Lecture 7

Question 1

What are some EPITHETS of

Hera?

Answer 1

• Gamostolos (“preparing
marriage”)
• Golden-throned
• Cow-eyed
• White-armed
• Basileia (“queen”)
• Argeia/Polias (in Argos)

Question 2

What are the visual images of Hera?

Answer 2

Bridal
Veil/gesture
▪ Crown & sceptre
▪ Cow
▪ Pomegranate
▪ Peacock (in later
periods)

Question 3

Who were Hera’s children with Zeus?

Answer 3

▪ Ares: ‘most hated of gods’
▪ Hebe: cupbearer
▪ Eileithyia: childbirth

Question 4

Who was Hera’s child she had by herself?

Answer 4

Hephaestus

Question 5

What was the significance of the relationship between Zeus and Hera?

Answer 5

▪ Cosmos – Mother Earth and Father Sky
▪ Reflection of patriarchal family life
▪ As a model for mankind, reinforcing social
institution of marriage

Question 6

What is the ICONOGRAPHY OF POSEIDON?

Answer 6

▪ Middle-aged, bearded
▪ Trident
▪ Hippocamp and other
sea creatures

Question 7

Who are the children of Poseidon and Medusa?

Answer 7

Pegasus and Chrysaör

Question 8

Who is the child of Poseidon and Amphitrite?

Answer 8

Triton

Question 9

What other children did Poseidon have?

Answer 9

▪ Polyphemus (and many other
brutes/monsters or evil men)
▪ Theseus

Question 10

What are some cult places of Poseidon?

Answer 10

Isthmia (Corinth)
▪ With Amphitrite
▪ Isthmian Games
▪ Athens: Erechtheion

Question 11

What are some cult places of Hera?

Answer 11

Samos: “Birthplace”
▪ Heraion: one of the oldest (8th- 6th c. BCE) and largest Greek stone temples
▪ Argos: one of the “cities I love best” (Iliad 4)
▪ Favorites: Argives and Agamemnon