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What was the reason to study Greek mythology? 3
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-shows the way human race thought and felt untold ages ago
-leads up back to when people had connection with earth and nature -provides us images of anything possible and not have to be right or wrong |
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what is the role of imagination?
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-no bright fancies and lovely visions
-pain and grief -horrors, magic, human sacrifice |
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Myths were the ___ of great poets
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creation
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What was the Greek miracle?
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new birth of the world with the awakening of Greece
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Old things are ___ and all things are ____
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gone, new
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how were the Greek gods perceived as?
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they were centered in human beings
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What were the Egyptians gods like?
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humanly, but made unhumanly
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____ in thoughts
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revolutions
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____ of mankind
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realization
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what is the center of the universe?
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mankind
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what did saint paul say about the invisible?
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they must be understood by the visible
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how did sculptors and artists perceive the daily world?
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saw beauty and gods in the men
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Gods were exceedingly and humanly ___
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attractive
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Men doesn't have to fear the what?
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the unknown
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Men ___ the irrational but realized even the most nonsense things can be ____
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disliked, rational
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Are gods perfect and why/not?
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no, because they can also be ccruel or irresponsible
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why are monsters present?
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to give the hero a chance for glory
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myths explains..
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something of nature; why something happens
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myths were the early l___ and ___
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lieterature and science
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myths can also be pure ___
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entertainment
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why was justice there?
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to protect over the weak
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ovid was a __ poet
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latin
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what did Ovid think of myths?
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nonsense, but important to him
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What did Ovid do with myths?
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told almost all of them and at great length
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homer was the ___ of poetry
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father
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what two poems did homer write?
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iliad and odyssey
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what poem was the Iliad? the Odyssey?
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of journey, of war
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Odyssey vs. iliad. which was older?
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iliad
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Who was Hesoid?
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poor farmer with hard life
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Hesiod was the first Greek man to ___ how everything had happpened
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wonder
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What was between Hesiod's poems?
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great contrast
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what did Hesiod wrote for man?
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how to live a good life
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Roman Zeus
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Jupiter
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Roman Poseidon
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Neptune
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Roman Hades 2
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Pluto or Dis
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Roman Hera
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Juno
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Roman Athena
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Minerva
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Roman Aphrodite
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Venus
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Roman Hephaestus 2
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Vulcan and Mucilber
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Greek Jupiter
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Zeus
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Greek Neptune
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Poseidon
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Greek Pluto/Dis
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Hades
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Greek Juno
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Hera
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Greek Minerva
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Athena
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Greek Venus
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Aphrodite
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Zeus is the ___ ___
lord of __ ___ god ___-___ god |
supreme ruler
the sky rain cloud gatherer |
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Zeus's symbols
_____ and _____ bird ____ tree _____ |
thunderbolt, aegis
eagle oak |
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Poseidon is the...
ruler of ____ also called ______ controls _____ |
the sea
"earth shaker" storm and calm |
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Poseidon's symbol...
____ and ____ (a three pronged spear) animals ___ fish ___ |
chariot, trident
bull and horses dolphin |
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Hades is the...
Ruler of the _____ God of ____ (___) King of ___ |
Underworld
Wealth (Minerals) the Dead |
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Hades's symbol....
Cap of ___ |
invisibility
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Hera...
protector of ___ and ___ and ____ who never forgot ____ |
marriage, married woman, childbirth
an injury |
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Hera symbols:
animal ___ bird ____ city ____ |
cow
peacock Argos |
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Athena...
Goddess of ___ and ____ and ____ protector of ____, ___, _____, ____, ____ Chief _____ |
city, wisdom, war
arts, handicrafts, civilized life, agriculture, weavers virgin goddess |
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Athena symbols...
city ___ tree ___ animal ___ temple ____ |
Athens
olive owl parthenon |
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Aphrodite is..
Goddess of ___ and ___ ___-____ goddess ___ and ___ goddess also called ____/_____ |
love, beauty
laughter-loving beautiful and golden cyprian/cytherea |
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Aphrodite symbols...
Cities of __ and __ birds ___, ___, ____ tree ___ |
cytherea and cyprian
swan, dove, sparrow myrtle |
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Hephaestus is...
god of __ and ___ and ___ ___-____ god with athena, patron of ___ and ___ protector of ____ |
fire, forge, ceremony
peace-loving handicrafts and arts blacksmiths |
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Hephaestus symbol is..
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forge
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Hermes is..
master ___ god of __ and the ___ |
thief
commerce and the market |
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hermes symbols...
winged __ and ____ carries the ___ (a staff) zeus's ____ |
sandals and low-crowned hat
caduceus messenger |
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ares is..
god of __ with him are ___, ____, ___, and ___ (Goddess of War) |
war
panic, trembling, terror, enyo |
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ares symbols...
bird ___ animal___ |
vulture
dog |
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Apollo is...
master ___ lord of ____ _____ ____-god Names: ___, _____, ____, ____ the ____ god of ____ God of ____ often the ___-god sometimes the ___-god |
musician
silver bow archer delian, lycian, pythian, smithian healer light truth sun mouse |
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Apollo symbols..
oracle at ___ tree ___ fish ___ bird ___ |
delphi
laurel dolphin crow |
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Artemis is..
lady of ____ goddess of the ____ protector of ____ ____-in chief goddess of the ____ |
wild things
hunt youth huntress chase |
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Artemis symbols...
tree ___ animal ___ |
cypress
all animals, especially the deer |
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hestia is...
goddess of ___ and ___ the ___ goddess |
home and hearth
virgin |
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hestia symbols..
___ and ___ each city had ___ ___ in which __________ |
fireplace and hearth
public hearth the fire was never allowed to go out |
