11: Hera, Poseidon, Hades Flashcards
The Olympians, Zeus affairs, Hera, Poseidon, Hades
List the 6 children of Cronus and Rhea according to Hesiod (and roman names)
Zeus = Jupiter, Hera =Juno, Poseidon = neptune, Hades = pluto, Demeter = ceres, Hestia = vesta
Is Hades considered an olympian
not really because he lives in the underworld
who are the seven other canonical olympians
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Aphordite = venus (sometimes child of zeus and Dione)
- Phoebus apollo =apollo
- Artemis = diana
- Hephaestus = vulcan
- Ares = mars
- Hermes = mercury
Athena = minerva
zeus’ icons
eagle, lightning bolt, aegis (shaggy goat skin with snakes -athena wears, closely associated with her dad Zeus).
what is zeus concerned with
order and hospitality
what is Zeus and Hera only consistent child
Ares
Explain Zeus’ love affair with Leda
Zeus appeared to her in the form of a swan and seduced her. in most versions she gives birth to an egg with four children: castor, Polydeuces, Clytemnestra , Helen (of Troy).
2 boys would become argonauts, 2 girls would cause trouble.
Explain the rape of Europa
Europa is a Phoenician princess one day she is playing on the shore with her friends and she notices a beautiful cow, gentle and tame. The cow is however Zeus transformed. He offers her to climb on his back. Then he jumps into the ocean and takes her to Crete. One of their sons is King Minos.
Explain Zeus’ most famous love affair with alcmene
Her husband is Amphitryon, Zeus shows up to her house pretending to be her husband, she consents to her husband but doesn’t know it’s actually Zeus. Zeus and Alcmene’s son ends up being Heracles. Amphitryon claims him as his son but Zeus claims him as his. Hera is angry Zeus had a child with another woman and sends snakes to attack baby Heracles but Heracles strangles the snakes.
Danae love affair of Zeus
Danae’s father Acrisius is warned that her kid would kill him so he locks her up in an underground chamber). However Zeus is still able to penetrate the chamber in the form of a golden shower and they have a child: Perseus.
Explain Zeus’ affair with Ganymede the Trojan
Zeus takes Ganymede to mount Olympus and makes him his cup bearer (to give him nectar and abroisa).
With who does Zeus produce the 3 graces
Eurydome
Explain the seducing one’s husband myth in the illiad
Hera hates Trojans but supports the Greeks because of what happened at tbd judgement of Paris. Hera wants to distract Zeus because she’s worried that the Trojans are doing too well in battle. But she doesn’t think she can do it alone so she asks Aphrodite for help. Aphrodite gives her a band she ties around her chest that makes Zeus unable to resist her. Then she puts Zeus to sleep
What is the most prominent myth with Poseidon
His rivalry with Athena to be the Parton of Athena (Athena wins). They both offer gifts to the Athenian’s
What gift does Poseidon give the athenians what about Athena?
Salt water spring (or in some versions horse), Athena gives them the olive tree.
Why does Poseidon hate Odysseus
Odysseus had blinded his son Polyphemus the cyclops.
What are the sons of Cronus that are the 3 most powerful divinities
Zeus, Poseidon, hades
What is each son of Cronus awarded post-gigantomachy (giants vs olympians)
Zeus is awarded the sky, Poseidon the sea, hades the underworld
What is Poseidon god of
Seas (water especially salt water tho), horses, earthquakes
