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    The document provides an overview of classical Greek mythology. It discusses how the ancient Greeks left behind a tradition of myth that represented their ideas about religion, history, and the world. It then lists some of the most important authors who wrote about Greek myths like Homer, Hesiod, and Aeschylus. Next, it describes the pantheon of major Greek gods like Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon who lived on Mount Olympus. The summary then outlines some of the key Greek myths around the origins of the universe and creation of man, including the stories of Prometheus and Pandora. It concludes by listing some famous heroes of Greek mythology such as Achilles, Heracles, Odysseus, and Theseus.

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    The document provides an overview of classical Greek mythology. It discusses how the ancient Greeks left behind a tradition of myth that represented their ideas about religion, history, and the world. It then lists some of the most important authors who wrote about Greek myths like Homer, Hesiod, and Aeschylus. Next, it describes the pantheon of major Greek gods like Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon who lived on Mount Olympus. The summary then outlines some of the key Greek myths around the origins of the universe and creation of man, including the stories of Prometheus and Pandora. It concludes by listing some famous heroes of Greek mythology such as Achilles, Heracles, Odysseus, and Theseus.

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    The document provides an overview of classical Greek mythology. It discusses how the ancient Greeks left behind a tradition of myth that represented their ideas about religion, history, and the world. It then lists some of the most important authors who wrote about Greek myths like Homer, Hesiod, and Aeschylus. Next, it describes the pantheon of major Greek gods like Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon who lived on Mount Olympus. The summary then outlines some of the key Greek myths around the origins of the universe and creation of man, including the stories of Prometheus and Pandora. It concludes by listing some famous heroes of Greek mythology such as Achilles, Heracles, Odysseus, and Theseus.

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    CLASSICAL

    OR

    GREEK MYTHOLOGY

    A myth is a story involving supernatural elements that conveys a


    moral idea, explains a natural phenomenon, or unravels the
    mysteries of the past. The ancient civilizations of Greece and
    Rome left behind a tradition of myth that represents their ideas
    about religion, history, and the world. Two millennia later, we
    have inherited these myths in the form of art and literature. The
    characters and myths summarized in this chart can be found
    richly rendered on ancient vases and statues and in the works of
    the following poets, playwrights, historians, and philosophers.

    Authors of Greek Myths

    Homer: The lliad, the Odyssey


    Hesiod: Works and days, Theogony
    Pindar: Odes
    Herodotus: Histories of the Persian Wars
    Aeschylus: The Oresteia
    Sophocles: Oedipus Rex, Antigone, Oedipus
    Colonus
    Euripides: The Bacchae
    Aristophanes: The Birds, The Clouds,The Frogs
    Homers works are
    Plato: The Republic, Symposium
    revered as the greatest
    of Greek epic poets.
    Apollonius of Rhodes: The Argonautica

    The Pantheon of
    Olympian Gods and
    Goddesses

    Their title Olympians was derived


    from their dwelling place which is the
    Mount Olympus.

    Aphrodite Love, beauty, fertility


    Apollo Archery, music, prophecy,
    healing, light
    Ares War
    Artemis Hunting, the moon
    Athena Wisdom, war
    Demeter The harvest, grain, corn
    Dionysus Wine, festivity, the theater
    Eros Love, sexual desire
    Hades The underworld, the dead
    Hephaestus Fire, the forge, smithery
    Hera Marriage, queen of immortals
    Hermes Messenger, commerce,
    science, doctors
    Hestia The hearth
    Pan Wild beasts, the forest
    Persephone Queen of the underworld

    Poseidon the Sea


    Zeus Thunder, the heavens, king of
    immortals

    The First Beings


    The first being in the universe is Chaos a swirling mass
    of organized matter. After Chaos comes Gaia (the Earth); the
    lower realm of Tartarus; and the fairest immortal, Love. From
    Chaos, Erebus (a realm below the Earth) and Night are born.
    In union with Erebus, Night gives birth to Day and Aether
    light of Day and gives birth to Uranus (Heaven) to cover all
    her sides. Gaia also generates hills, mountains and Pontus (the
    deep sea)
    The Creation of Monsters and Titans

