Mythology

Hades (Pluto)

-parents: Cronus and Rhea -area of control: underworld; wealth; and precious metals -symbol: far-famed copper helmet (helm of darkness), Cerberus -personality: dark; morbid; up pitying; inexorable not an evil god

Ares (Mars)

-parents: Zeus and Hera -area of control: war god -symbol: dog, vulcher -personality: hateful; violent; barbaric

Hephaestus (Vulcan)

-parents: Zeus and Hera (maybe just Hera) -area of control: god of smiths, god of fire -symbol: fire and precious metals -personality: ugly; lame

Apollo (Apollo)

-parents: Zeus and Leto -area of control: god of light; archer god, music, medicine, truth -symbol: lyre; the tripod; laurel tree; navel tree -personality: golden hair; vigorous

Artemis (Diana)

-parents: Zeus and Leto -area of control: wild things; huntsman-of-chief, youth, beauty -symbol: bow and arrows, moon -personality: huntress; in tone with nature -protector of nature and the young

Hermes (Mercury)

-parents: Zeus and Maia -area of control: messenger of the gods, guided dead to the underworld -symbol: feet-winged sandals -personality: trickster; cunning; master thief; graceful

Athena (Minerva)

-parents: Zeus and Metis -area of control: goddess of wisdom -symbol: owl; olive -personality: gray-eyed

Dionysus (Bacchus)

-parents: Zeus and Semele -area of control: god of wine; earth god, suffering god -symbol: grape vine -personality: light-hearted

Odysseus

-son plow

Aphrodite (Venus)

-Area of control: sexuality, beauty, love -Symbol: dove, swan -born from sea foam

Edith Hamilton speaks of "the miracle of Greek mythology." What does she mean?

-Hamilton mentions the Greek miracle - transition from a religion that feared the unknown was less powerful and intimidating. -Greek mythology changed the way that society viewed the unknowns. Painting a world where everything had a reason and resembled their own society.

Hera (Juno)

-Parents: Cronus and Rhea -marriage and birth -peacock, cow -personality: jealous

Jeus (Jupiter)

-most powerful god -parents: Cronus (Saturn) and Rhea -The Lord if the sky, Rain-god, the cloud gatherer -symbol: eagle, thunderbolt -personality: falls in love with another woman after another; sneaky

Demeter (Ceres)

-parents: Cronus and Rhea -area of control: goddess of corn and agriculture; an earth goddess -symbol: corn -personality: kind; protective

Hestia (Vesta)

-parents: Cronus and Rhea -area of control: goddess of hearth -symbol: the home; the hearth -personality: no distinct traits

Poseidon (Neptune)

-parents: Cronus and Rhea -area of control: the sea -symbol: trident; horse, earthquakes -personality: earth-shaker

Atlas

Bore the world

Achilles

Dressed as girl Looked at weapons

What do myths show us about the early Greeks?

Greek and roman mythology shows us the way the human race thought and felt. In Greece the ___people had a connection with the earth. Though mythology we can tell the Greeks distinguish between real and unreal. We can tell that the Greeks had a vivid imagination(...)

What is important about the way Greeks saw their gods?

Greeks made their gods in their own image. They are not perfect like those of other religions. Greek gods make mistakes and are to be afraid of. Their gods had human-like qualities. The Greek knew that perfection was impossible, and were happy with their own image. This is proven in the text when it states, "Greek artists and poets realized how splendid a man could be, straight and swift and strong. He was the fulfillment of their search for beauty. They had no wish to create some fantasy shaped in their own minds. All the art and all the thought of Greece centered in human beings" (Hamilton, Mythology of the Greeks) This way, that the Greeks saw their gods, is important because it is so unlike the views of other religions. It also helps us understand more about how Greeks were and how they lived.

What is important to note about the location or setting of Greek myths? Why might this be important to the people?

Location in a real place. Myths took place in rational world which made it seem like they actually happened.

Iapetus

Olympian Important bc of sons-atlas,Prometheus

Mnemosyne

Olympian Memory

Themis

Olympian Translated by justice

Hyperion

Olympian the father of the sun, the moon, and the dawn

Ocean

River that was supposed to encircle the earth Wife-Tethys Olympian

Cronus (Saturn)

Ruled over other Titans Son-Zeus Fled to Italy and brought golden age Olympian

How does Edith Hamilton define or explain mythology?

Stories that express a variety of different ideas and imagination. Literature. Science. Religion. Stories were shaped into beliefs. Greeks created their beliefs off of their own image. Trying to explain nature

In earlier times, "the imagination was vividly alive and not checked by reason." But the imagination of primitive beings differed from the imagination of the Greeks. Explain this difference between primitive and classical mythology.

The Greeks changed their beliefs and stories about their gods and how the world was created over time. Many revolutionary ideas compared to other civilizations. Other civilizations had premature form if mythology that involved their gods being inhuman and cruel animal like Devine beings. The freed over time thought of their gods and goddesses as human with human like qualities. In the book it explains how the Greeks changed their gods. Rather than primitive gods the Greek gods were more human like and everything was. Irrational in their stories.

What are some of the "dark spots" to which the author refers?

The gods appear in the image of humans. Immortal. Human like gods who passes powers to control elements of nature. Greatly flawed. No means perfect. Frightening and evil of times.

Specifically, how did the gods of Greece differ from the gods of Egypt and Mesopotamia?

The gods if the Greek differ from the gods of Egypt and Mesopotamia by how the primitive version if the gods in Egypt and Mesopotamia were more fearful than the greeks classical religion which were more humane and easily reliable to. Because the classical gods were more humane the ancient Greeks found them relatable unlike the Egyptians and Mesopotamian people who lived in constant fear of their gods.

For what purpose did the early Greeks tell these stories?

The reason why the Greeks wrote mythology was mainly for entertainment. Not all Greek mythology was written purely for pleasure some anecdotes were actually based on science such as the deduction the story of the great flood. Some Greeks believe in explaining science however others did enjoy a good story. Most Greeks went against the status quo. Telling jokes for fun rather than(...)

Prometheus

The savior of mankind

Where was Dionysus born

Thebes

Tethys

Wife of ocean Olympian

Dionysus parents

Zeus and semele

How does the author explain the different views of the same god (Zeus' many and varied powers)?

Zeus- loving powerful god. Looked up to him and feared him