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    This document provides an introduction to key figures and locations in Greek mythology. It describes important cities like Athens and Delphi. It then summarizes various Greek gods and goddesses like the Furies, Graces, Fates, Muses, Nymphs, and Sirens. The document also profiles famous Greek heroes including Achilles, Hercules, and Odysseus. It concludes with brief descriptions of Pandora and other important Greeks.

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    This document provides an introduction to key figures and locations in Greek mythology. It describes important cities like Athens and Delphi. It then summarizes various Greek gods and goddesses like the Furies, Graces, Fates, Muses, Nymphs, and Sirens. The document also profiles famous Greek heroes including Achilles, Hercules, and Odysseus. It concludes with brief descriptions of Pandora and other important Greeks.

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    INTRODUCTION TO

    GREEK MYTHOLOGY
    The who’s who of the ancient world
    Ancient Greece
    Important Locations
     Athens- largest most prosperous city in
    ancient Greece—democracy was born here

     Delphi- City where man was the closest to


    the gods—also had oracles (fortune tellers)

     Mount Olympus-lightest and most


    worshipped mountain in Greece.
    Furie

    sThree ugly goddesses of Revenge
     Created from the blood of Uranus when he was
    castrated by Coronus.
     They would punish the ‘sinner’ until remorse was
    shown.
     Alecto- Anger
     Megaera-Grudge
     Tisiphone-Avenger
    The Graces

     Three beautiful sisters, daughters to Zeus.


     Supposed to fill the world with beauty and
    pleasant moments.
     Euphrosyne-delight
     Thalia-Blossom
     Aglacia-Beauty
    The Fates
     Spinners of the thread
    of life, personification
    and destiny
     Clotho- spinner of the
    thread
     Lachesis-measures the
    length of the string
     Atropos-cut the thread
    when it was your time to
    die
    The Muses
     Greek goddesses who rule over
    the arts and sciences
     Daughters of Zeus &
    Mnemosyne Goddess of memory

     Calliope-Epic poetry
     Clio-History •Terpsichore-dance
     Erat-Love Poetry •Thalia-Comedy
     Eutrepe-music •Urania-astronomy
     Melopmene-tragedy
     Ployhymnia-hymns
    The
    Nymphs

     Young goddesses of Nature, Sea, Land, and


    Woods.
     Worshipped for fertility
    The
    Sirens
     Special sea nymphs
     Sang in seductive
    tones
     Body of a bird with a
    human face
     Tried to capture sailors
    in order to keep them
    Greek Heroes
     Achilles
     Hero of the Trojan War
    and the main character in
    the Iliad.
     His mother wanted to
    make him immortal so she
    dipped him in the River
    Styx
     Vulnerable spot was his
    heel
    Greek Heroes cont.
     Hercules
     Son of Zeus and Alcmene
    (a mortal woman)
     Incredibly strong-killed two
    serpents in his cradle
     Hera drove him to Hercules 12 labors:

    madness causing him to Kill the lion of Nemea


    Kill the nine-headed hydra
    Capture the Ceryneian hind
    kill his and his brothers Kill the wild boar of Erymanthus
    Clean the Augean Stables of King Augeas
    children Kill the meat eating birds of Stymphalis
    Capture the wild bull of Crete
    Capture the man eating mares of Diomedes
     Sought the oracle in order Get the girdle of Hippolyts (Q. Amazons)
    Take the golden apple

    to gain forgiveness. Bring the 3 headed dogs of Hades to the surface


    Greek Heroes cont
     Odysseus
     Main hero of the Trojan War and
    Homer’s Odyssey
     Tried to get out of going to war by
    pretending to be crazy
     Was delayed going home by ten
    years because he kept upsetting
    different gods or goddesses.
     Married to Penelope who waited
    for his return refusing to believe
    he was dead and refused to marry
    again.
    Important Greeks
     Pandora
     First woman created by the
    Gods
     Given positive and negative
    attributes
     Given the gift of curiosity
    causing her to open a box/jar
    that she was forbidden to
     Opening the box/jar she
    unleashes evil spirits, light,
    pain, hunger and greed into
    the world.

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