1. Overview of Greek Mythology
Goal: to familiarize yourself with some important characters and names in Greek Mythology in order to aid in your understanding of the Odyssey.

2. Your Mythology IQ – 5 min. how many of these names can you identify
Your Mythology IQ – 5 min. how many of these names can you identify? Who are they? What’s their story?
Zeus Amphitrite Apollo Poseidon Ares Aphrodite Artemis Hermes
Athena
Hephaestus
Helios
Persephone
Sirens
Muses

3. NOTE down the following for each mythological figure:
Write down the name of the god or goddess.
Write down what they are in control of, or for what they are known.
Create a symbol that represents the god or goddess.

4. Zeus
-King of the gods
-Married to Hera, but had a ton of affairs (often with mortal women he found to be beautiful)
-Controlled lightning, and is often depicted sitting on a throne on Mt. Olympus

5. -Goddess-queen of the sea, and wife of Poseidon
Amphitrite
-Goddess-queen of the sea, and wife of Poseidon
-The female personification of the sea

6. Apollo
-The god of music, healing, light, and truth, also responsible for giving the science of medicine to man

7. Poseidon -The god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought and horses
-Usually depicted holding a trident
(a three-pronged fisherman's spear)

8. Ares -The god of war, and son of Zeus and Hera
-Represented the raw violence and untamed acts that occurred in wartime

9. Aphrodite
-Goddess of love, desire, and beauty
-Had a magical belt (girdle) that forced everyone who saw her to fall in love with her

10. Artemis
-The goddess of hunting, the wilderness and wild animals, and childbirth
-In ancient art Artemis was usually depicted as a girl or young maiden with a hunting bow and quiver of arrows.

11. Hermes -The messenger of the Olympic gods
-As time went on, he was also associated with luck, shepherds, athletes, thieves, and merchants

12. Athena
-She protected cities, and was the goddess of war strategy, handicraft, and practical reason
-Born from Zeus’ forehead fully grown and wearing armor

13. -God of blacksmiths, sculptors, metal working, fire and volcanoes
Hephaestus
-God of blacksmiths, sculptors, metal working, fire and volcanoes
-Considered super ugly
-Married to Aphrodite

14. -A Titan, and the personification of the Sun
Helios
-A Titan, and the personification of the Sun

15. Persephone
-Kidnapped by Hades, she became the Queen of the Underworld
-The ancient Greeks used this story to explain the change of the seasons, the eternal cycle of the Nature's death and rebirth

16. Sirens -half bird and half woman
-lured sailors to their doom with sweet singing

17. The muses
-Greek goddesses who ruled over the arts and sciences and offered inspiration in those subjects