Titans & Olympians Flashcards
ZEUS
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Roman name: Jupiter
Common identifiers: lightning(thrown down), white beard, exposed torso, his eagle
God of: weather & justice
Married to: Hera
POSEIDON
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Roman name: Neptune
Common identifiers: trident(3 pronged), matted/wet hair, chariot drawn by Hippocamp
God of: sea(SALT WATER ONLY), horses, earthquakes, and wall building
Married to: Amphitrite
HADES
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Roman name: Pluto
Common identifiers: bident(2 pronged), black hair, incomplete/partial looking beard, Cerberus(3 headed dog)
God of: the underworld, precious metals
Married to: Persephone
HERA
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Roman name: Juno
Common identifiers: heavy modest garments, hair always up
Goddess of: motherhood, childbirth, vengeance
Married to: Zeus
APHRODITE
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Roman name: Venus
Common identifiers: very sheer and clingy garments, pair of doves, cupids, contrapposto stance
Goddess of: love/lust(NOT BEAUTY)
Married to: Hephaestus
HESTIA
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Roman name: Vesta
Common identifiers: also very modest, fire, vestal virgins
Goddess of: household hearth - fire for cooking and warmth, virginity
Married to: no one, rejects all suitors
DEMETER
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Roman name: Ceres
Common identifiers: wheat, breasts sometimes enhanced for concept of fertility, agricultural tools, torch(searching for Persephone)
Goddess of: grain/agriculture
Married to: no one, is content to spend time with her daughter rather than with a lover
Who gave birth to the Olympians?
Rhea and Cronus
Who gave birth to the first Titans?
Uranus(sky/heavens) and Gaea(earth)
Why was Gaea upset with Uranus and in pain?
She couldn’t give birth bc Uranus was constantly covering her, and he forced the hundred-handed giants to live at the edge of the world
How did Gaea overpower Uranus?
She asked her son Cronus to cut his genitals off, and then she was able to birth the Titans
Why did Cronus eat his children?
He was prophesied to be overpowered by his son, similar to how he overpowered his own father
How did Rhea trick Cronus into not eating Zeus?
She wrapped rocks in swaddled clothes and hid Zeus
What did Zeus do to his father?
Fulfilled the prophecy and cut open his stomach, allowing all his other siblings to be born. He then led the war against the Titans and became ruler of Mount Olympus
GOLDEN AGE
Who created mankind:
How did they die:
Important to know:
Who created mankind: Cronus
How did they die: they all just died off, no women to reproduce with
Important to know: perfect bliss, gods & mankind lived in harmony, no strife or labor
