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GODS AND GODDESSES

GODS AND GODDESSES. CHAPTER 4 SECTION 1. SURVIVING THE “DARK AGE”. Bards-singing storytellers Helped to keep Mycenaean traditions alive. Homer, was a blind poet, who live 700’s Homer composed the _______________ and the _________________. Set during the Trojan War.

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GODS AND GODDESSES

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  1. GODS AND GODDESSES CHAPTER 4 SECTION 1

  2. SURVIVING THE “DARK AGE” • Bards-singing storytellers • Helped to keep Mycenaean traditions alive. • Homer, was a blind poet, who live 700’s • Homer composed the _______________ and the _________________. • Set during the Trojan War. • Supposedly fought Troy in the mid-1200’s.

  3. Iliad • Story of Trojan Prince Paris and Mycenaean Queen Helen. • War

  4. Trojan Horse • Mycenaeans trickery

  5. Odyssey • Story of Mycenaean kings return home. • Odysseus was his name.

  6. Greek Heritage

  7. Greeks and Gods

  8. Gods and Goddesses • Zeus- chief among the gods • 12 High gods live on ____________________.

  9. Greek Festivals • Religious Festivals very important • Every 4 years they held athletic contests at Olympia– Olympic Games. • Greeks also developed plays in honor of Dionysus, god of wine and fertility. • Permanent theaters were soon built in many cities.

  10. Major Greek Gods Olympian Gods • Apollo • Ares • Hermes • Poseidon • Zeus Olympian Goddesses • Aphrodite • Athena • Artemis • Hera.

  11. Other Greek God • Hestia • Demeter • Dionysus • Hephaestus • Hades

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