THE OLYMPIANS
Western 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
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The Olympians Cast: NOTES
God/Goddess
Notes on the God/Goddess
Name of Goddess
What are they god/dess of? What relationships are
significant?
(doodle of
something to
represent them)
MOUNT OLYMPUS
Home of the Gods
Originally Thought to be a
Real Mountain
Finally Came to be
Thought of
as a Floating
Mountain
in 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)
Protector
Zeus’ofWife
Marriage
and Sister
and
Married Women
Very Jealous of
Zeus’ Numerous Lovers
HADES
(Roman Name: Pluto)
Lord of the Underworld
Ruler of the Dead
https://www.yout
ube.com/watch?v
=thuFj74xJeM
POSEIDON
(Roman Name: Neptune)
Ruler of the Seas and Oceans
https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=Mx
Kvd-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.youtu
be.com/watch?v=ce
IrhgLnniU
PERSEPHONE
(Roman Name:
Proserpine)
Goddess of Spring
She was Kidnapped
by Hades
Later Made the
Queen of the
Underworld
Spends Half the Year
in Hades, Half on Earth
APHRODITE
(Roman Name: Venus)
Goddess of Love and Beauty
Wife of Hephaestus
https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=c
SWgvvampnw
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/w
atch?v=pAQMdbHksw&list=UUKphg9yQ
bc0cLoQ2hLcsESw&index=21
ATHENA
(Roman Name: Minerva)
Battle Maiden and Goddess of
Wisdom (and Battle)
While Adopted by Hera,
She is the Daughter
of Zeus Only
(Sprang from his Head)
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=99Vvx8L5xQo&list=
UUKphg9yQbc0cLoQ2hLcsES
w
HEPHAESTUS
(Roman Name: Vulcan)
God of Fire and the Forge
He is the Only Ugly God
Husband of Aphrodite
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=dUdfp3qQuY0&list=
UUKphg9yQbc0cLoQ2hLcsES
w
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 Delphi
was the Most Popular
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=QPIg8JcXvH0
ARTEMIS
(Roman Name: Diana)
Twin Sister of Apollo
Goddess of the Moon
and the Hunt
Lady of the Wild Things
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=oetQ0PivMws
HERMES
(Roman Name:
Mercury)
Messenger of the Gods
Has Wings on Sandals
and Cap
Appears the Most Often
of All the Gods
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=ZnbIwNM1Pac&list=
UUKphg9yQbc0cLoQ2hLcsES
w
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 & Psyche
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=Is1NdrgJ
5Mg
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