Zeus
Dike (Justice; daughter)
mother is Themis ("Order")
tattler
extension of Zeus
blind to race and sex
scales of justice
virgin
Characteristics
apotropaic: fends off evil spirits
god of oaths: Justice (daughter)
aegis: magical object
tyrant, but is perfect?
eagle, bull
"the will of Zeus"
sky, thunder
Hera (sister & wife)
Olympia : Temple to Zeus and Hera
Argos
goddess of women, childbirth, marriage
heiros gamos (Eileithyia, Hebe, Hephaestus, Ares)
jealous wife
Eileithyia
Hebe
Hephaestus
Ares
helps bring Athena to Zeus; helps bring out Apollo after Artemis is born?
Crete
abstract entity
goddess of childbirth (extension of Hera)
cup-bearer, replaced by Ganymede
m. Heracles
goddess of youthful bloom
m. Aphrodite, made a cuckhold by Ares
lame: difficulty walking
Lemnos
god of crafts, the forge, fire
punished by Zeus for helping Hera
thrown away by Hera because she was embarrassed of how he looked
not m. but has children
butcher, bloodlust, death, destruction
god of (bad) strife
war as something to fear and appreciate; can initiate and restrain; the feeling of war
Athena helps Diomedes fight Ares
hated by Zeus
Thrace
Themis
goddess of order, law
Clotho (Spinner), Lachesis (Apportioner), Atropos (Inflexible)
Horae (seasons)
Mnemosyne
Muses: Calliope (Epic), Clio (History), Thalia (Comedy)
Eurynome
Charites/Gratiae: Aglaia (Spendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), Thalia (Good Cheer)
Europa
Zeus disguised as white bull
son Minos (Crete)
daughter of Agenor
Io
Zeus turns her into a cow
Egypt; son Epaphus
nymph; daughter of Inachus
Hera takes anger out on cow
Danae
Zeus locks her up too keep her as virgin, but disguises self as golden shower and rapes her
son Perseus
daughter of Acrisius (Argos)
Metis
Titan
Zeus seduces then eats her
goddess of wisdom, cunning, crafts
gives birth to Athena from his head
Athena
virgin
bears the aegis, wisdom, crafts, skills for women
Pallas (mortal girlfriend)
owl
three-times born
patron of heroes and soldiers: Odysseus, Theses, Perseus, Jason
Glaukopis: bright-eyed
Palladium statue
sacks and saves cities
Athens: the olive branch
Erichthonius: from Hephaestus trying to rape her
Arachne: weaving competition, hubris