Greek Mythology By Cate Q

Creatures In this presentation you will learn about creatures or monsters in Greek Mythology.

Some of those creatures are Medusa, Furies, Minotaur, Cerberus, Scylla, and more!

Also, you will learn about SOME gods!

Medusa Medusa was a type of Greek monster called a "Gorgon". She has a women's face, but snakes in her hair!

Anyone that looked in her eyes would turn to stone!

Fun fact, Medusa used to be a beautiful woman, but was turned into a Gorgon as a

punishment by the goddess Athena!

Pegasus Pegasus was a beautiful white horse that could

fly! Pegasus was the horse of Zeus and the offspring of the ugly monster Medusa. Pegasus

helped the hero Bellerophon to kill the chimera.

Griffins~The Griffin was a

combination of a lion and an eagle. It had a body of a lion and the head, wings and talons of an

eagle! Griffins were said to live in northern Greece where they

guarded a huge treasure.

MinotaurThe Minotaur had the head of a bull and the body of a man! The Minotaur came from an island of Crete. He lived underground in maze called the Labyrinth. Each year seven boys and seven girls were locked

into the Labyrinth to be eaten by the Minotaur!

Scylla Scylla was a terrible sea

monster with twelve long tentacle legs and 6

dog like heads! She guarded one side of the Strait of Messina while

her counterpart Charbdis guarded the other side.

CharybdisCharybdis was a sea monster that took a shape of a giant

whirlpool. Any ships that came near the Charybdis were pulled down to the bottom of the sea! Ships that passed through the

straight of Messina had to either pass by Charybdis or face the

sea monster Scylla.

The Strait of Messina

The Strait of Messina Is the narrow passage between the eastern tip of Sicily and the

western tip of Calabria in the south of Italy. It connects the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Ionian Sea to the south, within the

central Mediterranean!

Fun factAt the Strait of Messina's

narrowest point it measures 3. 1 km (1.9 miles)!

HerculesEach of the twelve Labors of

Hercules is a story and adventure all to itself. The king did not like

Hercules and wanted him to fail. Each time he made the tasks more and more difficult! The final task even involved traveling to the

Underworld and bringing back the three-headed guardian Cerberus.

Hydra

The Hydra was a fearsome monster in Greek Mythology. It was a giant snake With 9 heads! The problem was that if you cut one head of, more heads would quickly grow back. Hercules slew the hydra as one of his twelve labors.

Cerberus

The Cerberus was a giant three headed dog that guarded the gates f the underworld! Cerberus was the offspring of the feared monster Typhon. Hercules had to capture Cerberus as one of his Twelve Labors!

The Twelve LaborsIn the next few slides you will learn about

Hercules twelve Labors!

Labor #1Slay the lion of Nemea

Labor #2Slay the Lernean Hydra

Labor #3Capture the Golden Hind of Artemis

Labor #4Capture the Boar of Erynanthia

Labor #5Clean the entire Augean stables in one day

Labor #6Slay the Stymphalian Birds

Labor #7Capture the Bull of Crete

Labor #8Steal the Mares of Diomedes

Labor #9Get the girdle from the Queen of the Amazons,

Hippolyta

Labor #10Take the cattle from the monster Geryon

Labor #11Steal apples from the Hesperides

Labor #12Bring back the three-headed dog Cerberus

from the Underworld

CyclopesThe Cyclopes

were one-eyed giants. They were

famous for Making Zeus his

Thunderbolts and Poseidon his

trident.

Zeus

Zeus was the king of all the gods. He could shape shift and make himself look like or talk like anybody he wanted to!

ZeusHe also had powers that came from being King of

all the gods.These were powers of the

government. He could give other gods titles and jobs, and he could take

them away

ZeusHe was an elected

position. There were 12 gods on the council, they could of voted

someone else as King but they never did. And

Zeus never retired!

ZeusAs the king of all gods, there are many

myths about the mighty Zeus.

ChimeraThe Chimera was a

giant monster that was a combination of many

animals including a goat, lion, and snake. It

was the offspring of Typhon!

TyphonTyphon was perhaps the scariest and most

powerful of all the monsters in Greek Mythology. He was called "Father of all

monsters" and even the gods were scared of him! Only Zeus could defeat him, he had the monster imprisoned underneath Mount Etna!