Mythology

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Mythology

• By Alysha Staton
• Age13
• Patrick County High School

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Zeus(Jupiter)

• Zeus is the supreme king of the gods
• He is the god of thunder, lightning, and kings.
  He rules the land and the sky

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Hera(Juno)

• She is the sister and wife of Zeus
• Queen of the gods
• She is the goddess of marriage
• Women were said to worship Hera the most

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Hades(Pluto)

• He rules over the underworld.
• Hades is the god of death
• To us he is known as the devil who resides in
  hell.

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Persephone(Persipina)

• Daughter of Demeter.
• Wife of Hades.
• Goddess of spring and of the dead.
• She spends half a year with Hades, which is fall
  and winter.
• The rest of the year she is with her mother,
  which is spring and summer.

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Hestia(Vesta)

• Hestia is the goddess of the hearth and the home

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Poseidon(Neptune)

• Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and oceans.
• He rules under the waves and is said to sometimes
  help sailors or drown them.
• His roman name is Neptune.

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Demeter(Ceres)

• Demeter is the goddess of grain, wheat, corn, and
  all growing things.
• She is the mother of Persephone, goddess of
  spring.

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Hephestus(Vulcan)

• He is the god of blacksmithing, metal, and
  crafts.
• He is the husband of Aphrodite, goddess of love
  and beauty.
• His helpers were the Cyclops.

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Aphrodite(Venus)

• She is the goddess of love and beauty.
• Wife of Hephaestus.
• Mother of Eros.

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Artemis(Diana)

• Goddess of the hunt, wildlife, and the moon by
  which silvery light she often hunted.
• Daughter of Zeus and Leto.
• Twin of Apollo.

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Apollo

• Son of Zeus and Leto.
• Twin brother of Artemis.
• God of music, light, prophecy, and healing.

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Leto(Latona)

• A titan goddess daughter of Coes and Phoebe.
• Mother of Artemis and Apollo.
• Goddess of modesty.

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Dionysus(Bacchus)

• God of wine and merriment.
• He is the son of Zeus and the mortal Semele.

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Hermes(Mercury)

• Messenger of the gods.
• Son of Zeus and Mia.
• God of thieves and traveling.

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Eros(Cupid)

• God of love, lust, desire, and longing.
• Son of Aphrodite.
• His roman name is Cupid

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Ares(Mars)

• God of war.
• Son of Zeus and Hera.
• Lover of Aphrodite.

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Eris(Discordia)

• Goddess of discord, contention, and rivalry.
• She is either the daughter of Erebos and Nyx or
  Zeus and Hera(where she is the sister of Ares).

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Pan(Faunus)

• God of herds and shepherds.
• Often shown with being a goat from the waist down
  and human from the waist up, with horns on his
  head.

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Nymphs

• There were said to be beautiful women that lived
  in the trees and rivers they were known as
  nymphs.
• They appear in many Greek stories, by being
  pursued or being punished by the gods.
• Also they were companions of the gods.

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Echo

• Young nymph who could never shut up. So Hera took
  away her so, that she could only repeat what
  others said.

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Callisto

• A follower of Artemis that was persuaded to
  abandon her vows to be loyal to her innocence and
  became involved with Zeus. Hera, turned her into
  a bear and called upon Artemis to kill her.
• But Zeus was quick to turn her in to the
  constellation big bear and the baby she gave
  birth to was little bear, that can be seen today.

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Daphne

• Nymph who was pursued by Apollo but fled and
  prayed to Zeus to help her escape, so she was
  turned into a laurel tree.
• The leaves of the laurel tree are used to crown
  winners in games.

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Satyrs

• Satyrs are the followers and servants of Pan and
  Dionysus.
• They were said to enjoy music, dancing, and
  drinking wine.

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Helios(Sol)

• The sun god.
• Son of Hyperion and Thea and brother of Eos and
  Selene.
• Who drives his fiery chariot across the sky
  everyday as the sun.

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Selene(Luna)

• The moon goddess that illuminates the earth at
  night.
• Daughter of Hyperion and Thea.
• Sister of Helios and Eos.

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Eos(Dawn)

• She is the Dawn before the sun, who opens her
  crimson gates so the sun can make his everyday
  journey across the sky.
• She is the sister of Helios and Selene.

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Iris

• Goddess of the rainbow.
• Handmaiden and personal messenger of Hera.
• Daughter of Thaumas, the marine god and Elektra,
  a cloud nymph.

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Nike(Victoria)

• Goddess of victory.
• Companion of Athena.

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The Nine Muses

• The nine daughters of Zeus and Mnesmosyne.
• They each have a type of art that they attribute
  to.

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Calliope

• The muse of epic poetry.

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Clio

• The muse of history

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Erato

• The muse of love poetry.

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Euterpe

• The muse of music.

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Melpomene

• The muse of tragedy.

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Polyhymnia

• The muse of sacred poetry.

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Terpsichore

• The muse of dance.

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Thalia

• The muse of comedy.

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Urania

• The muse of astronomy.

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Careers in Mythology

• Teaching Classical Literature.

• Living in a reenactment.

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The End
I'll take your questions now
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References

• www.google.com
• www.wikipedia.com
• www.infoplease.com