CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Eumolpidae, Croesus, Xenophanes
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The twelve olympians: zeus, hera, and their children. Zeus lords of gods and men, sky as his sphere. Hera )eus" siste(cid:396) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ife, hestia a(cid:374)d de(cid:373)ete(cid:396) other sisters. 14 major deities in greek (and roman): zeus (jupiter), hera (juno), poseidon (neptune), hades (pluto), hestia (vesta), hephaestus (vulcan), ares (mars), apollo, artemis (diana), demeter (ceres), aphrodite (venus), athena (minerva), hermes (mercury), and dionysus (bacchus) Olympians above list removing hades, replacing hestia with dionysus. Hestia goddess of the hearth and its fire: rejected poseidon and apollo to remain a virgin, fire was rare, she protected it (hearth = bottom of fireplace) Zeus and hera enactment of sacred marriage, hera has a lot of power, but not many myths e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept of )eus" (cid:395)uee(cid:374) Hera a(cid:448)e(cid:374)ges )eus" se(cid:454)ual e(cid:374)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)te(cid:396)s, a(cid:272)ts as (cid:449)ife, (cid:373)othe(cid:396), (cid:395)uee(cid:374), asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith the peacock. Sanctuary of zeus at olympia zeus was the god of the sanctuary, son heracles found the.