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The 12 Olympians: Zeus, Hera and their Children

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The 12 Olympians: Zeus, Hera and their Children

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    1. Chapter 5 The 12 Olympians: Zeus, Hera and their Children

    2. Children of Cronus & Rhea

    3. Children of Zeus

    4. Hestia Who is Hestia? What makes her important? Whats she look like? (see p. 109) Why are there so few stories?

    5. Iconography Iconography is What do the gods look like? How do you know who youre looking at? Why make pictures of the gods? What are problems with making pictures of the gods?

    6. Iconography Practice Look at picture on p. 110 Our 4 central figures are: Athena, Zeus, Ganymede, and Hestia How do we be sure of our attribution?

    7. Ganymede Who is Ganymede? What is his story? How might we interpret this story? How are we to interpret the version on p. 116? Consider Goethes Ganymed, 1789.

    8. Zeus his diverse character List some adjectives that might describe Zeus. What are we to make of all his amorous adventures? Consider Ode to Zeus from Aeschylus Agamemnon.

    9. Hephaestus How is Hephaestus portrayed? What would he look like? Consider Hephaestus as Heras giant. Review selections from Iliad I, pp. 119f. and from Odyssey viii, pp. 121f. Consider context, esp. of Odyssey viii.

    10. Ares How is he portrayed? How does he appear?

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