Athena in pictures

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The Goddess Athena

The Statue of the Goddess Athena (c. 340 BCE),
at the Piraeus Museum, Athens, Greece.

Daughter of Zeus, and only by him, the Goddess Athena was not generated by any woman. She leaped from the head of Zeus, already adult, dressed with her armor.
She is, above all, the Goddess of the City, the protectress of civilized life, of artesian activities, and of agriculture. She also invented the horse-bit, which, for the first time, tamed horses, allowing men to use them.
She is the favorite daughter of Zeus; and that's why he let her use his insignia: the terrible shield, the aegis and his devastating weapon, the ray.  
The most used expression to describe her is "the bright eyed". She is the first of the three virgin Goddesses, also known as Maiden, Parthenos, and from this name was taken the name to the most important Temple dedicated to her, the Parthenon.
In poetry she is the incarnation of Wisdom, Reason and Purity.  
Athens is her city; the olive tree, created by her, is her tree; the owl, is the birth consecrated to her.


http://www.goddess-athena.org/Encyclopedia/Athena/index.htm



After reading the information given above, fill out this form in your notebook:

Athena’s name
Character and functions
Athena’s cult
Her birth
The bath of Athena
The warrior goddess
Protectress of heroes
Athena’s chastity
The temples and sanctuaries

Underworld Characters and Places

In pairs, you have to llok for some information about this places or characters and write a summary to explain what you have learnt to your classmates.

• Cerberus
• River Styx
• Persephone
• Judges
• Thanatos
• Tartarus
• Elysian Fields
• Punishments
• Erinyes o Furies

Hades and the Underworld

Hades was the ruler of the underworld, which he ruled with his bride Persephone, Demeter's daughter. Guarded by Cerberus, a three-headed dog, the underworld was separated from the land of the living by five rivers. One of these was the Styx, across which the dead were ferried. Three judges decided the fate of souls: heroes went to the Elysian Fields, evildoers to Tartarus. The Underworld itself was sometimes called Hades, and it still is today. 

Hades was one of the children of Cronus and Rhea, and was swallowed by Cronus when he learned one of his children would usurp him. When Zeus tricked Cronus into expelling Hades from his body, Zeus and Hades joined with the other children to overthrow Cronus. 

Hades was assigned the Underworld after the division of power among himself, Zeus, and Poseidon. Since Hades was always in the Underworld, he did not sit with the other gods in Olympus. In fact, Hades was not allowed to visit Olympus.

Activities

1- Do this Quiz about the text below. 

The Odyssey: Circe the beautiful witch

Listen carefully to the story and write a brief summary.

The Odyssey: In the Cyclops Cave

Listen carefully to the story and write a brief summary.

The Odyssey

Another Greek hero was King Odysseus. The stories of brave Odysseus and his loyal band of men were told over and over by traveling storytellers during the dark ages of ancient Greece. 

A man named Homer lived right at the end of dark ages, in the 8^th century BCE. Homer took all the stories about King Odysseus and put this collection of stories together in one book, which he named The Odyssey.