Gods Flashcards

Question

Alcippe

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Ares killed son of Poseidon for trying to rape her

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terror (s. of Ares)

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fear (s. of Ares)

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married Cadmus, balancing natures of Aphrodite and Ares

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male god of love, s of ares +aphrodite

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mother of Hermes

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first woman, created by Hephaestus with contributions from the gods "all-gifted"

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shepherd god (erect goat)

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son of Hermes, mortal master theif

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raped by Hermes (fast runner) says Apollodorus

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cultural hero "forethought"

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"he of the stone heap"

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god of earth in Sumeria (made mortals of clay)

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"afterthought"

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hope personified in Pandora's jar

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5 Ages (in Works and Days)

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wife of Deucalion (flood

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punished for feeding Gods a human and earth flooded

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son of Deucalion and Pyrrha (Hellenic)

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Prometheus Bound

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punished by Hera for sleeping with Zeus (gadfly)

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with Apollo

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played flute vs. Apollo and almost tied (satyr)

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slain by Apollo

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priests/sailors from crete

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female oracle at Delphi

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laurel tree (chased by Apollo

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Apollo loved him, but killed by discus

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son of Apollo (doctor)

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"assembly" - when ephebes introduced to society

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childbirth goddess

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given grapevine by Dionysus - King of Laledon

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taught wine-making - killed for it

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tried to arrest Dionysos in Thrace- cut off sons legs and oracle tells subjects to kill him

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daughters fo king Proetus - inflicted with leprosy and kill children

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daughters of king minyas, didnt worship dionysus, eat a kid ad become owls, bats

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marries Dionysus after Theseus

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"rich in grapes" - founds Chios, waters wine

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"bunch of grapes"

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cares for Dionysus disguised as girl, but turned mad

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care for goat Dionysus

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first love of Dionysus, grape vine form his blood (Bull attack) combines with Dionysus' tears for first grape vine

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Great Mother, Aphrodite in Phrygia

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female followers of Dionysus

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dancing female followers of Dionysus with ivy wreaths + panther skins

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followers of Dionysus (m+F)

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old satyrs

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wisest silen

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Dionysus granted him the 1 favor of gold (made Lydia rich land)

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describes failed katabasis of Dionysus (reborn to semele)

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Dionysus re-born

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personified death

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"unseen one"/ "wealthy one"

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receiver of men

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host to many

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Homeric Hymn to Demeter

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3 headed dog

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Judge of Underworld

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Judge of Hades with brother Minos

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son of Zeus + judge of Hades

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tried to rape Leto, punished like prometheus

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King of Lydia, fed gods his son Pelops - tantalized with food and water

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founder of Corinth, cheats death but forced to push boulder forever

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witchcraft, attendant of Persephone, guards gates

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from blood of Uranus' castration

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can be chthonian deity

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sleep (brother of Thanatos)

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crashes wedding of Peleus and Thetis with golden apple

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married to Menelaos, then leaves with Paris

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gave Paris Xenia (oops)

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"share"/"portion" (3 sisters Atroppus, Clotho and Lachesis)

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Achilles has to give her to Agamemnon

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killed by Hector fighting for Achilles

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dresses as girl and killed by mother in Euripides' Bacchae (unable to know his self)

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mother of Pentheus, goes mad and kills him

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blind seer, only one not punished in Bacchae

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legendary founder of thebes, advises to worship Dionysus for pragmatic purposes but banished in the end

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Zeus' son killed in Illiad

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eventually killed by Achilles in book 22. honourable to gods but fated to die

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wrote "on the nature of the Gods"

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writes of spirits living in trees and rivers as basis for Italian religion

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Ares (but more important)

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Hera - from "iuventus"

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Athena - also god of physicians and inventor of instruments

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Minerva, Jupiter, Juno

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Hermes "merchents"

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Hestia but more important, guards hearths and has vestal virgins

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buried alive if they have sex!

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personal deity of augustus

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Aphrodite - originally a fresh water numen

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Hephaestos

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Dionysus (not strictly a diff name) -

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identified with Dionysus, "free", roman numen of wine

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Poseidon (mostly horses)

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"desire" aka Eros

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"soul" - Cupid marries her eventually after trapping her on island.

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two faced door god

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Saturnais, roman Kronos kind of - agriculture guy

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erect lawn gnome bringing good luck

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Herakles, deified hero

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ideal greek wife, rescued by Hercules from Hades

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son of Hephaestos, killed by Hercules in Aenid - monster near area where rome founded.

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Aeneas forced to love and leave her - commits suicide

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Prometheus Bound

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Metamorphoses (Daphne, Deucalion)

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Wrote hymn to the Pythian Apollo

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pillars in Athens to Hermes with phalluses

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bow, arrow, sandals, chiton

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state between childhood and motherhood (women = undomesticated)

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ritual tearing apart

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Callisto after punished by Artemis

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cult ritual to Artemis - dress as bears

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child-nourishing role

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asexual reproduction by a god

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Apollodorus- zeus threw off cliff. OR Hera created him and was disgusted by imperfection so banished him.

