1 / 6

THE LESSER GODS OF OLYMPUS

THE LESSER GODS OF OLYMPUS. Eros Hebe Iris The Graces The Muses. EROS (CUPID). Greek god of love and sexual desire A n attendant of Aphrodite U sually depicted as a young winged boy, with his bow and arrows at the ready, often represented as blindfolded T wo types of arrows :

chi
Download Presentation

THE LESSER GODS OF OLYMPUS

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. THE LESSER GODS OF OLYMPUS • Eros • Hebe • Iris • The Graces • The Muses

  2. EROS (CUPID) • Greek god of love and sexual desire • An attendant of Aphrodite • Usually depicted as a young winged boy, with his bow and arrows at the ready, often represented as blindfolded • Two types of arrows: • golden with dove feathers which aroused love • leaden arrows which had owl feathers that caused indifference

  3. HEBE (JUVENTAS) • Hebe is the goddess of youth, and the daughter of Zeus and Hera. • The cup-bearer of gods • Hebe also prepared Ares' bath, and helped Hera to her chariot • Hercules married her • Portrayed as a young woman, wearing a sleeveless dress

  4. IRIS • Goddess of the Rainbow • A messenger of the gods • Brought messages from Gods, especially Hera to humans • Portrayed as a young woman with wings • Her attributes are a herald's staff and a water pitcher

  5. THE GRACES • goddesses who bestowed beauty and charm and who were themselves the embodiment of both • constant attendants of Aphrodite • Euphrosyne (mirth) Thalia (good cheer) Aglaea (splendor)

  6. THE MUSES • Nine goddesses who presided over the arts and sciences • Clio – history • Urania – astronomy • Melpomene – tragedy • Thalia – comedy • Terpsichore – dance • Calliope – epic poetry • Erato – love poetry • Polyhymnia – divine songs • Euterpe – lyric poetry

More Related