Work day.
Group project: Religion
- monotheism or polytheism?
- why did they pray?
- to whom did they pray? ex. 8-10-gods and what they are known for
- include different myths
- where did religion take place?
- did other civilization have the same beliefs
have sources.
Big Three- Zeus, Poseidon and Hades
Zeus- http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Zeus.html
- king of the gods
- god of the sky, weather, law, order and fate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus
- child of Cronus and Rhea
- youngest of his siblings
- married to Hera
- fathered Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Dionysus, Perseus, Hercules, Ares,Hebe and Hephaestus and many more
- oversaw the universe-king of god
- symbols-thunderbolt, eagle, bull and oak
Poseidon
- God of the Sea, earthquakes and horses
- swallowed by Cronus at birth but later saved by Zeus
Hades http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades
- oldest male child of Cronus and Rhea
- God of the underworld
- was called Plouton which was translated by the Romans as Pluto
- Persephone his wife through trickery and abduction
- he was a fearsome figure
- controlled precious metals under the earth
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