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GREEK MYTHOLOGYWHI.5
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Essential Understanding
Greek mythology was based on a polytheistic religion that was integral to culture, politics, and art in ancient Greece.
Many of Western civilization’s symbols, metaphors, words, and idealized images come from ancient Greek mythology.
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Greek Mythology
Based on polytheistic religion
Offered explanations of natural phenomena, human qualities, and life events
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Greek gods and goddesses
Zeus Hera Apollo Artemis Aphrodite
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Zeus
King of the Gods
Ruler of Mount
Olympus
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Hera
Zeus’ Significant
other
Goddess of
Marriage and
Motherhood
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Apollo God of the Sun
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Artemis Goddess of
the Hunt
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Aphrodite
Goddess of Beauty
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Athena
Goddess of WisdomPatron god of Athens
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Greek Gods and Goddesses Symbols and images in Western literature,
art, and architecture