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OrientationRick Riordan used a lot of classical Greek mythological gods and places in his book, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Orientation Let’s discover what he used with

examples from the book. Let’s see if we can figure out if he stayed true to the classical mythology.

Orientation To see how well you do, there will be a

quiz at the end! So be sure to pay attention!

Directions Read through each slide to learn about

the characters and places used.

Click on the icon to compare it to the Greek god, place, or term.

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Ambrosia Tastes like cookies! The food of the gods. Will kill a human and potentially harm a

demi-god.

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Ares Prefers to wear biker leathers.

God of War

In love with Aphrodite

His eyes are made of fire

Father to Clarisse

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Cerebus Three-headed rottweiler

Guards the gates of Hades’ home

Is appeased with a red ball

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Charon Wears expensive suits

Ferries the dead across the River Styx

Wishes he had a raise from Hades

Enjoys Barry Manilow

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Chiron A centaur

A Latin teacher in a wheelchair in the mortal world

Leads Camp Halfblood

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Dionysus On probation from Mount Olympus

God of Wine and Revelry

Must not drink alcoholic beverages

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Hades God of the Dead and the Underworld

Married to Persephone

Runs the Underworld like a sprawling housing complex

God of Riches

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Hermes Father of Luke

Messenger of the Gods

God of Travelers and Thieves

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Medusa Runs a garden shop with statues made of real people

Her gaze can turn any living thing into stone

Has two sisters, together called the Gorgons

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Minotaur Chases Percy Jackson to the big tree at the border of Camp HalfBlood

Relies on sense of smell to find his prey

Half man and half bull

The first creature from which Percy takes a trophy

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Nectar Drink of the gods

Can taste like liquefied cookies

Can kill a human and potentially harm a demi-god

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Pan Half man and half goat

God of the satyrs

Is missing and the satyrs must search for him

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Persephone Wife to Hades

Visits Hades for a few months out of the year to explain autumn and winter

Betrays Hades to return the bolt to Percy

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Poseidon• Greek God of the sea and horses

• Father of Percy Jackson

• Rival of Athena

• Portrayed as a man in fishing gear.

• Uses a trident for a symbol

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Styx Allows the dead to enter the Underworld

Polluted with the litter of the moral realm

Can be sworn upon to enact a very serious oath

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Underworld Living place of Hades

Is made up of three places: Fields of Asphodel Elysian Fields Tartarus

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Fields of Asphodel Where people go when they die if they lived a mediocre life

Looks like a giant wheat field in Kansas

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Elysian Fields Where people go when they die if they lived an extraordinary life

A gated community with houses from every era in time

Compared to a vacation resort

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Fields of Punishment Where a person goes when they die if they have done great evil in life

Where Sisyphus is pushing a boulder up a mountain for eternity

Has rivers of lava and minefields

Barbed wire separates the areas of various torture

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Zeus Turned Thalia into a tree

Lord of all the Gods

Brother to Poseidon and Hades

Wields the Master Bolt

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Pop Quiz! Read the question Review the multiple-choice answers Choose the most likely result based on

the Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

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1. Who is pictured here?

Chiron

Hades

Charon

2. Who is Poseidon’s child?

Grover Underwood

Annabeth Chase

Perseus Jackson

3. Who is the wife of Hades?

Annabeth Chase

Ambrosia

Persephone

4. Who is it who searches for Pan?

The Satyrs

Hermes

Chiron

5. Who is pictured here?

Cerebus

Medusa

Minotaur

How did you do? 1/5 : I think you need to read them

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2/5 : Not too bad, but you can do better!

3/5 : You’re almost there!

4/5 : You could attend Camp HalfBlood!

5/5 : Are you sure you’re not a demigod?

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Orientation Classical Greek mythology has inspired

movies, comics, and lots of books over the years. Ever wonder where all of those gods came from?

Orientation Let’s find out where authors like Rick

Riordan got his inspiration for Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

Orientation Pay close attention! There will be a quiz

at the end!

Directions Read through each slide to learn about

the gods and places used.

Click on the icon to compare it to the character used in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.

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Ambrosia Made of honey, water, fruit, cheese, olive

oil and barley

The food of the gods

Stolen by Tantalus, a son of Zeus

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Ares God of War

Carried a bloody spear

His throne on Mount Olympus is covered in human skin

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Cerebus Drool is poisonous

Snakes grow from its back and tail

Orpheus’ lyre lulled it into submission

Resides in the Underworld

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Charon Ferries the dead across the River Styx

Passage by him had to be purchased

Passage normally purchased by placing a coin beneath the tongue of the dead

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Chiron A centaur sired by Cronus

Trained the hero Jason of the Argonauts

Trained Hercules, another hero

Intelligent, unlike other centaur

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Dionysus God of Wine

Granted Midas the power to turn everything into gold

A son of the god Zeus

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Hades Kidnapped Persephone to be his wife

God of the dead and wealth

Brother to Zeus and Poseidon

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Hermes Messenger of the Gods

Guides the dead to the Underworld

His symbol is the caduceus: a staff entwined with two snakes

Owns a pair of winged sandals

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Medusa One of the gorgons

Her hair is a mass of snakes

Has the ability to turn to stone anything that looks at her

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Minotaur Half man, half bull

