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    Mount Olympus

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    and justice • Hera‚ queen of the gods‚ goddess of marriage and childbirth The Twelve Olympians • Poseidon‚ Zeus ’s brother‚ god of the seas‚ earthquakes and tidal waves. • Hestia Zeus’s sister‚ goddess of the hearth‚ family‚ and domestic life • Demeter‚ Zeus’s sister‚ goddess of fertility‚ agriculture‚ nature and seasons The Twelve Olympians • Apollo‚ Zeus’s son‚ god of light‚ the sun‚ healing‚ plague‚ art‚ music‚ poetry‚ archery‚ manly youth‚ and beauty • Ares‚ Zeus’s son‚ god of war‚ violence

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    Elizabeth Elizalde AP Literature 10/28/15 Allusions Study (Mythical and Biblical) Mythology (Greco-Roman) Icarus and Daedalus This classic ancient greek myth is about an exceptionally clever inventor named Daedalus who uses his talents to escape the island of Crete with his son Icarus. Before the conflict began King Minos asked Daedalus to build him a maze to imprison the Minotaur‚ years later Daedalus helps Theseus navigate through the labyrinth which infuriated King Minos. Desperately needing

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    Mythology Notes 8/21/2014 Myth- Story Legend- Heroic tales of humans‚ more recent past Fairy Tales- Outside of human capabilities‚ improbable for adults‚ entertainment value‚ non human characters‚ magical‚ simple plot structures‚ outside time and place Folklore- Cultural stories‚ tales specific to a culture‚ explanatory of things of importance‚ elements of fear‚ contain regular/common people‚ not focused on Gods or heroes Fable- lessons‚ contain animals‚ clearly fiction Urban Legend-In the

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    CLA204 Lecture 1 Notes What is myth? - mûthos (ancient Greek) – “story”‚ “plot” of a narrative - myth – “a traditional story of collective (social) importance” – character‚ plot‚ temporal and special setting - mûthos (story) + logos (account) = “study of myth”‚ mythology - set in distant past or time so long ago when humans did not exist - mythical place – ie. garden paradise‚ world of the dead‚ etc. Circulation of Myth: oral (Orpheus‚ Homer‚ Hesiod) literary (Ovid‚ Euripides) artistic

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    believed in the gods no matter what they called the practice. There are hundreds of gods that the Greeks worshiped but there was primarily twelve: Zeus‚ Hera‚ Poseidon‚ Apollo‚ Aphrodite‚ Artemis‚ Ares‚ Hephaestus‚ Athena‚ Hermes‚ Dionysos‚ and Demeter. That being said there was no universal truth for each god. The stories of each God were different dependent on the town and this story usually made the god or goddess distinct. Each town also had its own primary god‚ for example Athens had Athena

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    CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY CLAS C205 (23712) W 6:00-8:40pm Room: CA 235 IUPUI Fall 2014 Martina Dalinghaus‚ Program Director for Classical Studies email: mdalingh@iupui.edu Office: CA 543B; Phone: 278-3645 Office hours: MTR 9-11 am; W 4:30-5:30pm (and by appointment) Secretary (World Languages): Cavanaugh 545‚ 274-0062 Note: Please send all communications outside of office hours via email or Oncourse mail or leave urgent messages with secretary during business hours. COURSE OBJECTIVES This course provides

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    The Theogony of Hesoid

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    translation of Hesiod ’s Works and Days by David Grene. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1998. Theogony‚ Works and Days‚ Shield. Translated by Apostolos N. Athanassakis. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press‚ 2004. Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns. Translated by Daryl Hine. Chicago: University of Chicago Press‚ 2005.

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    A New Construction of Masculinity Boys and young men learn early on that being a real man means you have to put on this tough guy persona. This persona’s manifestation are hyper-masculinity or machismo‚ independence‚ isolation‚ territorialism‚ inability to show emotions‚ inability to initiate emotional ties with other men‚ inability to recognize their need for community and sharing (Heath‚ 2003). In contrast with the construct of masculinity in classical Greek literatures where male-male relationships

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    Mythology the Past and Present Nike is the winged goddess of victory according to Greek mythology. She sat at the side of Zeus‚ the ruler of the Olympic pantheon‚ in Olympus. A mystical presence‚ symbolizing victorious encounters‚ Nike presided over history’s earliest battlefields. A Greek would say‚ "When we go to battle and win‚ we say it is Nike." Synonymous with honored conquest‚ Nike is the twentieth century footwear that lifts the world’s greatest athletes to new levels of mastery and achievement

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    Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you reap joy (Ransom).” This quote symbolizes Demeter’s life as goddess of the harvest. Demeter provided a great deal to Greek mythology through her anger and compassion of being a caring mother. Her origins‚ myths about her life‚ as well as symbols and representations of her‚ all make up Demeter’s reputation. One important part of this Greek goddess is her interesting beginnings. All of the gods and goddesses are all in some way related to

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