GREEK MYTHOLOGY Background to Homer’s Odyssey As you read each story, ask yourself: What is most enjoyable, predictable, or bizarre about this story? How would I have responded in this situation? What mysteries or features of the world might this story try to explain? What bit of moral or religious instructions (i.e. don’t disobey the gods) might be contained in this story? How does this story compare with Christian beliefs, or with the values of our culture today?
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overthrow him because of an oracle placed on him by his mother. He, therefore, swallowed five of his children. Their mother, Rhea, tricked Cronus into swallowing a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes believing it was Zeus. Zeus was hidden until he was grown. It was at that time that Zeus fought Cronus and forced him to vomit out his siblings, including a now grown Hades. The siblings waged a war with the Titans. This ten-year war resulted in the Titans being overthrown and the younger gods taking
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Revision Notes Zeus * Father Cronus, mother Raya * Has 5 siblings, he is the youngest * Sky god. Symbols – Lightning bolt and eagle * Biggest weakness – Women * Unfaithful to his wife, thought to have had over 100 offspring with both mortal and immortal women. * Cronus, Zeus’ father is told a prophesy that he will be overthrown by his offspring and so he swallows his children. * When Zeus is born he is hidden in a cave on the island of Crete. When he reaches manhood
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Symbol or Attribute: The Sun itself, the lyre (a type of musical instrument), the bow, and the chariot he drives across the sky daily. Apollo's Strengths: Creative, handsome, supportive of all the arts of civilization. Weaknesses: Like his father Zeus, Apollo is all too happy to enjoy the charms of nymphs, as well as the occasional youth, and his conquests number in the dozens. Birthplace of Apollo: On the sunny Greek island of Delos, where he was born along with his twin sister, Artemis. Another
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long time ago, Zeus ordered Hephaestus (Aphrodite's husband) to make him a daughter. It was the first woman made out of clay. Hephaestus made a beautiful woman and named her Pandora. Zeus sent his new daughter, Pandora, down to earth so that she could marry Epimetheus, who was a gentle but lonely man. Zeus was not being kind. He was getting even. Epimetheus and Prometheus were brothers. Zeus was mad at one of the brothers, Prometheus, for giving people fire without asking Zeus first. Zeus gave Pandora
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1. In the first 116 lines of Hesiod’s Theogony, he presents that the Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, were incredibly beautiful and had wonderful voice. Zeus adored the nine Muses; Cleo, Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Urania, and Calliope, the leader of the Muses. The Muses are goddesses of the arts and live by Mountain Helicon along with Hesiod. They told stories of future and the past, laws of the land, and the good stories of the gods and goddesses. The Muses
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What is a Myth? Before defining the term "mythology" one needs to define the meaning of the word "myth". The word itself comes from the Greek "mythos" which originally meant "speech" or "discourse" but which later came to mean "fable" or "legend". So the word "myth" is defined as a story of forgotten or vague origin, basically religious or supernatural in nature, which seeks to explain or rationalize one or more aspects of the world or a society. Furthermore, all myths are, at some stage, actually
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|Column B | | |Divinity Name: Zeus |Divinity Name: Odin | | |Culture of Origin: Odin |Culture of Origin: Norse | |How is this divinity portrayed? Describe the |Zeus was the ruler over all the Olympian Gods |Odin ruler of the Norse God lives in | |divinity’s role within
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Persephone his bride, as Demeter seeks reunion with her daughter, and as Zeus tries to resolve not only the conflicts with Demeter but also the tensions between mortals and immortals. The gods all have to make some compromises as they struggle to get their way and do what they feel is best. In my opinion, the challenge of one god's authority by another god is the strongest and most prominent theme in the myth. The myth starts with Zeus granting Hades permission to abduct Persephone and wed her without
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there’s this one man whose name is Prometheus. He was a powerful deity and they have similarities with Equality, protagonist of Anthem. So let’s talk first about the first part. Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and gave it to humans. Humans can now make war, their own food, and etc. This made Zeus mad that he punished him by having him chained to a rock. Now, let’s talk about Equality’s part. On page 35, you’ll see that Equality stole candles from the Home of the Street Sweepers. Not only that, he
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