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Relationships with The gods. Introduction to the Odyssey By: Lexi Moore and Cara Snider. Myths. traditional stories rooted in a particular culture that usually explain a belief, ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Relationships with The gods
Relationships with The godsIntroduction to the Odyssey By: Lexi Moore and Cara SniderMythstraditional stories rooted in a particular culture that usually explain a belief, ritual, or a mysterious natural phenomenon
Essentially religious because they are concerned with the relationship between human beings and the unknown or spiritual realmHuman interactionsoften came down from Olympus to have affairs with humans, resulting in demigods
Humans wrote comedies, dramas, played Olympic games, all dedicated to the celebration of their Gods.Heroes and GodsOdysseus-Good relationship: Athena because of his mental abilities
Bad relationship: Poseidon because of his arrogance and brutishness
Hercules-Good relationship: Zeus because he was his father, Athena because she was the protector of heroes
Bad relationship: Hera because Zeus had an affair to father Hercules
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