Week 2, Chpt 4, 5 Flashcards
Theogony
Birth of the gods
Gaea and Uranos gave birth to
The Titans, Cyclopes, Hecatoncheires
How does Cronus exact his revenge against his father?
Cronus castrates Uranos.
What did Cronus and Rhea create?
The first generation of Olympian gods.
All of the gods are in Cronus’s stomach except
Zeus, who Rhea hid away in a cave on the island of Crete.
How did Rhea fool Cronus into vomiting up the gods?
She fed Cronus a stone instead of her youngest child, Zeus. Metis, the personification of human intelligence, gave Cronus an emetic and he threw up all of the gods and the stone.
War with the titans.
Titanomachy, Conus leads the titans against Olympia out of anger about his freed offspring.
Who fashioned Zeus’s signature weapon?
The cyclopes fashioned Zeus’s thunderbolts for him.
The great enemy of Zeus. Their battle caued the gods to flee and disguise themselves as animals.
Typhoeus
How does Zeus escape the pattern of the succession myth?
Zeus manages to give birth to Athena and is never overthrown by his offspring.
How did Zeus give birth to Athena?
He married Metis and swallowed her whole to prevent her from giving birth. He got a head ache and when his head was split open Athena was born.
Gigantomachy
Battle with the giants. The giants are urged by Gaea to attack Olympia.
The creator of humans.
Prometheus.
What does Prometheus do for human?
He tricks Zeus so that humans may have the meaty part of the sacrifice and fire.
What did Pandora and her jar end?
The golden age.
