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Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology. Lecture #1 A brief preview of what we will learn this semester!. What is Myth?. Derived from the Greek word mythos meaning “ word, ” “ speech, ” “ tale, ” or “ story. ”

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Greek Mythology

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  1. Greek Mythology Lecture #1 A brief preview of what we will learn this semester!

  2. What is Myth? • Derived from the Greek word mythos meaning “word,”“speech,”“tale,” or “story.” • May be written or spoken, but could also be conveyed through painting, sculpture, music, dance, or theatre • Stories that have been handed down through many generations • Myth is a term for stories primarily concerned with the gods and humankind’s relations with them. • Myth is intertwined with religion.

  3. The Olympian Gods

  4. Zeus (Jupiter) • Epithets- aegis-bearing, high thundering,cloud gathering, • Epithets- A term used to characterize a person or thing • King of the gods, god of the sky, weather, and justice • Attributes- Lightning bolt, aegis, oak, eagle • Son of Cronos and Rhea

  5. Poseidon (Neptune) • Division of Cosmos: Sea • Epithets- earth shaker, Savior of sailors, Bull of the sea • God of water, earthquakes, and horses • Associated with the Trident • Son of Cronos and Rhea • Married to Amphitrite Rough, stern, and ferociously violent Hades (Pluto) • Division of Cosmos: Underworld • Epithets- Unseen one,Zeus, Chthonius , Polyxenos, Necron Soter • Dis/Pluto, Ploutos- “wealth” • God of death and the dead • Took Persephone as wife • Passive rather than evil

  6. Demeter (Ceres) Hera(Juno) • De + meter = mother earth • Deo, Ceres= Cereal • Goddess of Agriculture, harvest, fertility of the earth • Attributes: torch, sheaf of wheat, poppy, cornucopia • Daughter of Cronos and Rhea • Mother of Persephone • Queen of the gods, wife of Zeus • Goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth • Epithets- ox-eyed,white-armed • Peacock • Daughter of Cronos and Rhea

  7. Athena(Minerva) • Epithets- Nike, Ergane, Hippias, gray-eyed, bright-eyed • Goddess of war • Powers and skills- Wisdom, severe moral earnestness, weaving • Virginity= untamed power • Daughter of Zeus and Metis • Goddess of love, beauty, sex, and procreation • Power over all living creatures, including the gods • Associated with swans, sparrows, doves, and dolphins • Judgment of Paris • Mother of Eros (Cupid) Aphrodite (Venus)

  8. Apollo • God of prophesy, the arts, archery, young people, healing, and plague • Epithets- far-darter, Phoebus • Attributes- wreath and branch of laurel, bow and quiver, raven, and lyre Artemis (Diana) • Bringer of sudden death • Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and wild animals • Virgin, goddess of young people (esp. women) and childbirth Twins of Leto and Zeus

  9. Epithets- Logios, psychopompos • God of travelers, boundaries, luck, shepherds and cowherds • Known as and Inventor and trickster • Associated with winged sandals, caduceus • Led souls traveling to the underworld • Messenger of the gods • Son of Zeus and Maia Hermes(Mercury) • Epithets- Giver of many joys • God of vegetation, the vine, wine, revelry, and ecstatic release • Innate wildness of humanity • Associated with Thyrsus, leopard, drinking cup and fruit vine • Son of Zeus and Semele • Known as the “foreigner”. Was not an original Olympian, replaced Hestia Dionysus (Bacchus)

  10. Ares(Mars) Hephaestus (Vulcan) • Epithet- The lame one • Divine artisan, god of fire • Created items of importance • Thrown of Mt Olympus • Husband of Aphrodite • Son of Zeus and Hera • God of war and battle • Brutal, strong, “divine swashbuckler” • Hotheaded • Affair with Aphrodite • Son of Zeus and Hera

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