CLA204H5 Quiz: Gods and Goddesses of Olympus
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Zeus ruled the family and all humankind because that was the roles of males in human society. Caused devastating storms that afflicted greek sailors (male) Higher knowledge was open only to males in ancient greece. At early stage he protected shepherds from wolves, had some other. Dwelled among the hyperboreans ( the men beyond the wind ) during the winter. Became a great god by eighth century bc. Titaness mother, leto (daughter of coeus and phoebe) Classical period: apollo is called the sun god, although had no connection with the sun (-artemis represented the dark and the moon) Arrows are shafts of diseases from the spirit world (associated with beginning of iliad) Dangerous god of plague (lord of mice, plague-bringers) Greeks captured daughter of chryses (trojan priest of apollo), was given to king. Chryses comes to greek camp, begs for return of his daughter by offering a generous ransom, agammemon refuses to give her up,
