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A fun and exciting lesson about Greek Mythology in popular culture. Main Menu. QUIZ. Takes you directly to the Quiz at the end of the presentation. REVIEW. Will take you to the review page so you may brush up on the terms and people presented!. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A fun and exciting lesson about Greek Mythology in popular
culture.
Main Menu
QUIZ
REVIEW
Percy Jackson
ClassicGreek
Mythology
Takes you directly to the Quiz at the end of the presentation.
Will take you to the review page so you may brush up on the terms and people presented!
Will bring you to the part of the presentation dealing with Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief with a practice quiz at the end!
Takes you to the part of the presentation dealing with Classic Greek Mythology with a practice quiz at the end!
I’m here for the first time.
I want to go back to the beginning.
I want to go somewhere else.ClassicGreek
Mythology
Percy Jackson
OrientationRick Riordan used a lot of classical Greek mythological gods and places in his book, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
Orientation Let’s discover what he used with
examples from the book. Let’s see if we can figure out if he stayed true to the classical mythology.
Orientation To see how well you do, there will be a
quiz at the end! So be sure to pay attention!
Directions Read through each slide to learn about
the characters and places used.
Click on the icon to compare it to the Greek god, place, or term.
Feel free to read through the information as many times as you like.
Application Click here to return to the main menu.
Click here to go back to the previous screen.
When available, click here to go back to the previous screen.
To learn facts about the classic Greek god, place, or term, click on the icon.
Ambrosia Tastes like cookies! The food of the gods. Will kill a human and potentially harm a
demi-god.
REVIEW
Ares Prefers to wear biker leathers.
God of War
In love with Aphrodite
His eyes are made of fire
Father to Clarisse
REVIEW
Cerebus Three-headed rottweiler
Guards the gates of Hades’ home
Is appeased with a red ball
REVIEW
Charon Wears expensive suits
Ferries the dead across the River Styx
Wishes he had a raise from Hades
Enjoys Barry Manilow
REVIEW
Chiron A centaur
A Latin teacher in a wheelchair in the mortal world
Leads Camp Halfblood
REVIEW
Dionysus On probation from Mount Olympus
God of Wine and Revelry
Must not drink alcoholic beverages
REVIEW
Hades God of the Dead and the Underworld
Married to Persephone
Runs the Underworld like a sprawling housing complex
God of Riches
REVIEW
Hermes Father of Luke
Messenger of the Gods
God of Travelers and Thieves
REVIEW
Medusa Runs a garden shop with statues made of real people
Her gaze can turn any living thing into stone
Has two sisters, together called the Gorgons
REVIEW
Minotaur Chases Percy Jackson to the big tree at the border of Camp HalfBlood
Relies on sense of smell to find his prey
Half man and half bull
The first creature from which Percy takes a trophy
REVIEW
Nectar Drink of the gods
Can taste like liquefied cookies
Can kill a human and potentially harm a demi-god
REVIEW
Pan Half man and half goat
God of the satyrs
Is missing and the satyrs must search for him
REVIEW
Persephone Wife to Hades
Visits Hades for a few months out of the year to explain autumn and winter
Betrays Hades to return the bolt to Percy
REVIEW
Poseidon• Greek God of the sea and horses
• Father of Percy Jackson
• Rival of Athena
• Portrayed as a man in fishing gear.
• Uses a trident for a symbol
REVIEW
Styx Allows the dead to enter the Underworld
Polluted with the litter of the moral realm
Can be sworn upon to enact a very serious oath
REVIEW
Underworld Living place of Hades
Is made up of three places: Fields of Asphodel Elysian Fields Tartarus
REVIEW
Fields of Asphodel Where people go when they die if they lived a mediocre life
Looks like a giant wheat field in Kansas
REVIEW
Elysian Fields Where people go when they die if they lived an extraordinary life
A gated community with houses from every era in time
Compared to a vacation resort
REVIEW
Fields of Punishment Where a person goes when they die if they have done great evil in life
Where Sisyphus is pushing a boulder up a mountain for eternity
Has rivers of lava and minefields
Barbed wire separates the areas of various torture
REVIEW
Zeus Turned Thalia into a tree
Lord of all the Gods
Brother to Poseidon and Hades
Wields the Master Bolt
REVIEW
Pop Quiz! Read the question Review the multiple-choice answers Choose the most likely result based on
the Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
If you feel you know enough already, feel free to take the quiz!
