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3 fates

Clotho
Lachesis
Atropos

no god has control over them

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Agnosticism

belief that god is possible

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Diety

a term for a god or a goddess which does not specify gender

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Hestia is goddess of

hearth

always good

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who deals w/creative writing

group of sisters

9 muses

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Apollo is god of

sun
healing
music

usually calm, rational

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what is clotho

weaver

does not choose what is woven

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best friend of Artemis that is virginal

talks bad about Aphrodite (slut)

thinks sex is NASTAY like Artemis

Hippolytus

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mother of athena

turns into a fly that zeus swallows because of prophecy

metis

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what is atropos

cutter

ends life

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the beginning of the world

what was it called?

Chaos

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human that Aphrodite falls for

killed

Adonis

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Anthropomorphic

having human form

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voltaire quote

I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it

revolutionary thinker around French revolution

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Aphrodite is goddess of

love

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married to Kronos

Rhea

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mother of Apollo and Artemis

Leto

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Atheism

without god

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Ares is god of

war

min. temples bc Greeks wanted him to rest

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Monotheism

belief in one god

all powerful and created everything

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Prometheus brother

gives animals their gifts

Epimetheus

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gives humans intelligence when Epimetheus is giving animals gifts

Prometheus

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blacksmith of gods
ugly

husband of Aphrodite

Hephaestus

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who invaded Greece and almost overran them

persians

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Omnipresent

everywhere at once

3 virgin goddesses

artemis, athena, hestia

Athena is goddess of

wisdom | clear headed (virginal)

who would you pray to to understand a difficult situation or make wise judgements

athena | daughter of zeus that he loves

Zeus is the god of

wisdom and justice

who fought in war that lasted 50-60 years until they decided to quit

Sparta and Athens

felt he would be a better ruler than Ouranos | his father

Kronos

stepmother of Hippolytus that Aphrodite curses w/sexual desire

Phaedra

Omnipotent

all powerful

men could not prevent women from worshipping this god at temple

dionysus

what is a nymph

daughter of lesser god | immortal and beautiful (usually sextuplets)

twin sister of Apollo

Artemis

nymph raped by Zeus her and son made bears | Ursa major and Ursa minor

Callisto

Hera is goddess of

women and families | benevolent

Macbeth quote

"to be thus is nothing, but to be safely thus is everything"

holds up the sky | a titan

Atlas

what could persephone not take when travelling to Earth

pomegranite seeds

earth giant goddess w/human form

Gaia

why is Dionysus the only god born of human parent

incubated in Zeus's thigh

personal messenger of Zeus | god of travelers

Hermes

Arachne

weaver | turns into spider by Athena

2 gods that came out of chaos

Ouranos and Gaia

3 representations of Eros

angel baby handsome guy mischevious teen

Dionysus is god of | son of Zeus and Semele

wine, grape | and staying alive

14 healthy children sin of bragging | children killed by Apollo and Artemis

Niobe

couple that Hephaestus put on trial | jury of Gods cant agree

Aphrodite and Ares

how was Ouranos defeated as ruler

castrated by Kronos

who are the furies | what do they do

bless creative ppl w/inspo they are conscience | ugly and monstrous apparitions to ppl who do bad things

Eros is god of

love | son of Aphrodite

Dualism

belief in 2 gods of equal power ## Footnote one malicious/one benevolent

ages of man

golden age silver age bronze age god-like heroes iron age

Pagan

Greek/Roman religion | Greeks/Romans did not have name for their religion ## Footnote been used as negative term

one item left in Pandora's box

hope

3 important realms

earth and sky sea underworld

Polytheism

belief in many gods

nymph Apollo chases father changes her into a Laurel tree | Apollo's sacred tree

Daphne

John Milton quote

They also serve who only stand and wait

sculptor that falls in love with sculpture | Aphrodite turns her real

Pygmalion

Zeus's punishment to men

Pandora and her box

Artemis is goddess of | thinks sex is NASTAY

hunters and wild animals | daughter of Zeus but not Hera

Demeter is goddess of | seriously worshipped, line of ppl 10-12 miles

grain and harvest

what is lachesis

apparitioner | determines length of life

the sky giant god w/human form

Ouranos

how is Kronos defeated

Zeus comes back w/army of titans

created from seafoam formed by Ouranos testicles

Aphrodite | also daughter of Zeus

blind, religious, purtian

John Milton

famous titan that gave humans fire | they were starving in winter

Prometheus

followers of dionysus that would come out of temple and rip animals apart in the woods

menads | women in real life were dazed and targets of assault

human Zeus was in love with

Semele | vaporized by seeing Zeus's true form

offspring of Rhea

Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Zeus

Pantheon

all the gods

giants w/human form | there are lots of them

Titans

Omniscient

all knowing ## Footnote which gods are NOT

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