Greece ONLINE Activity- DUE 10/28/2011

Your assignment for this interactive blog will be to:

Select a Greek God or Goddess and create a blog about them. You must either:

1. create a poem about the god,
OR
2. write a brief history of them










THEN:

-provide a picture, and a brief reflection on why you chose that god [up to a paragraph] 
-Then make a comment on someone else’s blog!

I will be checking on the blog throughout the week but it must be posted NO LATER than Friday, October 28th at 5pm for a Grade.

Additionally, to help you along the way here is a list of the Gods/Goddesses of Ancient Greece:

Certain Gods/Goddesses are hyperlinked to an interactive educational website to provide additional information. Remember: If you use information from another source you must properly cite it for full credit.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - A

·  Aphrodite - (a.k.a. Anadyomene, Turan, Venus) Goddess of love and beauty.

·  Apollo - (a.k.a. Apollon, Apulu, Phoebus) God of the sun, music, healing, and herding.

·  Ares - (a.k.a. Enyalius, Mars, Aries) God of chaotic war.

·  Artemis - (a.k.a. Agrotora, Amarynthia, Cynthia, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Orthia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron) Goddess of the moon, hunting, and nursing.

·  Astraea - The Star Maiden - a goddess of justice, included in Virgo and Libra mythologies.

·  Athena - (a.k.a. Asana, Athene, Minerva, Menerva) Goddess of wisdom, poetry, art, and the strategic side of war.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - C

·  Charon - (a.k.a. Charun) The Ferryman of Hades. He had to be paid to help one cross the river Styx.

·  Chronos - (a.k.a. Chronus, Khronos) God of time.

·  Circe - (a.k.a. Kirke) A goddess who transformed her enemies into beasts.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - D

·  Demeter - (a.k.a. Ceres, Demetra, Tvath) Goddess of the harvest.

·  Dionysus - (a.k.a. Bacchus, Dionysos, Liber) God of wine and pleasure.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - E

·  Eos - (a.k.a. Aurora, Eosphorus, Mater Matuta, Thesan) Goddess of the Dawn.

·  Erato - One of the Muses - represents Lyrics/Love Poetry.

·  Eris - (a.k.a. Discordia) Goddess of strife, connected to Enyo.

·  Eros - (a.k.a. Amor, Cupid, Eleutherios) God of love, procreation and sexual desire.

·  Euterpe - One of the Muses - represents Music/Lyrics/Poetry.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - H

·  Hades - (a.k.a. Aita, Dis Pater, Haidou, Orcus, Plouton, Pluto) God of the Dead, King of the Underworld.

·  Hephaestus - (a.k.a. Hephaistos, Vulcan, Sethlans, Mulciber) God of fire and blacksmithing who created weapons for the gods.

·  Hera - (a.k.a. Juno, Uni) Goddess of goddesses, women, and marriage and wife of Zeus.

·  Hermes - (a.k.a. Pyschopompus, Mercury, Turms) God of commerce and travel, and messenger of the gods.

·  Hestia - (a.k.a. Vesta) Greek goddess of the home and fertility. One of the Hesperides.

·  Morpheus - God of dreams and sleep.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - N-O

·  Nike - (a.k.a. Victoria, Nice) Goddess of victory.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - P

·  Poseidon - (a.k.a. Neptune, Nethuns, Neptunus) God of the sea and earthquakes.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - R-S

·  Selene - (a.k.a. Luna) Goddess of the Moon and the 'mother' of vampires.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - T

·  Thetis - Leader of the Nereids, a shapeshifter, and a prophet.

List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - U-Z

·  Zeus - (a.k.a. Dias, Jupiter, Tinia, Jove, Jovis Pater) Leader of the Olympic gods, and god of lightning, thunder, and the heavens.

This is a painting by Andy Park of Mount Olympus, the place where the Greek Gods live. If you would like to see the site just click here.