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Gods & Goddesses Flashcards

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What are Zeus’ spheres of control?

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  • storms, weather, lightning
  • upholder of order and justice
  • god of kingship
  • protects beggars
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Where is Zeus worshipped as providing over Agora, the political and commercial center of the city?

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Argoraios

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Where is Zeus worshipped as the guardian of the city-state?

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Polieus

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Where is Zeus worshipped as the guardian of the council?

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Boulaios

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Where is Zeus worshipped as the guardian of individual households?

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Herkeios

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Where is Zeus worshipped as the guardian of property?

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Ktesios

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Where is Zeus worshipped as the averter of crisis?

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Soter

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Who were Zeus’ mortal affairs?

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Io, Europa, Danae, Leda

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Who are Poseidon’s parents? Brothers?

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Cronus and Rhea
Zeus and Hades

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What is Poseidon the ruler of?

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God of sea, earthquakes, and horses

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What is Hephaestus the god of?

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God of blacksmiths, fire, and artisans

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Who was thrown out of Mt. Olympus and why?

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Hephaestus- thrown out by Hera because he was crippled (had a limp) or by Zeus for siding with Hera during an argument

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What is Hermes the god of?

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messenger of the gods, god of trickery and deception, abundance and prosperity, ingenuity, and magic

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What are some of the iconography of Hermes?

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caduceus (messenger staff)
winged sandals
petasos (travelers cap)
the herm

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Next to Zeus, who is the most important/most complicated of the gods?

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Apollo

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What are Apollo’s spheres of control?

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archery, disease and healing, purification, prophecy, poetry and music, initiation, colonization, and the sun

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What are some of the iconography of Apollo?

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depicted as young and beardless
represents ideal youthful, male beauty
bow, lyre, and laurel
portrayed from a distance

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What is Dionysus the god of?

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God of wine and intoxication, ritual madness, the mask/theatre, fertility, afterlife

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Who were Dionysus’ followers?

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satyrs, nymphs, maenads

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What are satyrs?

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wild men with animalistic features. Known for their rampant sexuality

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What are maenads?

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ecstatic female followers of Dionysus who would dismember humans/animals and eat them raw

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What are some of Dionysus’ iconography?

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Wreathed in ivy and wearing animal skin
bears the thyrsus (wand wound with ivy and topped with pinecone)
chariot drawn by panthers
cult name Bakchos

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How Dionysus born?

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“Born twice”- Hermes saved the fetus from his dead mother and he was sewn into Zeus’ thigh until he was born again

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What are Athena’s spheres of influenece?

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domestic handicrafts, wisdom, warfare

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What are Athena’s symbols?

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olive tree and owl

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What are Athena’s iconography?

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masculine women
armor and helmet
spear and shield
bears the aegis

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What are Artemis’ spheres of influence?

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hunting, female rites of passage, the moon

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What is Hestia the goddess of?

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Goddess of hearth- never leaves the hearth of Olympus

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What is Hera the goddess of?

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Queen of the gods, goddess of weddings and marriage

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Who were Hera’s childern?

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Ares, Eileithyia, Hebe

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What are the different origins of Aphrodite?

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  • Hesiod: sprang from the foam of around Uranos’ severed genitals
  • Homer: daughter of Zeus and Dione
  • Greeks: came from Cyprus
  • Other: related to Eastern fertility goddesses Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte
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What is Demeter the goddess of?

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Mother goddess and goddess of fertility

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What are some of Demeter’s iconography?

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Associated with her daughter Persephone

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