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What are the Epithets of Zeus?

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  • Father of gods and men
  • Cloud-gatherer
  • Loud thundering husband of Hera
  • Zeus Xenios
  • Zeus of the many councils
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What are the emblems of Zeus?

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  • Bull
  • Eagle
  • Oak
  • Aegis
  • Sceptor
  • Thunderbolt
  • Scales of Justice
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What is the sphere of influences for Zeus?

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  • Sky (rains, storms)
  • Sexual Potency
  • Kingship
  • Justice
  • Guest-Friendship (Xenia)
  • Supplication Oaths
  • Victory
  • Freedom
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What are the important myths of Zeus?

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  • Succession myth (rise of Zeus)
  • Zeus and Prometheus
  • Birth of Athena
  • Love Affairs:
    • seven divine brides of Zeus
    • countless mortal women (E.g Alkmene, Danae, Europa, Io, Leda, Semele)
    • Ganymede
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What are the rituals for Zeus?

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The Olympics

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What are the Epithets of Hera?

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  • Ox/Cow-Eyed
  • Lady of the White Arms
  • She who wears golden sandals
  • She who sits on a golden throne
  • She who sleeps in the arms of Zeus
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What are the emblems of Hera?

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  • Cow
  • Peacock
  • Crown
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What is the sphere of influences for Hera?

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  • marriage
  • queenliness
  • childbirth (through daughter Eileithyia)
  • Heroes (she protects heroes especially Jason and Achilles but she hates Herakles
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What are the important myths of Hera?

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  • Birth of Hephaistos (parthenogenesis)
  • Quarrel with Hephaistos
  • Beguiling of Zeus (Iliad 14)
  • Persecution of Zeus’s lovers ( e.g Leto, Io, Semele) and some of his children (e.g Dionysys and Herakles)
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What are the rituals for Hera?

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  • Associated with major temples
  • Argive Heraia: festival where her marriage to Zeus and marriage, in general, is celebrated as well as her emblems and epithets
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What are the Epithets of Poseidon?

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  • Earthshaker
  • Earth-holder
  • Dark-haired Lord of the Deep
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What are the emblems of Poseidon?

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  • horse
  • trident
  • bull
  • fish
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What is the sphere of influences for Poseidon?

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  • Sea
  • Earthquakes
  • Horses
  • Fisherman
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What are the important myths of Poseidon?

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  • Contest with Athena
  • Poseidon and Pelops (ideal erastes/ eromenos relationship)
  • Love affairs:
    • Demeter (Arion)
    • Medusa (Pegasus and Chrysaor)
    • Tyro (Pelias and Neleus)
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What are the rituals for Poseidon?

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  • Isthmian Games (named for Corinth, were celebrated in honor of Poseidon and Palaimon(another sea god))
  • Horses drowned in whirlpool for him at whirlpool of Argos
  • Temple of Poseidon on Cape Sunium on the southern tip of Attica
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What are the Epithets of Demeter?

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  • deep bosomed
  • dark robed
  • blond haired
  • holy
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What are the emblems of Demeter?

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  • corn
  • pigs
  • flaming torches
  • crown (polos)
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What is Demeter’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • Agriculture

- Female Fertility

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What are the important myths associated with Demeter?

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  • Homeric Hymn to Demeter

- Demeter and Persephone

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What rituals are associated with Demeter?

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  • Eleusinian Mysteries

- Thesmophoria

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What are the Epithets of Persephone?

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  • Dread

- Revered

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What are the emblems of Persephone?

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  • Corn

- Cock

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What is Persephone’s Sphere of Influence?

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  • Death
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What are the important myths associated with Persephone?

