CLA204H1 Chapter : Olympians, Zeus, Hara,
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Chapter six: myths of zeus, his wife hera, and his brother poseidon and hades: Zeus"s divine son dionysus replaced the colorless hestia, goddess of the hearth. + makes every final decision but can give into flattery, charm, bribery, and deception. Sister and wife, hera, presides over the family. Hephaestus inspires the craftsmen, workers in metal, who made classical civilization possible. Hades is zeus"s brother but because his house is beneath the earth, he"s not an olympian. Athena, knew no mother, presides over women"s skills and practical knowledge of all kinds, Aphrodite synonymous with power of sexual attraction. Apollo, god of prophecy and healing, often called phoebus most complex and difficult to understand and inseparable from artemis, the goddess of wild animals and the hunt. Hermes, god of open spaces, travels from everywhere to next world is a trickster; master of deception and lies. Zeus rules his palace with an iron hand. + hera, jealous & complaining, subverts his authority constantly.
