Week 6 Flashcards
What does Zeus consume that becomes an intrinsic part of him
Métis (wisdom)
Who advised Zeus to swallow metis
Gaia and uranus
Tritogenia
Athena epithet, don’t know what it means, maybe a region or triton
Pallas Athena myth
Athena becomes a foster child of triton, raised with his daughter Pallas. They practiced warfare together, when Athena accidentally kills Pallas because of Zeus aegis distraction. Athena is so upset she takes Pallas’s name and Zeus gives her his aegis. She carves an image that Zeus throws out of Olympus. The palladium lands in Troy and as long as it is in Troy, the city is safe.
what was metis fated to do
give birth to a son who would overthrow his father
where was athena born from
she sprang from Zeus’ head fully formed
athena and arachne
(ovid) weaver arachne denies athena’s divinity, disguised athena warns her, but arachne still denies. Minerva challenges arachne to a contest, athena maybe loses, turns arachne into a spider.
athena and nike
sometimes attended by nike (victory) or is athena nike
who made athena parthenon
phedias
athena associated with
olive tree and owl
