Packet #2: The Olympian Era Flashcards
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Twelve Olympians
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- Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Ares, Aphrodite, Hephaestus, Hermes, and wither Hestia or Dionysus
- Hades and Persephone are left out because they live in the underworld
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Zeus
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- King of gods and god of sky and thunder
- thunderbolt and Eagle are his things also the oak tree and the bull
- as sky-god he was divine witness to oaths
- the sacred trust in which justice and good depended.
- Child of Cronus and Rhea
- Gaia his the thunderbolts from Zeus but the Cyclopes gave them back
- Husband and Brother of Hera and they had Ares, Hebe, Hephaestus, Elieithyia (childbirth), and Eris (chaos, strife, and discord)
- Other kids with his one-night-stands include Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Persephone, Dionysus, Perseus, Hercules, Helen of Troy, Minos, 9 Muses
- Nymph names Echo was in charge of keeping Hera distracted from Zeus’s sleeping around and when she found out she cursed her with only being able to repeat
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Hera
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- Wife and Sister of Zeus
- goddess of women, marriage, and family
- wearing a crown holding a death pomegranate likes cows, lions, and peacocks
- archetype of Union in the marriage bed
- Hera pissed of Hephaestus and he trapped her in her throne and only let her go after being given Aphrodite as his wife
- very jealous and vengeful toward Zeus
- chariot pulled by super strong peacocks
- Cow Goddess (cow-eyed)
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Poseidon
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- god of the seas, earthquakes, horses and tidal waves
- older man with beard, horses, bulls, dolphins, trident
- Son of Cronus and Rhea and married to Amphitrite (goddess of saltwater)
- Athena became the patron goddess of the city after a competition with Poseidon he offered a salt water fountain and she offered an olive tree and she won
- Arion one of his kids was a horse who could talk
- Poseidon raped Medusa in Athena’s temple which pissed her off and made her turn Medusa into the snake lady
- Chariot pulled by magic water horses
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Demeter
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- goddess of fertility, ag, nature, and the seasons
- poppy, torch, cornucopia, and pig are her symbols
- daughter of Cronus and Rhea and her daughter by Zeus was Persephone and she has to live in Hades half the year
- Corn Mother
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Athena
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- goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, mathematics, olive oil, strength, reason, intelligent activity, literature, handicrafts and science, defense and strategic warfare, just wars
- owl and olive tree
- slow to anger and never fights without purpose
- helmet, really bug spear, shield with the head of a Gorgon, Nike the goddess of victory, and an owl
- cams from Zeus forehead she was his fav
- turned Medusa into snake lady
- struck Tiresias blind because he saw her naked
- Athena offered wisdom in the judgment of Paris and she lost so she’s bitter
- Arachne thought she was the weaving queen and she challenged Athena and she made her mad so she turned her into a Spider
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Apollo
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- god of light, Sun god, twin brother of Artemis
- pictured with 9 muses
- Hermes creates the lyre him
- often called Phoebus (bright) Pythias (defeated Python)
- Son of Leto (gave birth on her sister Delos (island))
- Killed a serpent named python 4 days after birth
- Trojan war helped Paris kill Achilles by hurting his heel
- Him and Artemis killed all of Niobes kids after she made fun of their mom (Leto)
- Daphne was a nymph got turned into a tree running from Apollo
- Clytie was in love with Apollo but he loved her sister Leucothea but Clytie tattled on them and her dad buried Leucothea alive and Apollo tried to bring her back which turned her into a Frankincence. Clytie stared at the sun (Apollo) trying to get him back and she turned into a sunflower
- Hyacinth was a male lover of Apollo, he killed him accidentally because Zephyrus blew the wind and he made a flower with tear drops on it in his name
- Cyparissus was given a deer but he killed it on accident and he wanted to cry forever so he got into a Cypress tree
- Hermes got out of his blanket went to Apollo’s cows and took out organs and stuff and made the lyre and Apollo caught him and he got to keep the Lyre
- Pan, a satyr, challenged him in music playing and Pan lost but Midas got mad about that and gave Midas ears of a donkey
- Marsyas challenges him with the flute of Athena and lost and he got skinned alive
- Bow and arrow and Lyre
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Artemis
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- Goddess of Hunt, virginity, and the moon
- protector of young girls
- Deer as cypress trees were sacred to her
- She asked for six wishes
- always virgin
- many names apart form Apollo
- light bringer
- bow and arrow and knee length tunic for hunting
- sixty of Oceanus daughter for her choir 20 handmaiden nymphs
- wanted to rule the mountains and help women in childbirth
- had a hunting companion Orion, Gaia sent a giant scorpion to kill him and she put him in the stars (constellation)
- Chariot pulled by 6 golden horned deer
- Callisto was raped by Zeus and got her pregnant and pissed Artemis off so she turned her into a bear and her son came out human and almost killed her and they got put in the stars too (big and Little Dipper)
- Helped kill Niobe’s kids
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Ares
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- god of war, violence and bloodshed
- Boar, serpent, dog, vulture, spear, and shield
- Helios saw Ares and Aphrodite enjoying each other in Hephaestus’s hall and he made a net, captured them, and then showed them off to the gods
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Hephaestus
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- master blacksmith and craftsman
- god of fire and forgery
- fire, axe, donkey, anvil, and hammer
- made weapons for gods
- thick beard and weak legs
- got broken legs either when Hera threw him down Olympus after being born because he was ugly or when Zeus and Hera were arguing and Hephaestus took moms side and Zeus tossed him down Olympus
- kindhearted and patient
- trapped in throne and was gifted Aphrodite to let his mother out of the throne
- god of volcanoes
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Hermes
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- messenger god and god of thieves
- Caduceus (staff with two snakes)
- bearded man, traveller, winged shoes, wide brimmed hat, adorned with small wings
- got two snakes of staff when he saw them fighting and they coiled around the stick and since it represents peace they froze
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Hestia
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- virgin goddess the hearth, family and home
- first child of Cronus and Rhea
- Vestal Virgins kept it the fire burning in her temple
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Dionysus
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- god of wine, grapes, and celebration
- always be seen with grapevine, ivy, or a big cat
- Married it Cretan princess Ariadne
- mature male bearded and robed with a fennel staff that has a pine cone dripping in honey
- procession made up of females and satyrs
- Mom was a mortal
- Hera tried to keep it a secret and killed the mom and then Titans tried to kill him and ate everything but the heart and Zeus sewed the heart into his thigh and he was reborn. YAY
- gave Midas the gold touch which ended up being pretty sucky (touched the pactolus river and that explained why the sand had gold in it)
- brought Hephaestus back to Olympus
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Hades
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- king of underworld god of death
- Zeus have him Persephone and she ate a pomegranate and she has to stay there half the year
- bird tipped septre, two pronged staff (bident)
- dark beard
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Perephone
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- goddess of spring
- Queen of underworld
- Sheaves of grain and flaming torch
