2. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
Aims:
To review the most important gods and goddesses
and emphasise the difference between ancient and
modern religious ideas.
Objectives:
1. Students will predict the name and properties of
the gods based on the images.
2. Students will predict the t/f questions.
3. Students will discuss in groups the final questions.
24. ZEUS
• King of the Gods.
• God of sky and thunder.
• Married to Hera.
True or False:
Zeus disguised himself as a
swan, white bull and
shower of gold to seduce
or rape women.
25. APHRODITE
•Goddess of love, beauty and
sexuality.
• Married to Hephaestus.
•Frequently unfaithful.
True or False:
Aphrodite came from the
severed genitals of Cronus.
26. APOLLO
•God of light, sun, poetry,
prophecy, sickness etc
• The son of Zeus and Leto.
True or False:
Apollo had a strange
hobby of turning people
into plants.
27. ARES
•God of untamed war.
• Slept with his sister
Aphrodite.
• The son of Zeus and Hera.
True or False:
Ares was always on the
winning side in war.
28. ATHENE
• Goddess of law,
wisdom, courage,
strategic warfare.
• Daughter of Zeus
and Metis.
True or False:
Athena was married
to Poseidon.
29. ARTEMIS
• Goddess of Hunting, Forests
and Virginity.
•Daughter of Zeus and Leto.
True or False:
Artemis killed people who
said they were better at
hunting than her.
30. HADES
• God of the Dead and
Riches.
• Brother of Zeus and
Poseidon.
True or False:
To speak to Hades Greeks
had to bang their heads
against the floor.
31. PERSEPHONE
•Daughter of Zeus and
Demeter.
•Queen of the Underworld
and vegetation.
True or False:
Greeks refused to say her
name aloud.
32. HEPHAESTUS
•God of Blacksmiths,
Fire and Volcanos.
• Married to
Aphrodite.
•Had a limp.
True or False:
He had an army of
robots.
33. HERA
•Goddess of Marriage,
Women and Birth.
• Wife and Sister of Zeus.
True or False:
Hera was known for her
kind and forgiving nature.
34. HERMES
• The messenger of the Gods.
• The god of Thieves,
Boundaries and Conductor of
Souls.
• Son of Zeus and Maia
True or False:
The Greeks used phallic statues
of Hermes to mark boundaries.
35. DEMETER
• Goddess of Fertility, Agriculture
and Law.
• Mother of Persephone.
•Had a fling with Zeus.
True or False:
She stopped the seasons until
her kidnapped daughter was
returned to her.
36. POSEIDON
• God of the Sea, Storms,
Earthquakes and horses.
• Brother of Zeus and
Hades.
• Had hundreds of children
and lovers.
True or False:
Poseidon cursed Medusa
because she refused him.
37. IRIS
•Another messenger of the
gods.
•Minor character often
sent by Zeus.
•Represented by a
rainbow.
True or False:
The iridescent comes from
Iris.
38. EOS
• Eos is the
Goddess of
breaking dawn.
•She opens the
gates for the sun
everyday.
True or False:
Eos was a titan.
39. DIONYSUS
• The God of Wine, Ritual
Ecstasy, Madness and
Theatre.
• Followed around by
Maenads and Satyrs.
True or False:
He turned a group of
sailors into octopuses for
trying to kidnap him.
40. THE MUSES
•Goddesses who
inspire learning,
drama and poetry
•Numbers vary
from 3 – 9.
True or False:
Calling a woman
the tenth muse was
a compliment.
41. HYPERION
•One of the 12 titans.
•He drove the chariot
of the suns around the
world everyday.
True or False:
Some scholars view the
sun god as forerunner
of Christianity.
42. AEOLUS
•God of the wind.
• There are 3 confusing stories of his origins.
43. RIVER GODS
•Local deities
confined to a
specific place.
•The most famous is
Scamander the
river who attacked
Achilles.
45. QUESTIONS
1. How do the Greek Gods differ from the
Judeo-Christian idea of gods?
2. How do you think this affects the way
people interact with the divine?
3. What impact do you think the lack of an
official text or religious hierarchy could
have on the evolution of Greek religion?