Week 5 Flashcards
who created zeus thunderbolt
cyclopes, in thanks for their release from tartarus
xenia
means friendship, once offered obligation of hospitality and exchange
zeus and hera kids
hesphaeus (sometimes), hebe, ares, eileithyia
athena parents
zeus and metis
apollo and artemis parents
zeus and leto
hermes parents
zeus and maia
aphrodite parents
zeus and dione
dionysus parants
zeus and semele
aegis
means “goat skin” protective shield worn by zeus
eileithyia
goddess of childbirth
hebe
goddess of youthful bloom and a cupbearer
hesphaetus island
lemnos
anthropomorphism
the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object
origin of dodona oracle
2 black doves flew from egypt, one to libya, one to dodona, sat in oak tree and told humans to establish an oracle to zeus
ganymede myth
(aprhodite homeric hymn) trojan prince, most beautiful of mortals, zeus either kidnaps by whirlwind or eagle to become immortal cupbearer. Zeus gives father horses to appease him
different versions of hesphaestus birth/deformity
hesiod says both that hera and zeus throw him from olympus, homer says zeus does it
aphrodite and ares
they cheat and get caught and trapped by hurt hesphaestus until poseidon begs for ares’s release
parents of muses
zeus and mnemosyne
muses
associated with arts and apollo, usually 9 each with specific function, union of divine and memory
parents of fates
zeus and themis
fates
clotho (spinner): spins thread of life
lachesis (apportioner): measures thread, how long life will be
atropos (inflexbile): cuts thread, ends life
abstract fate
moira
why does zeus swallow metis (wisdom)
prophesied when metis is pregnant that her son will overthrow father
west pediment
centaurs at wedding of pirithous
east pediment
pelops and hippodamia
metopes
12 labours of heracles
zeus statue maker
pheidias
