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