Greek God/Goddess Project
What you need to do:
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You will conduct research about the God/Goddess or Muse you select.
You will need to find out family history
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Father and Mother
Siblings
Spouse
Children
What they are best known for
Then you will create a story where YOU are that God/Goddess or Muse that
connects to the type of life they lived. It can imaginative but it has to be school
appropriate. Examples: you can take something that happened to you and turn
that into the story with you Greek God but it has to connect to what they are best
known for.
There needs to be pictures of your God/Goddess or Muse at least 4 no more than
8
When you present you may dress up like your God/Goddess or Muse
You may use 1-2 of the main gods in your story but no more because your God is
the main character of your story.
The 12 Main Gods
Main Gods are:
• Aphrodite - Goddess of love, romance, and beauty. Her son was Eros, god of Love
• Apollo - Beautiful god of the sun, light, medicine, and music.
• Ares - Dark god of war who loves Aphrodite.
• Artemis - Independent goddess of the hunt, the forest, wildlife, childbirth, and the moon. Sister to
Apollo.
• Athena - Daughter of Zeus and goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts. Sometimes spelled "Athene".
• Hades- King of the underworld; God of death and the dead
• Hephaestus - Lame god of fire and the forge. Sometimes spelled Hephaistos. The Hephaestion near
the Acropolis is the most beautifully preserved ancient temple in Greece. Mated to Aphrodite.
• Hera - Wife of Zeus, protector of marriage, familiar with magic.
• Hermes - The speedy messenger of the gods, god of business. The Romans called him Mercury.
• Hestia - Calm goddess of home and homelife, symbolized by the hearth which holds the
continually-burning flame.
• Poseidon - God of the sea, horses, and of earthquakes.
• Zeus - Supreme lord of gods, god of the sky, symbolized by the thunderbolt.
Nike-The Goddess of Victory
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Nike's Parents: Daughter of Styx, called a
nymph but actually the presiding spirit over
the major river of the Underworld, and Pallas,
a Titan.
Nike’s Siblings: She has three brothers Zelos,Kratos, and Bia, which are, respectively,
rivalry, strength, and force.
Nike’s Spouse- She never married
Nike’s offspring- she never had children
Nike’s Friends- Athena
What Nike is best known for: Despite being
half-Titan by her father Pallas, Nike fought
against the Titans on the side of the
Olympians. Driving through battles in her
chariot, and became synonymous with
victory.
Pictures of Nike
I Believe
Archeologists, came across a Ancient Greek site and discovered a story about Nike the
Goddess of Victory. It took them about a week to piece the story together and this is what it said.
The story starts off innocent enough with Nike and Athena discussing how they were going to win a
contest. Not, just any contest but a contest about love.
You will work on this in GoogleDocs. You will share it with me on the day you present which is March
26th!
You may print the Powerpoint off at HOME not at school.
You will write at least 3 paragraphs no more than 5. Each paragraph should be between 5-8
sentences long.
You should do a rough draft on paper so you can edit and revise then type up the final copy.
You will need at least 3 slides but you can have up to 6 slides.
One for the Bio
Pictures
Story
Have fun!