PPT-Date: Lesson Title: Who were the Ancient Greek Gods and Heroes?

Labours have difficulty in doing something despite working hard   Write down the key word and definition Write a sentence using the key word correctly Who were the Ancient Greek Gods and Heroes. Picture of Greek Mythology Here. Your Name. The Date (Using full name for month, day and year). Your teacher’s name. Introduction . Put a map of Ancient Greece here. It must show the location of Mt. Olympus.. Mythology. The Greeks and . Their Beliefs. • The Greeks were “a . tough, restless, ambitious. , hard-living, . imaginative race. .”. • The Greeks loved life.. • They believed in living life to the . Questions to think about. In what ways have modern governments been influenced by the Ancient Greeks?. In what ways have modern social ideas been influenced by the Ancient Greeks?. Persia. Religion. Government. 6. th. Grade. Government. The government that we have in the United States was influenced by the democratic government that was formed in . Athens. around 500 B.C. . The . Greeks invented the idea of citizenship. They are the forefathers of many modern democracies.. Station 1. The Gods and Myths. What . are the purposes of myths in Greek culture. ?. Myths were used to explain the world around them..  . 2. Why . is the story of Prometheus an example of a myth. ?. . Do Now: Write a response to the . . . following question, . “What does the dialogue tell you about . Ancient Greek civilization?”. Person A: “I am Greek, but I am also Spartan!”. What makes a culture unique?. Terms. myth . a traditional story that explains a culture’s beliefs or part of the natural world . ritual . words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony. oracle . Lesson 3 – Greek Mythology and Literature . Lesson 3 – Greek Mythology . and Literature. Words to Know . Mythology. Homer. Sappho. Aesop. Fables. If You were there…... As a farmer in Ancient Greece, your way of life depends on events in nature. The crops you grow need sunshine and rain, though thunder and lightening scare you. When you look up at the night sky, you wonder about the twinkling lights you see there. You know that at certain times of the year, the weather will turn cold and gray and plants will die. Than, a few months later, green plants will grow again.. I. What are Myths?. Myths. : stories that use fantasy to express ideas about life that cannot easily be expressed in realistic terms.. They are, at heart, religious stories. They deal with and explore the relationship between human beings and the unknown/spiritual world.. ©2015HappyEdugator. What is a myth?. Myths are traditional stories about gods, goddesses and mortals with special powers. Myths were passed down by oral tradition to explain the natural world, and became an important part of the religious beliefs of ancient peoples. . 1Ancient Greek andRoman StudiesBachelor of Arts BAAncient Greek and Roman Studies AGRS is an interdisciplinary areastudies major It provides students with the opportunity to explore therich diversity in making the country run properly so the Egyptians . w. orshipped gods for just about everything- flooding, health, love, having babies, the sun, the sky and so on.. There were over 2000 gods- that’s a lot more than all of the gods in all of the different religions that exist nowadays! The gods were male, or female (goddesses) and were often shown as having the body of a human and the head of an animal or bird. . Remember: context, audience, meaning, purpose, stylistic features. . Intertextuality: exploring Greek myths. In ancient Greece, stories about gods and goddesses and heroes and monsters were an important part of everyday life. They explained everything from religious rituals to the weather, and they gave meaning to the world people saw around them. Who thought it up?. What did they believe?. How . many Gods & Goddesses? . Sources. Information on the Greek belief system comes from many sources. Unlike followers of religions such as Christianity, Judaism, & Islam, the Greeks did not have a single sacred text, such as the Bible or Koran from which their beliefs and religious practices derived. Instead, they generally used oral traditions, passed on by word of mouth, to relate sacred stories. Priest and priestesses to various gods would also guide people in worship in various temples across Greece. We know something about these beliefs because Greek poets such as Homer, Hesiod and Pindar, and Greek dramatists such as Euripides, Aristophanes & Sophocles mention the myths in their various works. .