Week 3 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Zeus
- Jupiter (father of the gods, sky, lightning, justice, etc)
- thunderbolt symbol
- Eagle man
- marries a ton of women and has a dozen offspring lol,
- holy marriage between him and Hera, third heavenly couple
Ganymede
- Young boy that Zeus fell in love with and brought to Olympus to be his cup bearer
- He supposed becomes immortal and by his side much to Hera’s dismay
Athena
- Minerva (Ancient goddess of the main city Athens)
- Virgin goddess of wisdom and reason
- War strategy and victory
- owls, olive branches, helmet, Aegis
- Burst out of zeus’ head because he ate Athena’s mother Metis (favorite daughter lol)
Epithet
An attribute, descriptive phrase, adjective of the person mentioned
Athens acropolis
- built by the greeks after the massive defeat of the Persians in the 5th c
- contest between the two poseidon and Athena (sea water vs olive tree)
- huge statue of Athena inside made of ivory and gold
Hera (juno)
- wife of Zeus, queen of the gods
- fertility goddess and marriage, value, etc
- peacock symbols
- nagging and jealous wife, punishes the other women with Zeus and warning against infidelity
Io
Io was a woman pursued by Zeus and to protect her, Zeus turns her into a cow
- argus is a man with a thousand eyes who usually serves Hera, but he gets killed by Hermes and he gets honored with a peacock
- gets turned back into a woman after a while and gets children from zeus
Hephaistos
- Son of hera on her own (ugly, lame, god of fire and forge)
- amde armor for warriors and Pandora and worked with the volcanic titans as his forge
- might have had a temple in Lemnos
Hephaistos & Aphrodite (Vulcan & Venus)
- written by Homer in the odessey and recounts where Ares and Aphrodite are cheating and hephaistos catches them in the act
- makes invisible chains to the bed and captured them both in the act of cheating and everyone laughs
Aphrodite (Venus) detailed
- born of sea foam or seashell genetials of Uranus
- goose, dove (Basically love, attraction, etc)
Eros (cupid)
-hesiod sees Eros as a primidorial being
- winged boy in some versions, son of aphrodite and Ares
- dun, mischievous, bow and arrow, etc
- psyche and Eros
Ares (mars)
God of war, blood just
- most hated by Zeus, irrational and brutal
- partner to many and aphrodite
Armor and sword imagery
Apollo (apollo)
God of music, poetry, arts, oracle, plague and healing
- bow, lyre, laurel wreath
- light and sun
- birthed on the island of Delos alongside Artemis
Agememnon and Apollo
Written in the illiad by Homer
- he sends a plague down on the greeks with infectious arrows because the king kidnapped one of his temple ladies?
- he disrespected Apollo’s priest and has him return her
Poseidon (Neptune)
- God of the sea, earth-shaker
-trident
-brother of Zeus and hades
Heros gamus
Holy marriage (Zeus and hera), etc
