THE OLYMPIANSWestern Literature

Comic Strip Gallery Walk• Take everything off of your desk and store it directly under

your desk. • Put your comic strip on top of your desk. • Take out your journals and build the table.

WHY? We are going to participate in a gallery walk to read the comic strips of the various stories. In your journals, you need to fill in the chart with a short synopsis of each story.

Creation of Mankind: Prometheus and Epimetheus

Creation of Mankind: The Metallic Races

What happens? What happens?

Textbook Checkout at 11:50!

The Olympians Cast: NOTESGod/Goddess Notes on the God/Goddess

Name of Goddess

(doodle of something to represent them)

What are they god/dess of? What relationships are significant?

MOUNT OLYMPUSHome of the Gods

Originally Thought to be a

Real MountainFinally Came to be Thought ofas a Floating

Mountainin the Sky

ZEUS (Roman Name:

Jupiter)Supreme Ruler of the Gods

His weapon was the mighty THUNDERBOLT

He falls in love frequently and often acts on it

(even though he is married)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsGRBy3Kel0

HERA (Roman Name: Juno)

Zeus’ Wife and SisterProtector of Marriage and

Married WomenVery Jealous of Zeus’ Numerous

Lovers

HADES (Roman Name: Pluto)

Lord of the UnderworldRuler of the Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thuFj74xJeM

POSEIDON(Roman Name: Neptune)

Ruler of the Seas and Oceans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxKvd-G2J4c

DEMETER(Roman Name: Ceres)

Goddess of Corn and Agriculture

Her Moods Affect the Seasons

Her daughter Persephone is abducted by Hades to the Underworld.

https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceIrhgLnniU

PERSEPHONE(Roman Name:

Proserpine)Goddess of SpringShe was Kidnapped

by Hades

Later Made theQueen of the Underworld

Spends Half the Yearin Hades, Half on Earth

APHRODITE(Roman Name: Venus)

Goddess of Love and Beauty

Wife of Hephaestus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSWgvvampnw

HESTIA(Roman Name: Vesta)

Goddess of the Home

ARES(Roman Name: Mars)

God of War

Son of Zeus and Hera

None of the Other Gods Like Him Much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAQ-MdbHksw&list=UUKphg9yQbc0cLoQ2hLcsESw&index=21

ATHENA(Roman Name: Minerva)

Battle Maiden and Goddess of Wisdom

(and Battle)While Adopted by Hera,

She is the Daughterof Zeus Only

(Sprang from his Head)https://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=99Vvx8L5xQo&list=UUKphg9yQbc0cLoQ2hLcsESw

HEPHAESTUS(Roman Name: Vulcan)

God of Fire and the Forge

He is the Only Ugly God

Husband of Aphrodite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUdfp3qQuY0&list=UUKphg9yQbc0cLoQ2hLcsESw

APOLLO(Roman Name: Apollo)

Twin Brother of Artemis

God of Music and Poetry

God of Light and Truth

False Words(Never Told a Lie)

His Oracle at Delphiwas the Most Popular

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPIg8JcXvH0

ARTEMIS(Roman Name: Diana)

Twin Sister of Apollo

Goddess of the Moon and the Hunt

Lady of the Wild Thingshttps://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oetQ0PivMws

HERMES(Roman Name:

Mercury)Messenger of the Gods

Has Wings on Sandalsand Cap

Appears the Most Oftenof All the Gods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnbIwNM1Pac&list=UUKphg9yQbc0cLoQ2hLcsESw

EROS(Roman Name:

Cupid)The Greek God of Love

and Attraction

In some myths, he is the son of

Aphrodite and in others he is a

primordial God

Story of Eros & Psychehttps://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is1NdrgJ5Mg

DIONYSUS(Roman Name:

Bacchus)The Greek God of Fertility and Wine

A Patron of the Arts

He invented wine and spread the art of tending grapes. He has a dual nature. On the one hand bringing joy and divine ecstasy. On the other brutal, unthinking, rage. Thus, reflecting both sides of wine’s nature. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce5lrfQN0Bk