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Myth
week 2
46
Literature
Undergraduate 4
07/08/2012

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Term
Anthropomorphic
Definition
anthropos= human being
morphe= form
the nature of the Olympian Gods
Term
ICHOR
Definition
divine blood
Term
nectar
Definition
divine drink
Term
ambrosia
Definition
divine food
Term
Zeus
Definition
supreme ruler of the gods
domain: sky
Term
Poseidon
Definition
domain: sea
Term
Hades
Definition
underworld
rarely counted as Olympian
-Roman names: DIS, PLUTO (both=wealth)ORCUS
-god of death and agricultural plenty
Term
Hera
Definition
originally an earth mother goddess
driving a chariot pulled by peacocks
usually accompanied by IRIS goddess of the rainbow
Sacred Marriage
Term
Hestia
Definition
Jurisdiction of the space within the house
gives place to Dionysus
Term
Demeter
Definition
jurisdiction of the open space of the Earth
Term
Hephaestus
Definition
metalworker of gods
son of Zeus and Hera
Birth:
Hera alone, LAME, cast out by Hera
Zeus and Hera: interferred with parents quarrel, hurled down Olympus landed on Lemnos, cult-place
Term
Ares
Definition
god of war
son of Zeus and Hera
Term
Apollo
Definition
god of arts, healing and disease
son of Zeus and Leto
god of shepards,associated with music
god of medicine
"know thyself"
"nothing too much"
Term
Artemis
Definition
goddess of wilderness
daughter of Zeus and Leto
lions
virgin girl characteristics of a fertility goddess
moon goddess with lunar and menstrual cycles
Term
Athena
Definition
goddess of wisdom and domestic arts and crafts, war
Daughter of Zeus and Metis
Term
Hermes
Definition
god of cunning, communication, business and thieves
son of Zeus and Maia
Term
Dionysus
Definition
god of wine, theatre and madness
son of Zeus and Semele
born by Zeus, hera burned semele alive
god of vegetation, wine
represents irrational in human beings
MANIA (madness) combines bestial and sublime
Term
Aphrodite (LOVERS)
Definition
Ares, Hermes, Anchises, Dionysus etc
Term
Niobe
Definition
boasts to have many children,
Artemis kills daughters
Apollo kills sons
Niobe turned to stone
Term
Acteon
Definition
hunting, saw Artemis bathing, she transformed him into a stag, had his dogs tear him to shreads
Term
Callisto
Definition
zeus, disguised as Artemis raped Callisto
She gave birth to ARCAS,
hera turned Callisto into a bear,
Arcas almost killed bear mother,
Zeus made them constellations
Term
Omphalos
Definition
Stone shaped like an egg
-marks the center of the earth
-marks the tomb of Pytho
-is the stone cronus swallowed instead of Zeus
Term
Sibyl, Apollo
Definition
she rejected him, was granted immortality without eternal youth, became only a voice
Term
Cassandra, Apollo
Definition
was given prophecy, changed her mind, no one listened to her
Term
Daphne 1, Apollo
Definition
offended eros, sent an dull arrow at Daphne, makes her love repelled for apollo
Becomes a tree
Term
Daphne 2, Apollo
Definition
vowed to remain a virgin devoted to Artemis, and fled apollo
turned into a tree
Term
Hyacinthus, Apollo
Definition
BOY
other suitor directs discus at HYAC and he dies,
becomes a flower
Term
Coronis, Apollo
Definition
Pregnant with Apollo's child, raven saw her with another lover
Apollo shot her with arrow, saved baby
- ASCLEPIUS
god of medicine
Term
Marsyas
Definition
Satyr, challenged Apollo to flute contest, lost and was flayed alive
Term
Cult of Dionysus
Definition
OMOPHAGY: ate raw flesh of sacrificial animal
THIASUS- congregation
Term
Satyrs and Sileni
Definition
male counterparts of maenads, part man part animal
SILENI, older satyrs, wise
Term
Thyrsus
Definition
pole wreathed in ivy or vine leaves, pointed at the top to receive a pine cone
DIONYSIAC PROP
Term
Dionysus- Zagreus
Definition
Zeus mated with his daughter Persephone, and she bore a son ZAGREUS
Hera incited the Titans to dismember the child and devour the pieces
The heart of the child was saved; and Dionysus was born again, through Semele and Zeus, as recounted above.
Term
Dionysus and Ariadne
Definition
ARIADNE gave the hero Theseus a thread by which he could find his way out of the labyrinth after killing the Minotaur.
He abandoned her on the island of Naxos
She was rescued by Bacchus, who fell in love with her
Term
Maenads or Bacchae
Definition
female followers of Dionysus, women possessed by D
Term
Tartarus
Definition
place of punishment
Hades' realm
EREBUS:
-darkness of Tartarus
-Tartarus itself
Term
lysian Fields
Definition
Paradise of the Underworld
Term
MINOS, rhadamanthus, aeacus
Definition
pass sentence on the just and unjust souls
Term
Charon
Definition
The Ferryman that transports souls across Styx
demands a fare, coin is buried in mouth of corpse
Term
hermes Psychopompus
Definition
leader of the soul, takes souls to charon
Term
Cerebus
Definition
The hound of Hades
guards the realm
ferocious with at least 3 heads
Term
The Furies
Definition
ERINYES, born from uranus' blood
pitiless and just avengers of crime especially murder and blood guilt within the family
Term
Keleus and Metaneira
Definition
Eleusis, daughters invite Demeter to take care of brother.
She refuses to taste food or drink until IAMBE (lifts her skirt makes demeeter laugh), with jests and jokes caused her to smile and laugh.
She then accepted a drink called KYKEON
Term
Baubo
Definition
face staue with legs and harp
Term
Demophoon
Definition
nursed by demeter,
\Attempts to make him immortal through fire.
When Metaneira interrupts her Demeter reveals her divinity.
She then disappears but promises to teach her rites to the inhabitants of Eleusis.
Term
Final message of Hymn to Demeter
Definition
Happy is the one of
mortals on earth who has
seen these things. But
those who are uninitiated
into the holy rites …
never are destined to a
similar joy when they are
dead in the gloomy realm
below.”
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