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hunting, hunters, wild animals, virgins and childbirth

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fire, blacksmiths, artisans in metalwork

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savage war, masculine agression

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sword, shield, spear

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dog, vulture

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tells of his first few days after birth to Maia

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theivery, cattle, messenger god,

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"shepherd's pipes"

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"herald's staff"

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winged sandals

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traveller's hat

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cloak for Hermes

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"to interpret" - derived from Hermes' name

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hearth, chastity, eats first sacrificed meat

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location of central hearth in Grk cities that stays lit (protectress)

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Hestia is both anthropomorphic and a physical hearth

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archetype that Prometheus encompasses

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Prometheus tricks Zeus with two piles of sacrifice portions

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Prometheus returns it after Zeus steals it back for Mecone

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used to carry fire

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by Hesiod - explains origins of gods, including creation of Pandora

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only hope remains

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Pandora myth and original sin.

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greek household

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no women, eat with gods

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100 years to grow up, hurting each other and sacrilegious.

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ash trees used to make men who only fight and kill each other off

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Troy, many went to Elysian Field at death. Better than last stage

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Hesiod's, low point where shame and Nemesis abandon doomed mankind. (no justice)

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Bible, Sumeria, Epic of Gilgamesh

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(Ovid's Metamorphoses) after Lycaon feeds person to Zeus, humanity punished, they start afresh with stones thrown

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Aeschylus play (trilogy #1) Zeus as unjust, and Prometheus punished for civilizing mankind

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"missing the mark" - Prometheus did not follow divine approval

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Hermes, Prometheus, Apollo, Dionysus

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bestial vs. civilized, hubris, Marsyas lost and skinned alive

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excessive pride leads to downfalls

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mt parnassus

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"feast of purification" religious drama purging moral pollution - re-enact killing of Python

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after killing Python- becomes shepherd

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Daphne (Ovid's Metamorphoses)

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Apollo's peopm

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always depicted as young (18-20)

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(Cynaethus of Chios) - describes birth and founding of oracle

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sun god, music, prophecy

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twice born - Dionysus

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pine cone staff

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ivy wreath, thyrsos, timbrel (drum)

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pantheres + cats

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wine, drama

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thrace - tried to arrest Dionysus, cuts of son's legs and killed by citizens

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Dionysus gives leprosy and they kill children (think they are cows)

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Boeotia - didnt worship Dionysus (sewed instead) so they eat a kid and become owls and bats

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Anonymous. why dolphins are friendly to men

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intelligent helmsman saved by dionysus

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to retrieve Semele (did or didnt succeed) - had sex with dead guy

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descent to underworld on a mission

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festival annually to god of theature with Phallic procession, plays

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idea that Dionysus dies eaten by Titans and is salvaged later

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late February - wine sampled for Dionysos and hieros gamos of Dionysus by archon basileus and wife

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sacred marriage

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5 litre vat of wine

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both sons of Zeus, but opposites- rational vs irrational, culture bringers

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poem of dionysus

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standing outside oneself

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being filled with a god (dionysus + pythia)

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mystery cult to Dionysus

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band of maenad women in Bacchanalia

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eating animals raw (Bacchanalia?)

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"darkness" - underworld

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palace guarded by Cerberus

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god of darkness, underworld

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sceptre, cornucopia, large 2 handed vessels

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"breath" - soul after death with psyche

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for heroes/Menaleus married well. Elysium, Isles of the Blessed

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main river of underworld "shuddering" barrier with dead

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"grief" river

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"wailing" river

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"burning" river

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"forgetfulness" river for reincarnation (later)

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Homer, gods involved

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Athena, Hera, Poseidon, Hermes, Hephaestos

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Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis

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over Bryseis to Agamemnon, patroklos dies, achilles returns

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naval of world - rock (not zeus) at Delphi

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god pre-Apollo at Delphi (Deucalion prays to her)

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wash, pay, sacrificse, (pythia burns laurel, sits on tripod, drips from spring, speaks in tongues), priest translates prophecy to greek

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loves a stag and cries when it dies until he becomes Cyprus tree - Apollo pursued him

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assaulted Hera - bound to fiery wheel to fly through Hades

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justice doesnt always prevail, and heroes suffer more as they discover truth

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hero accepts responsibility and makes themselves into a free moral agent, not victim of gods, after sudden insight during play

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Euripides - Pentheus killed by mad mother Agave for scorning Dionysus

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Achilles has 2 possible fates

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honour to the gods (creates favour)

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animating objects as deities (rome)

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divine natural spirit

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zeus' eagle

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omens from jupiter

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sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia

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Vestal virgin, mother of Romulus and Remus

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sacrificial cake - vestal virgins

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festival in august - throw live fish into fires

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drinking vessel, symbol of Bacchus/Dionysus

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pompeii, shows Bacchanalia with wine and orgies

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procession in festival to Ceres to set crops free from harm

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Cupid takes her off cliff anonymously to mansion, she sees him, goes on quests to get him back and marries

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early Chrismas Dec. 17-23 - hugely popular with gambling, games etc.

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collection of obscene short poems about priapus

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in italy, cacus stole hercules' cattle and is slayed.

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greatest altar - founded by Hercules after slaying Cacus

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Homer - Odyssey - Hephaestus gets revenge

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father of Aeneas with Aphrodite

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"pain" - in Vergil's Aeneid

Gods Flashcards

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