Presentation Day #3

These are the notes I took during the presentation

Greek Mythology
- Beliefs and ancient rituals of the ancient Greels
Characteristics
- Greek gods resembled the humans in form
- showed human feelings
The Twelve Olympians
- The major details of the Greek Panthers
- Includes: Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, Hera, Demeter, ext
Zeus
- God of the sky and thunder
- King of the gods
- referred to as Lord of Justice
Poseidon
- God of sea
- second nation god of Athens
Athena
- Goddess of reason, intelligent activity, arts, and literature
- Served as guardian of Athens
Aphrodite
- Goddess of love and beauty
- Child of Zeus and Dione
- Married to Hephaestus
Hera
- Goddess of Marriage and queen olympus
- Protecter of women
Demeter
- Goddess of agriculture, fertility, sacred law, and the harvest
- Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
Apollo
- God of the sun, the lights, music and the property
- Son of Zeus and Leto
Artemis
- Goddess of the hunt, forest, and hills, the moon, archery
- Daughter of Leo and Sues and twin of Apollo
Ares
- God of war; represented the unpleasnt aspects of battle
- son of Zeus and Hera
Hermes
- God of trade, eloquence and messenger of the God
- Son of Zeus and Maia
Hephaetus
- God of fire and metalworking
- Son of Zeus and Hera
- The only ugly God
Dionysus
- God of fertility and wine
- Patron of the ares
- Son of Zeus and Semele
Hades
- God of wealth
- Ruler of the underworld
- one of the 3 major gods
- is not death himself

Government in Ancient Greece
Aristocracy
- Is a form of government in which power is in the hands of a small group of people
- Seized the property of small landowners and made laws for underclass
Solon in Greek
- His reforms were removed by Aristocrats who succeeded in power
Time that the Tyranny arose
- Mid 600 B.B.
- Middle class became angry
Tyrants
- ruled short periods of time