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Olympians Flashcards

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What are the Epithets of Zeus?

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  • Father of gods and men
  • Cloud-gatherer
  • Loud thundering husband of Hera
  • Zeus Xenios
  • Zeus of the many councils
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What are the emblems of Zeus?

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  • Bull
  • Eagle
  • Oak
  • Aegis
  • Sceptor
  • Thunderbolt
  • Scales of Justice
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What is the sphere of influences for Zeus?

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  • Sky (rains, storms)
  • Sexual Potency
  • Kingship
  • Justice
  • Guest-Friendship (Xenia)
  • Supplication Oaths
  • Victory
  • Freedom
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What are the important myths of Zeus?

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  • Succession myth (rise of Zeus)
  • Zeus and Prometheus
  • Birth of Athena
  • Love Affairs:
    • seven divine brides of Zeus
    • countless mortal women (E.g Alkmene, Danae, Europa, Io, Leda, Semele)
    • Ganymede
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What are the rituals for Zeus?

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The Olympics

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What are the Epithets of Hera?

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  • Ox/Cow-Eyed
  • Lady of the White Arms
  • She who wears golden sandals
  • She who sits on a golden throne
  • She who sleeps in the arms of Zeus
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What are the emblems of Hera?

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  • Cow
  • Peacock
  • Crown
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What is the sphere of influences for Hera?

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  • marriage
  • queenliness
  • childbirth (through daughter Eileithyia)
  • Heroes (she protects heroes especially Jason and Achilles but she hates Herakles
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What are the important myths of Hera?

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  • Birth of Hephaistos (parthenogenesis)
  • Quarrel with Hephaistos
  • Beguiling of Zeus (Iliad 14)
  • Persecution of Zeus’s lovers ( e.g Leto, Io, Semele) and some of his children (e.g Dionysys and Herakles)
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What are the rituals for Hera?

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  • Associated with major temples
  • Argive Heraia: festival where her marriage to Zeus and marriage, in general, is celebrated as well as her emblems and epithets
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What are the Epithets of Poseidon?

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  • Earthshaker
  • Earth-holder
  • Dark-haired Lord of the Deep
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What are the emblems of Poseidon?

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  • horse
  • trident
  • bull
  • fish
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What is the sphere of influences for Poseidon?

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  • Sea
  • Earthquakes
  • Horses
  • Fisherman
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What are the important myths of Poseidon?

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  • Contest with Athena
  • Poseidon and Pelops (ideal erastes/ eromenos relationship)
  • Love affairs:
    • Demeter (Arion)
    • Medusa (Pegasus and Chrysaor)
    • Tyro (Pelias and Neleus)
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What are the rituals for Poseidon?

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  • Isthmian Games (named for Corinth, were celebrated in honor of Poseidon and Palaimon(another sea god))
  • Horses drowned in whirlpool for him at whirlpool of Argos
  • Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sunium on the southern tip of Attica
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What are the Epithets of Demeter?

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  • deep bosomed
  • dark robed
  • blond haired
  • holy
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What are the emblems of Demeter?

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  • corn
  • pigs
  • flaming torches
  • crown (polos)
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What is Demeter’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • Agriculture

- Female Fertility

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What are the important myths associated with Demeter?

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  • Homeric Hymn to Demeter

- Demeter and Persephone

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What rituals are associated with Demeter?

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  • Eleusinian Mysteries

- Thesmophoria

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What are the Epithets of Persephone?

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  • Dread

- Revered

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What are the emblems of Persephone?

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  • Corn

- Cock

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What is Persephone’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • Death
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What are the important myths associated with Persephone?

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  • Rape of Persephone
  • Homeric Hymn to Demeter
  • Orphic Cosmogony
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What rituals are associated with Persephone?

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  • Eleusinian Mysteries

- Cult of Persephone

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What are the Epithets of Hades?

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  • Receiver of Many

- Wealthy

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What are the emblems of Hades?

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  • Underworld (House of Hades)
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What is Hades’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • Death
  • Legions of Demons
  • Cerberus
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What are the important myths associated with Hades?

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  • Rape of Persephone
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What rituals are associated with Aphrodite?

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  • Precinct at Elis
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What are the Epithets of Aphrodite?

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  • Of the golden laughter
  • laughing
  • heavenly
  • Kypria ( = the Cyprian)
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What are the emblems of Aphrodite?

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  • dove
  • sparrow
  • myrtle
  • myrrh
  • girdle of desire
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What is Aphrodite’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • sexuality
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What are the important myths associated with Aphrodite?

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  • Birth of Aphrodite(Theogony)
  • Aphrodite and Ares (Odyssey)
  • Aphrodite and Anchises (Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite)
  • Aphrodite and Adonis
  • Judgement of Paris
  • Pygmalion and Aphrodite
  • Myrrha and Kinyras
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What rituals are associated with Aphrodite?

