Quiz 1 Flashcards
What is CRITICAL THINKING?
Not having the answer before you ask a question.
Zeus
ATTRIBUTES: Beard, Eagle, Thunderbolt
AREAS OF CONCERN: Kinship, The Sky
BASED OFF OF: Iu (Iupiter) & Jove (Both father sky)
ASSOCIATED WITH: Egyptian Amun & Persian Ahura Mazda
Hera
WHO: Wife and Sister of Zeus
ATTRIBUTES: Crown, Peacock
AREAS OF CONCERN: Marriage, Family
Only Parent of Hephaestus
Rivals with anyone Zeus sleeps with
Apollo
WHO: Son of Zeus and Leto
ATTRIBUTES: Kithara, Bow, Laurel
AREAS OF CONCERN: Music, Healing Prophecy
Has a rivalry with Peleus and Achilles
Prometheus
WHO: Brother of Epimetheus
ATTRIBUTES: Fire, Eagle, Caring for man
AREAS of CONCERN: Technology & Man
Has a rivalry with Zeus after stealing fire to give to mankind
Pandora
WHO: Wife of Epimetheus, first mortal woman
Was created as a punishment for Epimetheus and Prometheus
NAME: Doron (gift from gods) Pan-DORON
Heracles
ATTRIBUTES: Lion skin, club
AREAS OF CONCERN: Strength, Spreading Culture
Rescued Prometheus from being chained by Zeus
Epimetheus
Receives Pandora from Zeus
Advised never to receive gifts but rather to send them
Accepts gift anyway and takes note
Typhoeus
Blamed by Zeus, just like Hephaestus
Often compared to Hephaestus
Born from Earth & Tartaros
Put under MT Etna
Eurystheus
WHO: Father of Heracles
Gave Heracles the 12 Labors
Kronos
WHO: Second ruler of the sky
Castrated his father Ouranos (Starry Sky)
Devoured his children
Rivaled with his Father and his Sons/Daughters (mainly Zeus)
Cerberus
WHO: Dog of hell, with a brazen voice and fifty heads, a bold and strong beast
RELATIONS: Son of Typheous & Echidna, Brother of Orthos
Hydra
RELATIONS: Son of Typheous & Echidna
Slain by Heracles with a sword
Nemean Lion
RELATIONS: Son of Echidna and Orthos
Raised by Hera and sent to terrorize the city of Nemea
Slain by Heracles and worn by him
Apollodorus
WHO: Author of the Library of Greek Mythology
Live in 2nd Century CE
He found multiple stories and tried stitching them together for one right answer
