a song of joyful praise or exultation

• Paean

quick and changeable in temperament;Volatile

• Mercurial

excessive desire for wealth or possessions

• Cupidity

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What Place is this?

• Mt. Olympus, Greece

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These games take their name from which place?

Mt. Olympus

Bellicose

• Warlike• Inclined to start a fight

or quarrel

• What actions suggest that Hercules is Bellicose?

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Who is the ruler of Olympus, symbolized by the lightning bolt, and a well known womanizer?

• Zeus/ Jupiter

Who was Hercules’ namesake and also nemesis?

• Hera/Juno

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Who are these people?

• The 12 Olympians

What god personified slaughter, bloodlust, and violence and was the father of Cupid?

• Ares/ Mars

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Aphrodite/ Venus

• Goddess of Love, Beauty

• Love at first sight

• Married to Hephaestus

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Apollo is the god of…

• God of Oracles (Prophets, fortune tellers), Music, Medicine, Healing

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What does “Psyche” mean?

• Soul

What is the function of a pronoun?

• Pronouns replace nouns.

• What is an antecedent?– The antecedent is the noun referred to by the

pronoun.

Singular Plural

First Person I

Me

My, Mine

We

Us

Our, ours

Second Person List all 4 second person pronouns

Third Person He, she, it

Him, her, it

His, her, hers, its

They

Them

Their, theirs

a shield or protection;also sponsorship, patronage

• Aegis

A word used to describe the set of gods or goddesses of a particular religion, mythology, or fictional universe.

• Pantheon

What does “Deify” mean?

• To regard or worship as a god.

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Recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can inform a

texts major theme(s).

• Motifs

• May be an idea, object, place or statement.

• When symbols combine, they form: MOTIFS!!!

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This is a statue of one of the Titans. What is his name and how is he related to Hercules?

• Atlas, who holds up the world. Hercules tricked him into getting the apples of Hesperides

Nemesis

• One that inflicts retribution or vengeance

• Who is Venus the nemesis of?

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What does “Stygian” mean?

• Gloomy and dark

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Hermes/ Mercury was the god of…

• God of Commerce, Messengers, Travelers, Invention, Orators, Literature, Poets, Athletics, Thieves, Liars

Exemplary

• Why do Heroes of disney movies need to be exemplary?

What is a “Paroxysm”?

• A sudden outburst of any kind of activity

Venerable

• Why do some consider the president venerable?

Can you use all five words in a sentence?

• Although he was a bellicose character who frequently suffered to paroxysms of madness, Hercules possessed an almost Achillean ego that led him to become an exemplary and venerable individual through his brave completion of the twelve labors.

What is the purpose of Expository Writing

• to inform, explain, describe, or define the author’s subject to the reader.

• How is this accomplished?– Through objective, detailed writing

Of unusual size, power, or difficulty.

• Herculean

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• The main character(s) who drives the action of the story– PROTAGONIST

• Synonym?– Hero

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Character

• Original model of a person or the ideal example. A generic version of a personality.– Archetype

• An overused, oversimplification of a personality type.– Stereotype

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Symbols

• What are symbols?– Represent other things

• What are three examples of symbols?

What does Achillean mean?

• Invulnerable

What term is used to describe “The message, lesson, or

meaning of a text”?

• Theme– Most are implied, not said outright.– Meaning of the text on an abstract level.– Themes are usually supported by motifs.– One sentence statement

• Who is this and what is his relationship to Hercules?

Acrimonious

• Why is Hera acrimonious?

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