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Art Periods Pt. 2 Flashcards

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Zeus’ Ovid stories

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Io, Semele, Ganymede, & Europa

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Io

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Zeus raped her and turned her into a cow

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Semele

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Fucked Zeus while seeing his true form so she died. Zeus carried their child, Dionysus, in his thigh.

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Ganymede

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Zeus’ cup bearer boyfriend that he kidnapped

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Europa

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She rode bull Zeus

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Demeter’s Ovid story

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Rape of Persephone - Hades kidnapped and raped Persephone. She was allowed to leave the underworld if she didn’t eat. She ate so the compromise is half a year with Hades, half a year with Demeter.

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Apollo’s Ovid stories

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Slaying of Python, Daphne, Pheathon, Marsyas, Hyacinth

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Slaying of Python

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Apollo killed the snake terrorizing Parnassus

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Daphne

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Didn’t want to sleep with Apollo so she got a river god to make her a tree

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Pheathon

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Apollo’s son who crashed the sun chariot and was killed by Zeus

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Marsyas

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Satyr that lost a flute contest to Apollo and had is body flayed as punishment

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Hyacinth

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Apollo’s boyfriend who was killed by a discus

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Artemis’ Ovid stories

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Callisto, Niobe, Acteon, Atalanta

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Callisto

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Raped by Zeus and turned into a bear when Hera saw she birthed a son. Zeus protects her by turning her and her son into constellations.

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Niobe

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Had her 14 children killed for bragging about being better than Leto

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Acteon

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Stumbles upon Artemis bathing and is turned into a deer who gets killed by his dogs

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Atalanta

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She races Hippomenes for the right to not marry him which she loses because of golden apples. Aphrodite angry for not getting her thanks turns both into lions.

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Athena’s Ovid stories

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Arachne & Aphrodite and Adonis

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Arachne

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Claimed to be a better weaver than Athena and was turned into a spider when she was about to win the contest

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Aphrodite and Adonis

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Aphrodite fell in love with Adonis who was killed by a boar

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Dionysus’s Ovid story

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Pentheus - Tore limb from limb during a ritual od Bacchus

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Hermaphroditus

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Creature of both sexes

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Pygmalion and Galatea

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Falls in love with a statue that the gods make real and they have a kid named Paphos

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Narcissus

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Falls in love with his reflection and drowns when he tries to kiss himself

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Echo

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Tricked Hera so she was cursed to only repeat people

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Midas

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Got the golden touch, had Dionysus take it away, got donkey ears from Apollo

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Pan and Syrinx

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A nymph that didn’t want to sleep with Pan so she was turned into reeds that Pan turned into the first pan pipe

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Orpheus and Eurydice

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She gets killed, he goes to get her, his singing makes people cry, he can take her if he doesn’t turn to look, he turns to look, bye-bye Eurydice, he gets stoned and torn apart, Orpheus and Eurydice reunite

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Pantheon

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Temple to all the gods

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Zeus

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Storm god / Guardian of state
Animal - Eagle
Attribute - Thunderbolt, scepter, throne
Parents - Kronos & Rhea

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Hera

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Childbirth / Marriage
Animal - Cow & peacock
Parents - Kronos & Rhea

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Kanathos

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The spring where Hera re-virginizes each year

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Poseidon

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Sea / Earthquakes / Horses / Freshwater
Animal - Horse
Attribute - Trident
Parents - Kronos & Rhea
Sanctuary - Mt. Helicon

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Demeter

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Agriculture
Attribute - Staff of wheat
Parents - Kronos & Rhea
Sanctuary - Telesterion

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Apollo

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Music / Archery / Medicine / Sun / Prophecy
Attribute - Bow & quiver
Parents - Zeus & Leto
Sanctuary - Delos

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Artemis

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Hunt / Fertility / Moon
Animal - Bear
Attribute - Bow & quiver, crescent
Sanctuary - Delos

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Athena

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Wisdom / Crafts / Strategy
Animal - Owl
Attribute - Armor, spear, and helmet
Sanctuary - Erechtheion

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Hestia

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Hearth / Fire
Parents - Kronos & Rhea
Sanctuary - Megaron

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Hermes

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Heralds / Thieves / Messenger of the gods / Magic
Animal - Ram
Attribute - Caduceus
Parents - Zeus & Maia
Sanctuary - Arcadia

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Aphrodite

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Love
Animal - Dove & swan
Attribute - Cupid
Parents - Zeus & Dione

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Dionysus

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Wine / Vines / Vegetation
Animal - Wild cats
Parents - Zeus & Semele
Sanctuary - Mt. Cithaeron

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Panhellenic Festival

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4 separated sports festivals held to honor the gods

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Olympic Games

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Athletic competitions held to honor Zeus

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Panathenaea

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Athletic competitions held to honor Athena

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Apollo Belvedere

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Pythian Apollo, celebrated marble sculpture

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Orion

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Was killed by a giant scorpion and turned into a constellation by Zeus

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Hecate

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Goddess of magic, the moon, and darkness

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Asclepius

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God of medicine

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Hades

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God of the underworld

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Cerberus

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3 headed dog

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Styx

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The river between earth and underworld, hate

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Charon

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Ferryman of the dead

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Vergil’s Aeneid

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Aeneas fleed to Rome then visited his father in the underworld

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Acheron

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Sibyl of Cumae

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Priestess who helps Aeneas

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Golden Bough

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Branch that symbolizes Aeneas being destined to go to the underworld

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Avernus

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Entrance to the underworld

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Katabasis

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Traveling to the underworld

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The 3 judges of the underworld

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Rhadamanthys, Aeacus, & Minos

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Tantalus

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Fed his son to the gods now he can’t eat or drink

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Sisyphus

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Escaped death so now he must push a boulder up a hill for eternity

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Tityus

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Tried to rape Leto and must now have his liver eaten for eternity

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Ixion

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Murdered his father in law and tried to rape Hera so he was strapped to a burning wheel

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Danaids

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50 daughters for 50 sons who killed their husbands and have to carry water in a sieve

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Typhoeus

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Deadliest monster who was eventually defeated by Zeus

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