All Greek Gods

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Greek Gods

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Hades

God of the Underworld

Lonely

Kidnapped Persephone

Brother of Zeus

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Demeter

Goddess of Agriculture

Mother of Persephone

Searched for her kidnapped daughter

Gave the world seasons

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Persephone

Happy and kind

Kidnapped by Hades to be his queen

Goddess of the underworld

Must return to the underworld during wintertime because she ate the seed of a pomegranate.

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Zeus

Highest god

Had authority over sky, earth and Mount Olympus

As a child was hidden by his mother in a cave

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Pandora

Woman made by the gods

Opened a box that released evil into the world

Shut the box before the evil of “foreboding” could escape into the world and take away hope.

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Athena

Goddess of crafts, domestic arts and war

Symbol is the owl

Patron deity of Athens

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Poseidon

God of all water, earthquakes and horses

Brother of Zeus and Hades

Often turned himself into the shape of a horse

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Pan

God of shepherds and flocks

Son of Hermes and a nymph

Was very lonely and responsible for the scared feeling people may get- “panic”

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Writer’s Notebook Assignment

Now that we have looked at some different gods and goddesses in Greek Mythology, which one would you like to learn about the most? Why? Which ones have you heard about?