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Myth-
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a traditional, typical ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that explain the aspects of the natural world, teaches life lessons, and or shows the customs or ideals of a culture
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Purposes of a Myth-
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Tell how things came to be, Teach moral lessons, Tell where Greek customs, beliefs, and traditions came from |
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Who was Zeus? and his symbol?
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god of the universe, thunderbolt
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Who was Hera? and her symbol?
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goddess of marriage and family, peacock
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Who was Posidion? and his symbol?
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god of the sea, trident
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Who was Hermes? and his symbol?
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messenger god, winged shoes and willow wang with a ribbon
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Who was Artemis? and her symbol?
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goddess of the hunt, bow and arrow
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Who was Ares? and his symbol?
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god of war, spear
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Who was Hephastus? and his symbol?
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god of fire and crafts, hammer
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Who was Dionysus? and his symbol?
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god of wine, grapevine
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Who was Demeter? and her symbol?
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goddess of agriculture, bundle of grain
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Who was Apollo? and his symbol?
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god of prophesy, music and healing ,lyre
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Who was Aphrodite? and her symbol?
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goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, heart
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Who was Hades? and his symbol?
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god of the underworld, fire and cornicopia
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Three of the 12 of Heracles' labors are...
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1. Defeating the hydra
2. capturing the boar 3. cleaning King Augeas' stables |
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According to Greek mythology what causes earthquakes?
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Earthquakes occur when Poseidon strike his trident to the ground.
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What lesson do we learn from Aradcne and Athena.
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The lesson that we learn from Athena and Arachne is to never be arrogant or bad things will happen.
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Why do peacocks have eyes on their feathers?
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Peacocks have eyes because she wanted Argus, her faithful servant, to be remembered so she put his 100 eyes onto the most vain of all birds, the peacock… And that’s why peacocks have “eyes” on their feathers.
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According to Greek mythology where does grasshoppers come from?
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Grasshoppers exist today because of Eos’ mistake of not asking Zeus for eternal life for Tithonus. As a result, over the years he shriveled and shrank until his voice turned into a little grasshopper.
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prudence-
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wise; discretion
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Precocious-
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mischievous; sly
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Cairn-
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markers
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Piety-
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devotion to higher authority
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Pined-
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whining
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According to Greek Mythology what created the Ice Age?
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According to Greek mythology the Ice Age existed because at part of the day, Phaeton, Helios’ son raced so far from the Earth that the world froze and turned to solid ice.
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Know the Vainglorious Kings and their characteristics.
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1. King Midas= stupid, had poor judgments, had DONKEY ears
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What was the apple of discord? What was the apple of love?
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A: The apple of discord was an apple that caused whoever to touch it to fight and everything would be chaos. The apple of love was an apple given to the fairest and most beautiful maiden.
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