Zeus Flashcards
Protected by whom after birth?
Corybantes at Mt. Dicte
Who made his bolts?
Cyclopes
What makes Zeus different from Cronus and Uranus?
- Diplomacy
- Uplifting the downtrodden
- Elist allies
- Delegation
How long did the Titanomachy last?
10 years
How many heads and limbs did Typhon have?
50 of each
Etiology of Mt. Etna?
Alternate Typhonomachy = Athen and Zeus bury him under the mountain. Eruptions are Typhon’s rage.
What prophecy did Gaia give to Zeus about the Gigantomacy?
A mortal hero’s aid will be needed: Heracles
What is the Omphalos?
The stone given to Cronus instead of Zeus, placed at Delphi after Zeus uses flight paths of eagles to determine the religious centre of the world.
Zeus’ consorts?
- Hera
- Metis
- Maia
- Leto
- Semele
- Dione*
Epithets of Zeus?
Panhellenios
Cronion
The Saviour
Guardian of Cities
Protector of Guests
Zeus’ Iconograpy
Thunder and lightning
Kingly regalia
Aegis (goatskin)
Eagle
Oak Tree
Nature/Realm
Kingship, Law, Justice
Patron of Guests and Strangers
Suppliants
Temple location
Temple of Zeus at Olympia
Site of the Olympic games
42 ft tall sculpture of gold, ivory, precious stones
Zeus and Lede
Zeus in form of a swan = Helen and Pollux
Lede and Tyndareus = Clymenstra and Castor
- Castor and Pollux = the Gemini, share immortality after death
Zeus and Europa
Zeus in bull form, very gentle and handsome.
Europa falls in love, Zeus abducts to Crete and rapes = Minos, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon
