It’s All Greek to Me!
Mythology Project
Name_____________________
Period_______
You researched Greek gods/goddess, monsters, and heroes during the mythology study. For
this assignment you are to choose one of them and create a product in which that god/goddess,
monster, or hero would be well-known for! Use some sort of persuasive propaganda technique
to sell said product in a visual. Some of the techniques used to persuade would be: bandwagon,
glittering generalities, emotional appeal, or testimonials.
The following information is to help guide you through this project and should be included in
the format you present it in. These are just notes. You will write a paragraph(s) for the final.
1) Name of god/goddess, hero, or monster.
2) Thorough background information about the god or goddess (parents, siblings, married,
where is he/she from?, where does he/she live?, how do mortals worship them?, early youth
and development, how were they born?)
3) Special talents, skills, or traits (god of moon, strong, beautiful...)
4) Weaknesses or areas that cause trouble for the god or goddess (love weakness, liar..)
5) What persuasive technique best fits the product? AND why you chose this technique?
THIS PROJECT IS DUE:
Product Rubric
Product clearly
uses a persuasive
selling
technique.
Product uses a
persuasive selling
technique in the
wrong way.
Product does not
clearly use a
persuasive selling
technique.
E or S
M
T
Product
Product clearly
Product
represents the
somewhat
moderately
god/goddess,
represents the
represents the
monster, or hero
god/goddess,
god/goddess,
and what they are monster, or hero monster, or hero
known for.
and what they are and what they are
known for.
known for.
E
S
M
Product is
Product is
something that
imaginative,
creative, welldid not seem
drawn-out.
fully planned.
E
S
Project is VERY
colorful,
thoughtful,
organized, and
creative.
Project is
colorful,
thoughtful,
organized, and
creative.
E
S
Product does
not represent
god/goddess,
monster, or hero.
T
There is no
product.
T
Project is lacking
creativity,
organization,
and color.
M or T
Student answered
all 5 questions
and wrote a
paragraph about
persuasive
technique
Student answered Student answered
questions, but did only less than 3
not write a full
of the questions.
paragraph.
T
M
E or S
Overall Grade
________
Student did not
answer any of the
five questions.
T
Greek Gods and Goddesses
*= appears in the Odyssey
*Aphrodite – goddess of beauty and love (Roman: Venus)
*Apollo – god of music, healing, and light (Roman: Apollo)
*Ares – god of war (Roman: Mars)
*Artemis – goddess of the moon, hunting, and the protector of women (Roman: Diana)
Asclepius – god of medicine
*Athena – goddess of wisdom, justice, art, invention, and industry (Roman: Minerva)
*Circe – a goddess well versed in sorcery, drugs, and herbs
*Demeter – goddess of the harvest and fertility (Roman: Ceres)
*Dionysus – god of wine and fertility (Roman: Bacchus)
Eileithyia – goddess of childbirth
Eirene – goddess of Peace
Enyo – goddess of war (Roman: Bellona)
Erida – goddess of hatred
*Eos – goddess of the wind, and the dawn (Roman: Aurora)
Eris – goddess of strife (Roman: Discordia)
Eros – god of love and lust (Roman: Cupid)
*Gaia – earth; mother earth; primary goddess of fertility
*Hades – god of the underworld (Roman: Pluto)
*Hebe – goddess of youth
Hectate – goddess of the moon, witchcraft, night, and the underworld
*Hephaestus – god of fire (Roman: Vulcan)
*Hera – Queen of the gods; goddess of marriage and childbirth (Roman: Juno)
*Hermes – the messenger for the gods; god of wealth, luck, and travelers (Roman: Mercury)
Hestia – goddess of the hearth and domestic joy (Roman: Vesta)
Hygeia – goddess of health
Hymen – god of weddings
Hypnos – god of sleep (Roman: Somnus)
Iris – goddess of the rainbow and messenger for the gods
Mnemosyne – goddess of memory; mother of the muses
Morpheus – god of dreams
Muse—goddess of poetry and song/entertainment
Nemesis – goddess of moderation
Nyx – ancient goddess of night (Roman: Nox)
*Oceanus – god of the ocean
Pan – god of pastures, flocks, and shepherds (Roman: Faunus)
*Persephone – Queen of the underworld; goddess of vegetation (Roman: Proserpine)
*Poseidon – god of the sea (Roman: Neptune)
Prometheus – rebel Titan who gave fire to mortals in defiance of Zeus
Selene – goddess of the moon (Roman: Luna)
Thanatos – god of death
*Themis – goddess of laws, justice, and order
Uranus – ancient god of the sky
*Zeus – King of the gods; god of light and the sky (Roman: Jupiter/Jove)