Sometimes depicted as having a bull’s body with a man’s head and torso, like a centaur

Devoured victims of sacrifice when they were thrown into the Labyrinth, a winding maze

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Nectar Beverage of the Gods that gave anyone who drank it immortality

Was once stolen by Tantalus, who underwent an eternity of thirst and hunger

Compared to mead, or fermented honey

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Pan God of shepherds and flocks

Is said to be the cause of “panic”

Created the syrinx, or panpipes, from a nymph who transformed into a reed to escape him

Said to be around until the last pine tree is gone from the earth

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Persephone Daughter of Zeus and Demeter

Kidnapped by Hades to be his wife

Ate three seeds of a pomegranate, forcing her to remain in the Underworld for a certain time each year, giving mortals autumn and winter

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Poseidon Seduced Medusa, thus fathering the pegasus, or winged horse

Vied with Athena for patron over Athens

God of the Sea, Earthquakes and Horses

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Styx

The river which Charon, the ferryman guides the dead into the Underworld

A river that forms the border of the Underworld

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Underworld Also called the Kingdom of the Dead

Ruling place of Hades

Said to be reached through some caves or caverns

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Fields of Asphodel Named for the Asphodel flower

The “Field of Shades” according to Homer

The “neutral” part of the Underworld

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Elysian Fields

Paradise of Heroes in the Underworld

Offers hunting and feasting for heroes

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Fields of Punishment Also called Tartarus

Where the most heinous sinners are sent at death, especially those who insult the Gods’ hospitality

Considered to be as far beneath the Underworld as the Underworld is beneath the sky

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Zeus Lord of the Gods

God of the sky

Father to many half-gods, or demigods

Wielded lightning as his main weapon of choice

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Pop Quiz! Read the question Review the multiple-choice answers Choose the most likely result based on

the classic myths of the Greek Gods!

If you feel you know enough already, feel free to take the Quiz!

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1. Which of these is Poseidon?

2. Who is the God of the Dead?

Hermes

Charon

Hades

3. What is depicted here?

Ambrosia

Nectar

Dionysus

4. What is Tartarus?

Fields of Punishment

Fields of Asphodel

Elysian Fields

5. Who is the Lord of the Gods?

Hades

Poseidon

Zeus

How did you do? 1/5 : I think you need to read more mythology!

2/5 : Not too bad, but you can do better!

3/5 : You’re almost there!

4/5 : You could be a hero!

5/5 : Are you sure you don’t live on Mount Olympus?

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ReviewAmbrosia

Ares

Cerebus

Charon

Chiron

Dionysus

Hades

Hermes

Medusa

Minotaur

Nectar

Pan

Persephone

Styx

Underworld

Fields of Asphodel

Elysian Fields

Fields of Punishment

Poseidon

Zeus

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Quiz Directions Read the question or study the picture

carefully. Choose the answer that best suits the

question or identifies the picture. Keep a piece of paper nearby to keep

track of your score.

1. Which term best describes the image?

Fields of Asphodel

Elysian Fields

Tartarus

2. Who is the God of the Underworld?

Hades

Zeus

Poseidon

3. Who is the father of Clarisse?

Pan

Ares

Percy Jackson

4. Who is depicted here?

Chiron

Charon

Cerebus

5. Who is the God of Wine?

6. Who guards the Underworld?

Charon

Cerebus

Hades

7. What drink is made from fermented honey?

Ambrosia

Tartarus

Nectar

8. What is pictured here?

Underworld

Elysian Fields

Fields of Punishment

9. Who is the Latin teacher that becomes a centaur?

Chiron

Medusa

Persephone

10. What are the three areas of the Underworld?

Fields of Asphodel, Fields of Punishment,River Styx

Fields of Asphodel, Elysian Fields, FieldsOf Punishment

Elysian Fields, Fields of Pleasure, Fields ofDionysus

11. Who can turn creatures into stone with a look?

12. Who will be around until the last pine is cut from the earth?

Poseidon

Persephone

Pan

13. From what creature does Percy get his first trophy?

Minotaur

Styx

Medusa

14. Who ferries the dead to the Underworld?

Cerebus

Hades

Charon

15. Across what does he ferry the dead?

Underworld

Tartarus

River Styx

16. Who is the wife of Hades?

Medusa

Persephone

Ambrosia

17. According to Homer, which place is also known as the “Field of Shades”?

Fields of Asphodel

Fields of Punishment

Elysian Fields

18. Which God has a throne covered in human skin?

Hades

Ares

Zeus

19. Who is Poseidon’s brother?

Zeus

Dionysus

Ares

20. Who is pictured here?

Ares and Persephone

Hermes and Persephone

Hades and Persephone

How did you do? 18-20 – Great job! You could be a hero! 15–17 Awesome! Are you a demi-god? 12-14 – Not bad! Are you a Searcher? 9-11 – You need more practice! Take the

again! 8 and below – I think you need more

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Greek Myths in the Real World Greek mythology was not always

mythology! There was a time when people believed in the gods!

Sacrifices of grains and fruits and sometimes animals were made to the gods upon altars in their temples.

The modern take of this can be explained in the following video!

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