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The T wo Great G ods of the Earth

The T wo Great G ods of the Earth. By: Hannah Suh Ainsley Gumbley Sara Gonzalez Jessica Hughes Ben Laracuente Foster Machicote Austin Baker. Great Gods of the Earth. Demeter: Goddess of Corn Dionysus: God of Wine

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The T wo Great G ods of the Earth

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  1. The Two GreatGods of the Earth By: Hannah Suh AinsleyGumbley Sara Gonzalez Jessica Hughes Ben Laracuente Foster Machicote Austin Baker

  2. Great Gods of the Earth Demeter: Goddess of Corn Dionysus: God of Wine The Greeks believe that the two basic gifts that Earth gives are the breaking of bread and the drinking of wine.

  3. Unlike the Twelve Gods, they were helpful to the mortals. They were mankind’s best friends. • Both knew about pain and joy; they were the suffering gods. • During summer, they were the gods of harvest. • During winter, they sorrowed, and the earth was sad.

  4. Demeter Persephone: Daughter of Demeter and the Maiden of Spring Hades: Lord of the Underworld Zeus: God of Sky and the King of the gods Metaneira: A woman of Eleusis Hermes: Messenger of the gods Rhea: The Oldest of the gods and Messenger of the gods

  5. Hades takes Persephone to the underworld. Demeter looks for her for nine days and failure to find Persephone causes Demeter to become depressed. Demeter leaves Olympus and disguises herself as an aged woman. Zeus sees that nothing is growing. He tries to calm Demeter’s anger, but she does not listen. Demeter reveals herself , and a temple is built far from Olympus for her. In Eleusis, Demeter takes care of Metaneira’s son. Her plan was to give the boy eternal youth. Zeus sends Hermes to make an agreement with Hades. Zeus sends Rhea to tell Demeter about the agreement with Hades. Demeter does not refuse. Persephone is with Demeter for 2/3 of the year (spring), and with Hades for of the year (winter).

  6. Dionysus Zeus: Dionysus’s father and the King of the gods Semele: Dionysus’s mother, mortal Lycurgus: A king of Thrace Ariadne: Princess of Crete Pentheus: Son of Semele’s sister and the King of Thebes

  7. Zeus promises Semele that Dionysus will be a god in Olympus. Semele dies, and Zeus takes the unborn child and hides him until birth. Dionysus is placed in Nysus to be raised by nymphs. Dionysus is born of fire and nursed by rain. (The heat ripens the grapes, and the water keeps the plant alive.) In Thrace, Dionysus meets Lycurgus who he does not like. Zeus blinds Lycurgus. Dionysus travels to many places, teaching men the culture of the vine and the mysteries of his worship. He is accepted as a god everywhere. Dionysus falls in love with Ariadne. When she dies, he takes her crown and places it among the stars. Dionysus resurrects Semele from the dead and brings her up to Olympus with the gods. In Thebes, Dionysus is praised. Pentheus fights with Dionysus and is torn limb by limb as punishment. Dionysus dies by being torn into pieces by Hera’s orders, but he is always brought back to life. He is a symbol of resurrection.

  8. Dionysus is significant to the Greeks, because he is the only god with a mortal parent. This creates a sense of closer relations to their gods. The worship of Dionysus is based on two ideas: • Freedom and ecstatic joy- A man’s blessing • Savage brutality- A man’s ruin

  9. Greek Theatre Dionysus, known as the tragic god, was displayed through the first and best tragic plays. Everyone involved in the production of these plays were regarded as Dionysus’s servants engaged in worship. Dionysus is believed to be present during these plays as priest in his seat of honor.

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