Friday, 8/16: Let the Games Begin! (No, not iPad games...Olympic Games)

* Opening assignment: 

•  Journal 1: What advantages does an English student gain from studying mythology? 

* Check notes

* Discuss J1

* Collect notes on one Olympian.  

• What is the basic origin and history of this Olympian?
• What is this god or goddess associated with (wine, fertility, war, death, grain, a certain planet, an occupation, etc.)? 
• What symbols usually attend this god or goddess (eagle, thunderbolt, winged shoes, etc.)?  
• Explain a favorite story in which this god or goddess chiefly figures.

1. Zeus (Jupiter, Jove)
2. Hera (Juno)
3. Poseidon (Neptune)
4. Dionysus (Bacchus)
5. Apollo (Apollo)
6. Artemis (Diana)
7. Hermes (Mercury)
8. Athena (Minerva)
9. Ares (Mars)
10. Aphrodite (Venus)
11. Hephaestus (Vulcan)
12. Demeter (Ceres)

 HW: Olympian Notes