Lecture 3 Flashcards by Nathan Bhandari

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What is important about Zeus?

A

Renowned for his physical strength
signature weapon is lightning bolt
Associated with Bull and Eagle
Derived from Indo-European sky god
Many lovers and offspring

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What is Xenia?

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formal guest-friendship oversaw by Zeus

- Have to take care of individuals visiting your land/ demonstrate hospitality

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What is important about Hera?

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Zeus’s wife
Goddess of marriage and childbirth
Quarrels with Zeus incessantly and attacks his lovers and illegitimate children
Mother of Ares, Hebe, Hephaestus, and Eileithyia

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What is important about Poseidon?

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God of Sea and Earthquakes
Associated with horse (drowned in pools for him)
Produces Pegasus with gorgon medusa

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What is important about Hades?

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Is immortal but not an Olympian God
never willing allows individuals to leave the land of the dead
name means invisible, describes faceless death

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