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  • Cult of Aphrodite in Corinth
  • Adonia
  • burning of Incense
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What are the Epithets of Hephaistos?

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  • Lame
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What are the emblems of Hephaistos?

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  • Hammer and Tong
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What is Hephaistos’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • Fire

- Metallurgy

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What are the important myths associated with Hephaistos?

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  • Birth of Hephaistos
  • Birth of Erichthonius
  • Return of Hephaestos
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What rituals are associated with Hephaistos?

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  • Chalkeia

- Cult of Hephaistos in Lemnos

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What are the Epithets of Ares?

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  • Hateful
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What are the emblems of Ares?

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  • Appears as armed warrior

- personifications of fear and panic

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What is Ares’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • War (bloodlust)
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What are the important myths associated with Ares?

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  • Aphrodite and Ares
  • Kadmos and the dragon
  • Otos Ephialtes
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What rituals are associated with Ares?

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  • Associated with rituals in Thebes

- associated with Thrace (the barbaric north)

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What are the Epithets of Hestia?

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  • Eldest child of Cronos
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What are the emblems of Hestia?

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  • is the hearth personified
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What is Hestia’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • the hearth

- domestic and civic responsibility

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What rituals are associated with Hestia?

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  • regularly invoked with prayer
50
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What are the Epithets of Apollo?

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  • Far shooter
  • Far Darter
  • Far worker
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What are the emblems of Apollo?

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  • bow
  • lyre
  • laurel
  • stag
  • swan
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What is Apollo’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • young men
  • music
  • oracles
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What are the important myths associated with Apollo?

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  • Birth of Apollo on Delos
  • Homeric Hymn to Apollo
  • Killing Python
  • Killing Tityos
  • Killing children of Niobe
  • Killing Cyclopes
  • Killing Achilles
  • Daphne Love affair
  • Cassandra love affair
  • Koronus love affair
  • Kyrene love affair
  • Kreusa love affair
  • Hyakinthos love affair
  • The hyperboreans
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What rituals are associated with Apollo?

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  • Spartan Cult
  • Pythian Games
  • Delos
  • Oracle of Delphi
  • the Paain
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What are the Epithets of Apollo?

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  • Potnia Theron (Misstress of Animals)

- Kalliste (fairest with silver bow)

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What are the emblems of Apollo?

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  • bow and arrows

- deer

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What are the important myths associated with Apollo?

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  • Iphigenia
  • Kallisto
  • Aktaion
  • Orion
  • Children of Niobe
  • Kalydonian Boar
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What is Apollo’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • hunting
  • young girls
  • blood
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What rituals are associated with Apollo?

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  • Initiation Rites
  • Karyatids
  • Little Bears of Brauron
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What are the Epithets of Hermes?

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  • Argeiphontes (Killer of Argos)

- Psychopompus (guide of souls)

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What are the emblems of Hermes?

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  • herm
  • cap
  • winged sandals
  • caduceus
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What is Hermes’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • travel
  • boundaries
  • commerce
  • theft/trickery
  • flocks
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What are the important myths associated with Hermes?

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  • Birth of Hermes
  • Homeric Hymn to Hermes
  • Invention of the Lyre
  • Killing of Argos
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What rituals are associated with Hermes?

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  • He is worshipped in the form of Herm
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What are the Epithets of Athena?

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  • Pallas

- Glaukopis = owl-eyed or grey green-eyed

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What are the emblems of Athena?

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  • olive
  • owl
  • aegis
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What is Athena’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • warfare (civilizing force)
  • strategy
  • cities
  • intelligence
  • handicrafts
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What are the important myths associated with Athena?

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  • Birth of Athena
  • Birth of Erichthoneus
  • Contest with Poseidon
  • Arachne
  • Protection of heroes, especially her favourite Odysseus
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What rituals are associated with Athena?

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  • Panathenaia

- Arrephoria

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What are the Epithets of Dionysos?

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  • Bakchos
  • Iakchos
  • Bromios
  • Zagreos
    “loosener”
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What are the emblems of Dionysos?

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  • phallus
  • ivy
  • vine
  • pine
  • goat
  • panther
  • bull
  • dolphin
  • thrysos (ivy covered cone staff topped by pinecone)
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What is Dionysos’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • wine
  • vegetation
  • ecstasy
  • drama/theatre
  • maenads
  • Thyiads
  • Bakchai/Bacchae
  • thiasos
  • komasts
  • satyrs
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What are the important myths associated with Dionysos?

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  • Birth of Dionysos
  • Ikarios and the gift of wine
  • Dionysos and the pirates
  • Ariadne on Naxos
  • Dismemberment (sparagmos) of Pentheus
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What rituals are associated with Dionysos?

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  • dithyramb
  • sparagmos
  • omophagia
  • oreitasia
  • komos

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