    Illustration of Chaos, the


    nothingness where
    everything else came from

    The coupling of Gaia and Uranus produces the one-eyed Cyclops race and other
    monsters, as well as the twelve Titans. The youngest and most violent of the Titans,
    Cronus, conspires with his mother, Gaia, to castrate and kill his father, Uranus. Cronus
    then assumes leadership over the rest of the Titans and, with them, over the entire
    universe. The Giants and the Furies are born from the blood of Uranus discarded
    testicles.
    The Titans vs. the Olympians
    After Cronus comes to power, he learns
    that one of his children is destined to
    overthrow him, just as he dethroned his own
    father. To avoid this fate, he swallows each of
    his children as they emerge from the womb of
    his wife, Rhea. Deceiving her husband by
    feeding him a stone wrapped in swaddling
    clothes, Rhea conceals her sixth child, Zeus.
    When Zeus reaches maturity after a youth
    spent hiding in a cave in Mt. Ida on Crete he
    violently confronts Cronus and forces him to
    vomit up his siblings. Together, the children of
    Rhea and Cronus challenge the Titans for
    control of the universe. Zeus and his siblings
    win the war, banish the Titans to the pit of the
    Titanomachy, the war between the Titans
    volcano Mount Aetna, and assume control of
    and the Olympians, which was eventually
    the universe from their new abode atop
    won by the latter.
    Mount Olympus. The brothers Zeus,
    Poseidon, and Hades draw lots to determine who will rule. Zeus wins rule of the gods
    and the heavens. Poseidon gains sovereignty over the sea, and Hades becomes master
    of the underworld.

    The Creation of Man


    Prometheus is a son of lapetus, one of the Titans
    whom Zeus and his siblings defeat. Zeus, however,
    spares Prometheus because he allies himself with the
    Olympians in their battle with the Titans. He is a master
    craftsman, so the Olympian gods commission him and
    his brother Epimetheus to create mankind and the
    beasts of the Earth. Epimetheus expends the best gifts:
    swiftness, cunning, protective fur, and physical strength
    in creating the beasts, but Prometheus makes mankind a
    nobler shape, bearing closer resemblance to the gods.

    The Creation of Pandora


    To punish mankind for its newfound knowledge of fire,
    Zeus orders the metal smith god Hephaestus to create the
    first mortal woman, Pandora. Before she is put on Earth,
    Pandora is given a box containing all forms of evil and
    suffering, previously unknown to mankind, and is told to
    never open it. Overcome by insatiable curiosity, Pandora
    opens the box and releases the catalog of plagues upon
    mankind. After all of these evils escape into world, hope
    floats up from the box.

    Famous Greek Heroes

    Achilles

    Daedalus

    Bellerophon

    Heracles

    Greek hero with only


    one weakness; His
    heel

    Great craftsman and


    inventor, known for
    building the labyrinth

    Famous hero, known


    for riding Pegasus
    and slaying Chimera

    The strongest and the


    most famous hero of
    all

    Orion

    Jason

    Perseus

    Theseus

    Giant hunter who had


    been risen among
    stars

    Leader of the
    Argonauts in their
    quest to obtain the
    golden fleece

    Famous hero who


    defeated Medusa and
    Ethiopian Cetus

    Slayer of Minotaur
    and founder of
    Athens` first
    democracy

    Agamemnon

    Odysseus

    Atalanta

    Cadmus

    King of Mycenae who


    became the leader of
    Greeks in Trojan war

    Famous hero of the


    Iliad and the Odyssey

    Great huntress and


    impressive athlete of
    noble character

    Hero of Phoenician
    origin who brought
    first alphabet to the
    Greeks

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