Olympians
Dionysus- god of wine

27. Questions or Comments?

28. Good Bye!!!! (you clap now)