the heavens. He also had three sisters Hera which Zeus would later marry she was goddess of the marriage and family‚ Demeter was the goddess of corn and grain‚ and Hestia was goddess of architecture. Zeus had many children with many women Aecis‚ Agelos ‚ Aphrodite goddess of beauty ‚ Apollo god of music ‚ Ares god of war ‚ Artemis goddess of the wild‚ Athena goddess of wisdom ‚ Dionysus god of wine ‚ Eileithyia‚ Enyo‚ Eris‚ Ersa‚ Hebe‚ Helen of Troy was part of starting the Trojan War ‚ Hephaestus god
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Hera‚ who bore Hebe‚ Eilithyia‚ and Ares; Themis‚ who bore the Horae‚ or Eunomia‚ Dike‚ and Eirene‚ and the Moirae or Fates; Eurynome‚ who bore the three Charities or Graces; Mnemosyne‚ who bore the nine Muses; Leto‚ who bore Apollo and Artemis; Demeter‚ who bore Persephone; Aegina‚ who bore Aeacus; Antiope‚ who bore Amphion and Zethus; Callisto‚ who bore Arcas; Niobe‚ who bore Argos and Pelasgus; Danae‚ who bore Perseus; Io; Europa‚ who
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was the goddess of marriage and family. Law and family are some of the most important aspects of Greek life which is why those two are basically in control of all the other gods. After them came Poseidon‚ god of the sea and earthquakes. Then was Demeter‚ goddess of agriculture‚ nature‚ and fertility. After that was Athena‚ goddess of war strategy and wisdom. Apollo was next‚ god of the arts‚ prophecy‚ and the sun. Next was his sister Artemis‚ goddess of the hunt
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Greek Mythology I INTRODUCTION Temple of Apollo at Didyma The Greeks built the Temple of Apollo at Didyma‚ Turkey (about 300 bc). The temple supposedly housed an oracle who foretold the future to those seeking knowledge. The predictions of the oracles‚ delivered in the form of riddles‚ often brought unexpected results to the seeker. With Ionic columns reaching 19.5 m (64 ft) high‚ these ruins suggest the former grandeur of the ancient temple. Bernard Cox/Bridgeman Art Library‚ London/New York
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10/1-10/8. Complete answers to the Hippolytus questions in the Oncourse Test & Survey tool prior to class on Oct. 8. 7. Oct. 8 Part 2: Group Discussion 2:Euripides’ Hippolytus E-text of drama in Oncourse resource folder. Dionysus. Powell‚ Chap. 11. Homework Quiz 7 [Dionysus] available in the Oncourse Test & Survey tool from 10/8-10/15. Complete answers to the Bacchae questions in the Oncourse Test & Survey tool prior to class on 10-15. 8. Oct. 15 Group Discussion 3:Euripides’ Bacchae E-texts
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agriculture. Ancient Greece religion The Gods: The Greeks had a big religion Filled with 12 major gods and goddesses and hundreds of minor gods. The 12 gods were Zeus‚ Athena‚ Apollo‚ Poseidon‚ Hermes‚ Hera‚ Aphrodite‚ Demeter‚ Ares‚ Artemis‚ Hades‚ Hephaistos‚ and Dionysus. Greeks would sacrifice their tame animals to please a certain god he only goddess that had wild animals sacrificed to her was Artemis‚ twin sister of Apollo. Gods were believed to be the cause of disasters such as: floods
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Achelous: River god; son of Oceanus and Tethys and said to be the father of the Sirens. Acheron: One of several Rivers of Underworld. Achilles: Greek warrior; slew Hector at Troy; slain by Paris‚ who wounded him in his vulnerable heel. Actaeon: Hunter; surprised Artemis bathing; changed by her to stag; and killed by his dogs. Admetus: King of Thessaly; his wife‚ Alcestis‚ offered to die in his place. Adonis: Beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite. Aeacus: One of three judges of dead in Hades; son of
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Ancient Romans claimed descent from Greeks‚ in fact the Great Roman poet Virgil wrote an epic poem entitled Aeneid where he tells that Romans come from Aeneas line who escaped from the Trojan fire to save his royal descent. He landed at Italy where married a princess named Lavinia. That means you have to consider Roman literature as an evolution of Greek literature: Romans learn from Greek but progress. Greek and Roman literature is wide and it includes: tragedies‚ comedies‚ poems‚ epics etc
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WOMEN IN ANCIENT GREECE As ancient Greek history has played such a pivotal role in subsequent cultures throughout time‚ that to learn about women in this society enhances our understanding of western civilization. Ancient Greece was not a united nation‚ but a collection of individual sovereign communities with a common language‚ and similar religious rituals and beliefs. Communication was difficult due to the numerous islands and mountainous terrain that bisected the communities of people. Democracy
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there are over one hundred fifty minor gods and goddesses and even fewer in Greek mythology. While the names of the gods and goddesses change between the cultures‚ they still typically represent the same entity in almost all cases. The Greek goddess Demeter and the Roman Ceres are both the goddesses of fertility‚ grain‚ and harvest. They are often considered the goddesses of life. Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter both have the title of being the king of the gods along with being the god of the sky and thunder
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