CLST 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Roman Mosaic, Freeganism, Actaeon
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Hera generated by herself hephaestus (sometimes people say he is son of zeus and hera) Zeus and hera: hebe (goddess of youth), ares (god of war), eileithyia (goddess patron of delivery) Other offspring of zeus, with mother in brackets. Apollo and artemis are twins, children of zeus and leto (female titan) Aphrodite, daughter of uranus (in different version, daughter of zeus and dione, but other is more common) Other gods and figures like titans, sometimes they fight against zeus, try to overthrow him. In iliad, plot moved against zeus by athena, weird as she is usually on his side. Hera and poseidon were also plotting against him. Don"t know the plots, but have it mentioned, by achilles, to his mother thetis. Thanks to help of achilles mother, it was possible to stop the plot. She called a giant, briareus, the one with a hundred hands, stopped the plot and had zeus" power retained.