Tuesday 19th May 2020 Objective: To retrieve information from a text ANSWERS 1. Which television channel is being interviewed for? History TV 2. Who carries Zeus’ lightning bolts? Pegasus 3. What collects Zeus’ lightning bolts? A trained eagle 4. Who was ? Zeus’s main wife 5. Before Zeus, who was the supreme ruler? 6. What happened to Zeus’s siblings? They were swallowed by their father 7. What was Zeus’s mother’s name? 8. How did Zeus’ mother fool Cronus to save Zeus’ life? She wrapped up a rock in baby blankets and fooled Cronus into thinking it was Zeus 9. Why did she choose to save Zeus? Zeus was the favourite 10. Where did Zeus hide? In a mountain cave on the island of Crete 11. What did Zeus force his father to do? Regurgitate his brothers and sisters 12. Where was Cronus and Titus thrown? - the deepest pit of the underworld 13. Who became god of the ? 14. What did become god of? God of the underworld 15. After reading the text, what do you now think the image above is showing? Rhea handing Cronus the rock wrapped in a blanket to eat.

Order these events in Zeus’s life. The first one is done for you. Zeus grew up in Crete in a mountain cave. 3 Zeus became God of the Sky. 5 Zeus’s siblings were eaten by Cronus 1 Zeus’s mother tricked his father. 2 Zeus defeated his father. 4

Using information from the text, decide whether each statement is true or false. True False Zeus had 6 siblings and each one of them were swallowed by their  father, including him. Zeus married hundreds of women but Hera was his main wife.  Zeus lived in England in secrecy until he was old and powerful  enough to fight against his father. Wednesday 20th May 2020 Objective: Objective: To read and retrieve information from a Greek ANSWERS 1. Who were ’s parents? and Zeus 2. Who appeared out of the dark? Hades 3. Who gave consent for Hades to take Persephone as his queen? Zeus 4. Where did Hades take Persephone to? To the Underworld 5. Find three ways in which Demeter’s grief changed the earth. Three from the following: the earth grew dark, cold and barren. Meadows yellowed. Trees curled and furled. The rain stopped. 6. Who did Demeter seek to punish? Zeus 7. Who was instructed to bring Persephone back to Demeter? 8. What did Hades admire about Persephone? Her kind and caring nature 9. What did Hades trick Persephone into eating? Pomegranate seeds 10. What was the fate of those who ate or drank in the underworld? They would remain in the Underworld for eternity 11. How many seeds did Persephone eat? 6 12. When Zeus visited who did Hades agree that Persephone could visit? Demeter (her mother 13. For how long was Persephone expected to remain in the Underworld for? Half the year (6 months) 14. According to , when Persephone was in the Underworld, what seasons was it? Autumn and winter 15. According to Greek mythology, when Persephone was with her mother, what season was it? Spring and summer

1. Persephone was happy in the Underworld. Do you agree or disagree? Explain your answer using evidence from the text. The children’s answers will vary but should be backed up with evidence from the text. 2. Using the description below, draw and label what Hades might look like. Can you also draw ? As the ruler of the dead, Hades was a grim and ghastly figure, inspiring awe and terror in everybody. Consequently, he was rarely depicted (shown) in art. When he was, he was most commonly portrayed with a beard, and a solemn, mournful look. He frequently wore a helmet, named the Helm of Darkness or the . Cerberus, the three-headed dog which guarded the entrance to the Underworld, is usually beside him. Every so often he carried a scepter or the key to his kingdom. At a later stage, he became associated with his weapon of choice, the bident, a two-pronged fork modelled after Poseidon’s .