1. Greek Mythology

2. Myth -traditional story concerning some hero or event with or without a verifiable basis of fact -Deities or demigods. -Explains some human or natural event. Ex. Why the sun rises.

3. 1. Basic Beliefs Major written works: 2. Theogony- Hesiod 3.The Illiad- Homer 4.The Odyssey – Homer Plan Part I: Greek Myth

4. Ancient Greeks believed (part 1 of 2) Mankind was weak and Gods were powerful. They controlled nature. Gods punished excess. Rituals adapted from Egyptians or were exaggerated heroes. Each city had a god that watched over them and worship was a part of life.

5. Ancient Greeks believed (part 2 of 2) Sacrifices of animals made the gods happy. Learn about gods through poetry, songs, stories Gods resembled humans and showed extreme feelings.

7. Theogony summary http://youtu.be/o2zYc71i32I Cartoon Overview of Greek Gods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJC m8W5RZes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJC m8W5RZes

9. The Trojan War: The Illiad Eris (discord) not invited. Creates golden apple for the “fairest.” Hera (motherhood), Aphrodite (love), Athena (hunt/ intelligence) fight over it. Zeus chooses Paris of Troy. Paris picks Aphrodite. Aphrodite ‘gives’ Helen, wife of Menelaus (Sparta). Paris captures Helen.

10. “The Judgement of Paris”

11. Menelaus gathers her suitors. Odysseus (Ithica) pretends to be insane. Agamemnon (King of Sparta) sacrifices his daughter. Achilles pouts over woman and bf Patroclus is killed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr4ObNAVM 7U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr4ObNAVM 7U Hector (Prince of Troy) killed and desecrated.

12. Odysseus acts insane.

13. Paris kills Achilles with arrow to heel. Odysseus’ Trojan horse. Priam is killed, Cassandra (Apollo’s priest) raped, Priam’s daughter sacrificed. Menelaus takes Helen and Trojan woman divided up by Greeks. When he returns home, Agamemnon is killed by his wife for daughter’s sacrifice.

15. Odesseus: The Odyssey http://youtu.be/PglAFdKSJ_M http://youtu.be/BCXRxD85Xc0

16. 12 ships Lotus flower-- looses will to go home Cyclops (posidon’s son)- blind and sheep (“Nobody has blinded me”) Aeolus’ wind (just as they see Ithica…) Circe turns them to pigs– Directions: Land of dead* Sirens– six headed monster– whirlpool Sacred cows. Massive storm kills them all. Calypso’s island. Odysseus murders Penelope’s suitors

17. Hades: As witnessed by Odysseus 8 th C. BCE. Grey and dreary world. Shadows/ shades his mother, Agamemnon, Achilles. Want to be remembered by living Achilles “rather be a landless slave on earth then a King in the underworld” Did develop over time: 4 th C. BCE Elysium and Tartarus

19. Some References we will see in class. Poe’s “The Raven,” Raven sits on Pallas Athena’s bust and goes to Hades’ Plutonian shore. Hamlet– Players act out Hecuba (Priam’s wife) and he wonders how the actor can express so much for someone he didn’t really know while he must be quiet. “Myth of Sisyphus”– absurdists use Greek myth as premise for philosophy Ondaatje references Odysseus’ brush with sirens in “To a Sad Daughter”

20. Ancient Greek Mythology Works Cited “Greek Mythology” Greek Mythology. Colorado University. N.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2014. “Myth” Dictionary.com n.d. n.d. Web. “The History of the Trojan War.” Mortal Women of the Trojan War. Stanford.edu. N.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2014.