Ares, Hephaestus, Hebe, Eileithyia

Question 1

Ares nature?

Answer 1

God of War - blood and death, rage, violence, strength
Feared and respected by mortals and gods
- not well liked but needed to protect family and country

Question 2

Ares: Iconography

Answer 2

Helmeted soldier
Spear
Boar

Question 3

Ares: Origins

Answer 3

Thrace
- Wild part of Greece, lots of violence

Question 4

Ares: Consort

Answer 4

Aprhodite
- Eros and Harmonia = children

Question 5

Hephaestus: Nature

Answer 5

Forge, Blacksmithing, Fire

Question 6

Hephaestus: Consort

Answer 6

Married to Aphrodite
- Union of beauty and deformity, sensual and intellectual
- gets cheated on, makes a trap with golden net
- Gets laughed at by Hermes and Apollo, Poseidon convinces him to let them go

Question 7

Hephaestus: Origins

Answer 7

Birthed by Hera on her own
Gets thrown off Olympus because of deformity
Dionysus gets him to come back by getting him drunk
(Alternate) Zeus throws him, lands on Lemnos

Question 8

Hebe: Nature

Answer 8

Cupbearer to the gods
Goddess of Youth

Question 9

Eileithyia: Nature

Answer 9

Childbirth, shared with Hera and Artemis