CHARLIE MENACHO MARCH 1, 2019

Myths & Legends

Hera:
Hera was goddess of
marriage and the
queen of Olympus.

Poseidon:
Poseidon was the god
of the sea.

Hades
Hades was king of the
dead.

Zeus
Zeus is the king of
thunder
Why were myths created Apollo
Myths were created by drawing peoples attention and remembering their Apollo was the god of
religion by all of the stories that they tell. For example, David Hume says music and healing
“Hume observed that without an idea of cause and effect, we would be
utterly incapable of making sense of the world around us”. Athena
Athena was the
goddess of wisdom.

1 2 Ares
Ares was the god of
war.
MYTHS LEGENDS
Dionysus
Myths are a cultural A popular/traditional
was the god of wine.
story that is usually not story which is
true. considered historical.
Demeter
Demeter was the
goddess of the
harvest.

Hestia
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PERSONAL CONNECTION:
One personal connection that I have with ancient
Greek god is that I have my own family tree like
all the other Greek gods have.

9 CONVENTIONS OF MYTHS:
1. Hero(ine). 2. God/Goddess

3. Mosnter/villian. 4. Triumph or doom of the hero

5. Who is tested 6. Quest

7. Receive 8. Prediction 9. End

3 RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GREEK GODS:

Zeus, Artemis, and Persephone all are in common because they are all Greek gods. Artemis and
Persephone are connected because they are all female but Zeus is not a female. These greek god also
have a connection by all of them have a special symbol of their good name.

3 DIFFERENT GREEK GODS

Zeus: The story about Zeus trying to save the world and his family but there was an evil monster that
wanted to kill everyone including him, and he also had to go throw a whole journey to get to the
battleground because there was also a war going on. Zeus believed that he wanted to save his family
from an evil monster that stole them and wanted to kill them. Zeus also believed that a monster wanted
to kill everybody and he wanted to stop that. 

Artemis: Artemis is the sister of Apollo and she is the goddess of nature. She wanted revenge for the
deer because a king killed a deer and she really likes deer. Artemis believed the nature, animals, field,
forest, beautiful woods and mountains. 

Persephone: She was in a valley and the ground opened up, the underworld king took her and she
cried and cried and he feeds her and this made her want to stay; and she became the
underworld queen. Persephone believed that she can go back to the human world and not just be a
god for her whole life but she was poised.