Greek Gods
Molly Corcoran
Britney Danfield
Megan Enciso
Titan Earth Gods –
the older ones
The Furies
• mortals defenseless against Greek Furies
• three evil Furies with killing mission
•Furies would punish all crime
•never stopped following criminals
•snakes for hair, blood dripping eyes
•let loose by Greek gods
•furious and infuriated
The Fates
•3 sisters born Zeus and Themis
•Clotho, "the spinner“ spins thread life, control hour
birth
•Lachesis, "the apportioner", measures thread, spins
events human lives;
•Atropos "the inevitable", decides moment death,
cuts thread life .
Myth of the overthrow of Cronos
•Cronus ruling power castrating Father Uranus.
•wife Rhea offspring first Olympians
•insure safety Cronus ate children
• worked Rhea unhappy loss of children
• tricked Cronus *rock, zeus*
•Zeus revolt Titans, defeated, banished underworld
• Cronus escaped Italy ruled as Saturn
•rule was golden age earth
•honored by the Saturnalia feast.
Olympian Sky
Gods- the
newer Gods
Zeus
•God of gods and men
•Greatest, most powerful of all Olympians
•“Lord of the Sky, the Rain God, and the
Cloud Gatherer.”
•youngest 6 born Cronus and Rhea
•Zeus was married to sister Hera.
•Zeus changes form to get something
Apollo
•“most Greek of all the Gods.“
• Archer-god, Healer, God Light,
God Truth
•dolphin and crow sacred and
more
•illegitimate son Zeus, twin
sister, Artemis
•Many lovers and children
•First God fell love w/same sex
•interest in music, healer
• God of truth and prophecy
Athena
• Athene -Goddess of War and
Wisdom.
•Gray-eyed- word often used
describe Athene.
•Athene's tree she created, is olive
•Athene's bird is the owl.
•Athene's Roman name is Minerva.
•Lovers & Children
•The Great Inventor
•Mortal Weakness
The Oracle at Delphi
•Greeks and Romans took prophesies
•Woman high on fumes natural gas
•Greek, Roman rulers advice private, political
•Oracle originally sacred 2 Earth goddess Gea
•Oracle forbidden AD392 Christian emperor Rome.
How the Gods dealt with humans- justice
•could take away life any
time
•werent happy with mortal;
powers against
•Held humans fate in hands
Webliography
•Title of Site and author’s name (if any): Bowman Laurel The Olympian Gods
URL of Site: <http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods.html>.
Concise description of Site’s information: this web site has a bunch of links that go to
pictures or art featuring that god
•Title of Site and author’s name (if any): "Fates at a Glance."
URL of Site: http://www.loggia.com/myth/fates.html
Concise description of Site’s information: this website gives a brief summary of the fates
•Title of Site and author’s name (if any): "Furies
URL of Site: http://www.bartleby.com/65/fu/Furies.html
Concise description of Site’s information: this site states who the furies were and a brief
summary
•Title of Site and author’s name (if any): Hunt John. "The Titans."
URL of Site: http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/titan.html#Mnemosyne
Concise description of Site’s information: lists of links each one gives a description of that
god
•Title of Site and author’s name (if any): Moore Katie . "The Ancient Greek Gods
URL of Site: http://people.smu.edu/katherim/index.html
Concise description of Site’s information: this site talks about the olympic gods
•Title of Site and author’s name (if any): "oracle secret faults found."
URL of Site: http://www.nature.com/nsu/010719/010719-10.html
Concise description of Site’s information: this site talks about the oracle at delhi
Works Cited
Bowman Laurel . "The Olympian Gods." The Olympian Gods. June 28, 2002.
. 9 Feb 2004 <http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods.html>.
"Fates at a Glance." The Fates in Greek Mythology. 1997-2003 . Loggia.com.
February 9th, 2004 <http://www.loggia.com/myth/fates.html>.
"Furies ." Furies . 2003 . The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 9 feb
2004 <http://www.bartleby.com/65/fu/Furies.html>.
Hamilton Edith. mythology timeless tales of greek gods and heroes . New
York: published by the penguin group, 1940.
Hunt John. "The Titans." The Titans. . . 6 Feb 2004
<http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/titan.html#Mnemosyne>.
Moore Katie . "The Ancient Greek Gods." The Olympic Gods. . Southern
Methodist University. 9 Feb 2004
<http://people.smu.edu/katherim/index.html>.
"oracle secret faults found." . 2001. Nature News Service. 9 Feb 2004
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/010719/010719-10.html>.
"facts about apollo." . 2004. About inc . 9 feb 2004
http://gogreece.about.com/cs/mythology/a/mythapollo.htm.
apollo
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