QUIZ
1. Who is pictured here?
Chiron
Hades
Charon
2. Who is Poseidon’s child?
Grover Underwood
Annabeth Chase
Perseus Jackson
3. Who is the wife of Hades?
Annabeth Chase
Ambrosia
Persephone
4. Who is it who searches for Pan?
The Satyrs
Hermes
Chiron
5. Who is pictured here?
Cerebus
Medusa
Minotaur
How did you do? 1/5 : I think you need to read them
again!
2/5 : Not too bad, but you can do better!
3/5 : You’re almost there!
4/5 : You could attend Camp HalfBlood!
5/5 : Are you sure you’re not a demigod?
Classic Greek Mythology
I’m here for the first time.
I want to go back to the beginning.
I want to go somewhere else.
ClassicGreek
Mythology
Percy Jackson
Orientation Classical Greek mythology has inspired
movies, comics, and lots of books over the years. Ever wonder where all of those gods came from?
Orientation Let’s find out where authors like Rick
Riordan got his inspiration for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
Orientation Pay close attention! There will be a quiz
at the end!
Directions Read through each slide to learn about
the gods and places used.
Click on the icon to compare it to the character used in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
Feel free to read through the information as many times as you like!
Ambrosia Made of honey, water, fruit, cheese, olive
oil and barley
The food of the gods
Stolen by Tantalus, a son of Zeus
REVIEW
Ares God of War
Carried a bloody spear
His throne on Mount Olympus is covered in human skin
REVIEW
Cerebus Drool is poisonous
Snakes grow from its back and tail
Orpheus’ lyre lulled it into submission
Resides in the Underworld
REVIEW
Charon Ferries the dead across the River Styx
Passage by him had to be purchased
Passage normally purchased by placing a coin beneath the tongue of the dead
REVIEW
Chiron A centaur sired by Cronus
Trained the hero Jason of the Argonauts
Trained Hercules, another hero
Intelligent, unlike other centaur
REVIEW
Dionysus God of Wine
Granted Midas the power to turn everything into gold
A son of the god Zeus
REVIEW
Hades Kidnapped Persephone to be his wife
God of the dead and wealth
Brother to Zeus and Poseidon
REVIEW
Hermes Messenger of the Gods
Guides the dead to the Underworld
His symbol is the caduceus: a staff entwined with two snakes
Owns a pair of winged sandals
REVIEW
Medusa One of the gorgons
Her hair is a mass of snakes
Has the ability to turn to stone anything that looks at her
REVIEW
Minotaur Half man, half bull
Sometimes depicted as having a bull’s body with a man’s head and torso, like a centaur
Devoured victims of sacrifice when they were thrown into the Labyrinth, a winding maze
REVIEW
Nectar Beverage of the Gods that gave anyone who drank it immortality
Was once stolen by Tantalus, who underwent an eternity of thirst and hunger
Compared to mead, or fermented honey
REVIEW
Pan God of shepherds and flocks
Is said to be the cause of “panic”
Created the syrinx, or panpipes, from a nymph who transformed into a reed to escape him
Said to be around until the last pine tree is gone from the earth
REVIEW
Persephone Daughter of Zeus and Demeter
Kidnapped by Hades to be his wife
Ate three seeds of a pomegranate, forcing her to remain in the Underworld for a certain time each year, giving mortals autumn and winter
REVIEW
Poseidon Seduced Medusa, thus fathering the pegasus, or winged horse
Vied with Athena for patron over Athens
God of the Sea, Earthquakes and Horses
REVIEW
Styx
The river which Charon, the ferryman guides the dead into the Underworld
A river that forms the border of the Underworld
REVIEW
Underworld Also called the Kingdom of the Dead
Ruling place of Hades
Said to be reached through some caves or caverns
REVIEW
Fields of Asphodel Named for the Asphodel flower
The “Field of Shades” according to Homer
The “neutral” part of the Underworld
REVIEW
Elysian Fields
Paradise of Heroes in the Underworld
Offers hunting and feasting for heroes
REVIEW
Fields of Punishment Also called Tartarus
Where the most heinous sinners are sent at death, especially those who insult the Gods’ hospitality
Considered to be as far beneath the Underworld as the Underworld is beneath the sky
REVIEW
Zeus Lord of the Gods
God of the sky
Father to many half-gods, or demigods
Wielded lightning as his main weapon of choice
REVIEW
Pop Quiz! Read the question Review the multiple-choice answers Choose the most likely result based on
the classic myths of the Greek Gods!