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  • Rape of Persephone
  • Homeric Hymn to Demeter
  • Orphic Cosmogony
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What rituals are associated with Persephone?
- Eleusinian Mysteries | - Cult of Persephone
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What are the Epithets of Hades?
- Receiver of Many | - Wealthy
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What are the emblems of Hades?
- Underworld (House of Hades)
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What is Hades's Sphere of Influence?
- Death - Legions of Demons - Cerberus
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What are the important myths associated with Hades?
- Rape of Persephone
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What rituals are associated with Aphrodite?
- Precinct at Elis
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What are the Epithets of Aphrodite?
- Of the golden laughter - laughing - heavenly - Kypria ( = the Cyprian)
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What are the emblems of Aphrodite?
- dove - sparrow - myrtle - myrrh - girdle of desire
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What is Aphrodite's Sphere of Influence?
- sexuality
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What are the important myths associated with Aphrodite?
- Birth of Aphrodite(Theogony) - Aphrodite and Ares (Odyssey) - Aphrodite and Anchises (Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite) - Aphrodite and Adonis - Judgement of Paris - Pygmalion and Aphrodite - Myrrha and Kinyras
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What rituals are associated with Aphrodite?
- Cult of Aphrodite in Corinth - Adonia - burning of Incense
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What are the Epithets of Hephaistos?
- Lame
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What are the emblems of Hephaistos?
- Hammer and Tong
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What is Hephaistos's Sphere of Influence?
- Fire | - Metallurgy
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What are the important myths associated with Hephaistos?
- Birth of Hephaistos - Birth of Erichthonius - Return of Hephaestos
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What rituals are associated with Hephaistos?
- Chalkeia | - Cult of Hephaistos in Lemnos
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What are the Epithets of Ares?
- Hateful
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What are the emblems of Ares?
- Appears as armed warrior | - personifications of fear and panic
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What is Ares's Sphere of Influence?
- War (bloodlust)
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What are the important myths associated with Ares?
- Aphrodite and Ares - Kadmos and the dragon - Otos Ephialtes
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What rituals are associated with Ares?
- Associated with rituals in Thebes | - associated with Thrace (the barbaric north)
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What are the Epithets of Hestia?
- Eldest child of Cronos
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What are the emblems of Hestia?
- is the hearth personified
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What is Hestia's Sphere of Influence?
- the hearth | - domestic and civic responsibility
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What rituals are associated with Hestia?
- regularly invoked with prayer
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What are the Epithets of Apollo?
- Far shooter - Far Darter - Far worker
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What are the emblems of Apollo?
- bow - lyre - laurel - stag - swan
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What is Apollo's Sphere of Influence?
- young men - music - oracles
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What are the important myths associated with Apollo?
- Birth of Apollo on Delos - Homeric Hymn to Apollo - Killing Python - Killing Tityos - Killing children of Niobe - Killing Cyclopes - Killing Achilles - Daphne Love affair - Cassandra love affair - Koronus love affair - Kyrene love affair - Kreusa love affair - Hyakinthos love affair - The hyperboreans
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What rituals are associated with Apollo?
- Spartan Cult - Pythian Games - Delos - Oracle of Delphi - the Paain
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What are the Epithets of Apollo?
- Potnia Theron (Misstress of Animals) | - Kalliste (fairest with silver bow)
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What are the emblems of Apollo?
- bow and arrows | - deer
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What are the important myths associated with Apollo?
- Iphigenia - Kallisto - Aktaion - Orion - Children of Niobe - Kalydonian Boar
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What is Apollo's Sphere of Influence?
- hunting - young girls - blood
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What rituals are associated with Apollo?
- Initiation Rites - Karyatids - Little Bears of Brauron
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What are the Epithets of Hermes?
- Argeiphontes (Killer of Argos) | - Psychopompus (guide of souls)
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What are the emblems of Hermes?
- herm - cap - winged sandals - caduceus
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What is Hermes's Sphere of Influence?
- travel - boundaries - commerce - theft/trickery - flocks
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What are the important myths associated with Hermes?
- Birth of Hermes - Homeric Hymn to Hermes - Invention of the Lyre - Killing of Argos
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What rituals are associated with Hermes?
- He is worshipped in the form of Herm
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What are the Epithets of Athena?
- Pallas | - Glaukopis = owl-eyed or grey green-eyed
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What are the emblems of Athena?
- olive - owl - aegis
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What is Athena's Sphere of Influence?
- warfare (civilizing force) - strategy - cities - intelligence - handicrafts
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What are the important myths associated with Athena?
- Birth of Athena - Birth of Erichthoneus - Contest with Poseidon - Arachne - Protection of heroes, especially her favourite Odysseus
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What rituals are associated with Athena?
- Panathenaia | - Arrephoria
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What are the Epithets of Dionysos?
- Bakchos - Iakchos - Bromios - Zagreos "loosener"
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What are the emblems of Dionysos?
- phallus - ivy - vine - pine - goat - panther - bull - dolphin - thrysos (ivy covered cone staff topped by pinecone)
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What is Dionysos's Sphere of Influence?
- wine - vegetation - ecstasy - drama/theatre - maenads - Thyiads - Bakchai/Bacchae - thiasos - komasts - satyrs
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What are the important myths associated with Dionysos?
- Birth of Dionysos - Ikarios and the gift of wine - Dionysos and the pirates - Ariadne on Naxos - Dismemberment (sparagmos) of Pentheus
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What rituals are associated with Dionysos?
- dithyramb - sparagmos - omophagia - oreitasia - komos
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