Edith Hamilton’s Mythology

The Gods—pp 24-43

  TITANS                      THE 12 OLYMPIANS                   LESSER OLYMPIANS

• Cronus                         Zeus                 Athena                         Eros
• Ocean                          Poseidon          Apollo                          Hebe
• Prometheus                  Hades              Aphrodite                     Iris
• Atlas                            Hestia               Hermes                        Muses
•                                     Hera                 Artemis                        Nemesis
•                                     Ares                 Hephestus

THE UNDERWORLD                                  GODS OF THE EARTH

• Hades                Phlegethon                              Demeter

• Persephone        Styx                                        Dionysus

• Tartarus              Lethe                                      Pan

• Erebus                Charon                                   Satyrs

• Elysian Fields      Cerberus                                Aeolus

• Acheron             Furies                                     Centaurs

• Cocytus                                                            Gorgons

•                                                                         Sirens

•                                                                         Fates

  You are responsible for knowing

• The Greek and Roman names of the deities

• What they rule over

• Their symbols, personality traits, and any other unique or distinguishing feature

• The places in the Underworld

STORIES OF THE GODS AND THE MORTALS

1. How the world was created—pp 63-67

2. Prometheus and Pandora—pp 70-73

3. Daedalus and Icarus—pp 139-140

HEROES OF THE TROJAN WAR

1. The Trojan War—pp 178-192

2. The Fall of Troy —pp 193-201

3. The Adventures of Odysseus—pp 202-219

4. The Adventures of Aeneus—pp 230-235

THE TROJAN WAR

• Eris                              Hecuba                                    Laocoon

• Peleus                          Andromache                             Cassandra

• Thetis                           Chryseus                                  Apollo

• Paris                           Ajax                                        Athena

• Priam                           Diomedes                                 Hera

• Helen                           Aeneus                                     Aphrodite

• Menelaus                      Patroclus                                  Poseidon

• Agamemnon                 Breseis                                     Ares

• Odysseus                     Hector                                      Zeus

• Achilles                        Sinon                                        Artemis

1. Know the causes of the war.

2.  Know who is on the Greek side, who is on the Trojan side.

3. Know who kills who in the war.

4. Know which gods side with the Greek, which side with the Trojans.

5. Know the basic relationships between characters in the war.

6. Know the strategy of the Trojan Horse.

7.  Know who wrote The Iliad.                      

ODYSSEUS

• Odysseus                     Cyclops

• Penelope                      Polyphemus

• Telemache                    Circe

• Calypso                        The Sirens

• Scylla and Charybdis

1. Know why Poseidon turned against Odysseus.

2. Know the basic encounters Odysseus has on the way home.

3. Know how Odysseus deals with Penelope’s suitors.

4. List Odysseus’s heroic characteristics.

5. Know who wrote The Odyssey.

AENEAS

• Aeneas             Latinus

• Dido                 Lavinia

• Anchises           Turnus

• Creusa

1. Know the story of Aeneas and Dido in Carthage .

2. Know generally what happens to Aeneas when he gets to Italy ….Who is on his side?…Who is his enemy?

3. Know who wrote The Aeneid.

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