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Mythology Quiz 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Zeus's (Jupiter) associations | Adultery, fathering the Muses and Fates. Likely originated from an Indo-European religion. Sometimes authors make fun of him, but is still often revered. Very powerful, but not omnipotent and can be tricked |
| Zeus's sacred bird | The eagle |
| Zeus's sacred tree | The oak tree |
| Dodona | A city in Greece that had a major shrine to Zeus where the priests would listen to the oak trees to commune with him. |
| Aegis | A magical cloak made from a goat pelt. Zeus gifts it to Athena |
| Anthropomorphic | The Greek Gods were humanlike not only physically, but also in behavior |
| Leda | Zeus appears to her as a Swan and rapes her. Gives birth to Helen of Troy. A story about how war and chaos came from a bestial rape. |
| Alcmene | Wife of Amphitryon. While away at war, Zeus disguises himself as him and bangs Alcmene for a night that lasts 3 days. After that when Amphitryon returns, bangs him and has twins: one is Heracles |
| Io | Zeus is scared of Hera finding out about her, so turns her into a cow. Hera then asks for her as a gift and has her monster Argos Panoptes watch her, so she can never be turned back |
| Argos Panoptes | Hera's monster with 100 eyes. Rests half of them at a time so he can always be watching. When he is slain by Hermes, his soul is trapped in a gadfly and Hera puts his eyes into the tail of the peacock. |
| Danae | Her father is given a prophecy that her son will kill him, so he puts her in a dungeon so it wont happen. Zeus comes in as a golden shower through her window and gets her pregnant with Perseus. Her father sets them off to sea. |
| Ganymede | boy that Zeus is infatuated with, he makes him cup bearer to the gods on Olympus. |
| Hera (Juno) | Queen of the gods, associated with childbirth, married women, and fertility. Homer depicts her as a nagging, cruel combative wife. Couldn't punish Zeus so went after his affair partners instead. |
| Argos | A city in Greece devoted to Hera |
| Hera's sacred bird | Peacock |
| Hephaestus | Born solely from Hera |
| Olympia | The real Greek city that had both Zeus and Hera as their patron gods |
| The Olympics | Games held every 4 years to honor Zeus. The Greek city-states would call a truce during them. Occurred from 776BC to 400AD. Women were not allowed to participate or watch. |
| Heraea Games | A lesser set of games that came later that honored Hera. Women were allowed to compete. |
| Poseidon (Neptune) | God of the sea, earthquakes, fresh water, and horses. Many of his children are monsters. |
| King Laomedon | King of Troy. Prayed asking Poseidon and Apollo to help build a wall around the city for a great gift. When they did this, he didn't hold up on the gift. Lead both gods to side against Troy in the war. |
| Poseidon's gift to Athens | In some versions of the myth, it was the horse. In others, it was a saltwater spring. Lost in comparison to Athena's gift. |
| Athena's gift to Athens | The olive tree. Won against Poseidon's gift and made Athena Athens' patron goddess. |
| Corinth | Poseidon's patron city |
| Charybdis | One of Poseidon's children. Sits at the bottom of the sea and sucks boats down. Etiology for whirlpools. |
| Polyphemus | One of Poseidon's children (with Ge). A giant cyclopes |
| Pegasus | One of Poseidon's children (with Medusa). winged horse. |
| Triton | One of Poseidon's children. Merman. Wields the trident. |
| Proteus | One of Poseidon's children. A shape-shifter |
| Hades (Pluto) | God of the underworld (NOT death) married to Persephone |
| Athena (Minerva) | From the 2nd gen of gods after the og 6. Daughter of Zeus. goddess of wisdom, crafts, and the positive parts of war. associated with olives and snakes. |
| Parthenos (Parthenon) | Temple to Athena within Athens. |
| Athena's sacred bird | Owl |
| Arachne | weaver that claimed to be better than Athena. Athena challenges to her disguised as an old woman. She wove a tapestry depicting the god's wrong doings. Tried to hang herself when Athena revealed herself, was turned into a spider |
| Tiresias (Athena myth) | Accidently sees Athena bathing and she blinds him. Athena feels bad for that so gives him the gift of prophecy. |
| Tiresias (Zeus and Hera myth) | found 2 snakes screwing and poked them with a stick, turned into a woman. Years later, saw the snakes again, poked them again, and turned back into a man. Zeus and Hera asked if men or women enjoyed sex more, said man, Hera blinded him, Zeus gave prophecy |
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