If you feel you know enough already, feel free to take the Quiz!
QUIZ
1. Which of these is Poseidon?
2. Who is the God of the Dead?
Hermes
Charon
Hades
3. What is depicted here?
Ambrosia
Nectar
Dionysus
4. What is Tartarus?
Fields of Punishment
Fields of Asphodel
Elysian Fields
5. Who is the Lord of the Gods?
Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
How did you do? 1/5 : I think you need to read more mythology!
2/5 : Not too bad, but you can do better!
3/5 : You’re almost there!
4/5 : You could be a hero!
5/5 : Are you sure you don’t live on Mount Olympus?
Last Chance!
QUIZ
REVIEW
Percy Jackson
ClassicGreek
Mythology
Click on this button to take the quiz.
Click here if you feel you need a little more review!
Will bring you to the part of the presentation about Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. You will have the option to take the practice quiz again.
Takes you to the part of the presentation about Classic Greek Mythology. You will have the option to take the practice quiz again.
Directions for review! Are there any terms you can’t remember?
Click on the icons to review the gods and terms!
Will take you to the Classic Greek page about the god or term.
Will take you to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief page about the god or term.
ReviewAmbrosia
Ares
Cerebus
Charon
Chiron
Dionysus
Hades
Hermes
Medusa
Minotaur
Nectar
Pan
Persephone
Styx
Underworld
Fields of Asphodel
Elysian Fields
Fields of Punishment
Poseidon
Zeus
QUIZ
Quiz Directions Read the question or study the picture
carefully. Choose the answer that best suits the
question or identifies the picture. Keep a piece of paper nearby to keep
track of your score.
1. Which term best describes the image?
Fields of Asphodel
Elysian Fields
Tartarus
2. Who is the God of the Underworld?
Hades
Zeus
Poseidon
3. Who is the father of Clarisse?
Pan
Ares
Percy Jackson
4. Who is depicted here?
Chiron
Charon
Cerebus
5. Who is the God of Wine?
6. Who guards the Underworld?
Charon
Cerebus
Hades
7. What drink is made from fermented honey?
Ambrosia
Tartarus
Nectar
8. What is pictured here?
Underworld
Elysian Fields
Fields of Punishment
9. Who is the Latin teacher that becomes a centaur?
Chiron
Medusa
Persephone
10. What are the three areas of the Underworld?
Fields of Asphodel, Fields of Punishment,River Styx
Fields of Asphodel, Elysian Fields, FieldsOf Punishment
Elysian Fields, Fields of Pleasure, Fields ofDionysus
11. Who can turn creatures into stone with a look?
12. Who will be around until the last pine is cut from the earth?
Poseidon
Persephone
Pan
13. From what creature does Percy get his first trophy?
Minotaur
Styx
Medusa
14. Who ferries the dead to the Underworld?
Cerebus
Hades
Charon
15. Across what does he ferry the dead?
Underworld
Tartarus
River Styx
16. Who is the wife of Hades?
Medusa
Persephone
Ambrosia
17. According to Homer, which place is also known as the “Field of Shades”?
Fields of Asphodel
Fields of Punishment
Elysian Fields
18. Which God has a throne covered in human skin?
Hades
Ares
Zeus
19. Who is Poseidon’s brother?
Zeus
Dionysus
Ares
20. Who is pictured here?
Ares and Persephone
Hermes and Persephone
Hades and Persephone
How did you do? 18-20 – Great job! You could be a hero! 15–17 Awesome! Are you a demi-god? 12-14 – Not bad! Are you a Searcher? 9-11 – You need more practice! Take the
again! 8 and below – I think you need more
review. Take the quiz again after
REVIEW
REVIEW
Greek Myths in the Real World Greek mythology was not always
mythology! There was a time when people believed in the gods!
Sacrifices of grains and fruits and sometimes animals were made to the gods upon altars in their temples.
The modern take of this can be explained in the following video!
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