gods and goddesses
He is the king of the Greek gods who lived on Mount Olympus. He is the god of the sky and thunder. His symbols include the lightning bolt, the eagle, the bull, and the oak tree.
Who is Zeus?
He was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, foster son of Amphitryon. He was a great-grandson and half-brother of Perseus. (Everyone knows this one)
Who is Hercules?
War between the Trojans and the Greeks, which took place at Troy.
What is the Trojan War?
Is the highest mountain in Greece. It is located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, between the regional units of Pieria and Larissa, about 80 km southwest from Thessaloniki.
What is Mount Olympus?
It is a story that tells the tales of the gods, heroes, and myths. (We read this book this year)
What is Heroes, gods, and monsters of the Greek myths?
He is the Greek god of war and perhaps the most unpopular of all the Olympian gods because of his quick temper, aggressiveness, and unquenchable thirst for conflict. He famously seduced Aphrodite, unsuccessfully fought with Hercules, and enraged Poseidon by killing his son Halirrhothios. His symbols are a spear and helmet, his animal is a dog, and his bird is the vulture.
Who is Ares?
He was the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens. He battled and overcame foes that were identified with an archaic religious and social order.
Who is Theseus?
a ten-year series of battles fought in Thessaly, consisting of most of the Titans (an older generation of gods, based on Mount Othrys) fighting against the Olympians (the younger generations, who would come to power.
What is the Titan Battle?
It is an island mentioned in Homer's Odyssey, Book V, as the home of the nymph Calypso, the daughter of the Titan Atlas, also known as Atlantis in ancient Greek. In Homer's Odyssey, Calypso detained Odysseus there for seven years and kept him from returning to his home of Ithaca, wanting to marry him.
What is Ogygia?
It is based on events in The Iliad, incorporating original stories set in the heart of the city towards the end of the Trojan War.
What is Troy by Adele Geras?
He is god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses and is considered one of the most bad-tempered, moody and greedy Olympian gods. He is known to be vengeful when insulted. He is the son of Cronus and Rhea and was swallowed by his father along with Hades, Demeter, Hestia and Hera.
Who is Poseidon?
He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa for Polydectes and saved Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus. He was the son of Zeus and the mortal Danaë, as well as the half-brother and great-grandfather of Heracles.
Who is Perseus?
Took place during the first Persian invasion of Greece, was fought between the combined forces of Athens and Plataea against King Darius’ Persian army.
What was the Battle of Marathon?
It was a city in the far northwest of the region known in late Classical antiquity as Asia Minor, now known as Anatolia in modern Turkey, just south of the southwest mouth of the Dardanelles strait and northwest of Mount Ida.
What is Troy?
It is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic.
What is Odyssey?
She is a very important goddess of many things. She is goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill.
Who is Athena?
He was a Greek hero of the Trojan War and the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad. His mother was the immortal Nereid Thetis, and his father, the mortal Peleus, was the king of the Myrmidons.
Who is Achilles?
As Athens attempted to break away from Phillip's leadership, the battle was at a stalemate for several months before Philip’s forces advanced into the region and attempted to take Thebes and Athens. The Greek city-states were defeated, and the country came under the rule of the Macedonians for centuries.
What is the Battle of Chaeronea?
It is a narrow cave, approximately 47 meters deep with ten small chambers, on a hillside overlooking the Saronic Gulf in the area of Peristeria on the south coast of Salamis Island, Greece.
What is the Cave of Euripides?
It is an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter, traditionally attributed to Homer. Set during the Trojan War, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.
What is the Iliad?
She is a virgin goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. In Greek mythology, she is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea.
Who is Hestia?
is a legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth. His wife died and he went to the underworld to ask Hades for her back. At first Hades said no, but then he started playing his lyre and made Persephone cry. Hades gave him wife, but Hades said you can't look at her when she is walking behind you. And he looked.
Who is Orpheus?
It was the last major battle of the Peloponnesian War.
What is the Battle of Aegospotami.
It was a mythological island said to be the home of the goddess-sorceress Circe. In Homer's Odyssey, Odysseus tells Alcinous that he stayed here for one year on his way home to Ithaca.
What is Aeaea?
It is a pentalogy of fantasy adventure novels written by American author Rick Riordan, and the first book series in the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles. Five supplementary books, along with four graphic novels, have also been released.
What is Percy Jackson and the Olympians?