The 12 Olympians: Zeus, Hera and their Children

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Chapter 5

• The 12 Olympians Zeus, Hera and their Children

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Children of Cronus Rhea
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Children of Zeus
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Hestia

• Who is Hestia?
• What makes her important?
• Whats she look like? (see p. 109)
• Why are there so few stories?

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Iconography

• Iconography is
• What do the gods look like?
• How do you know who youre looking at?
• Why make pictures of the gods?
• What are problems with making pictures of the
  gods?

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Iconography Practice

• Look at picture on p. 110
• Our 4 central figures are Athena, Zeus,
  Ganymede, and Hestia
• How do we be sure of our attribution?

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Ganymede

• Who is Ganymede?
• What is his story?
• How might we interpret this story?
• How are we to interpret the version on p. 116?
• Consider Goethes Ganymed, 1789.

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Zeus his diverse character

• List some adjectives that might describe Zeus.
• What are we to make of all his amorous
  adventures?
• Consider Ode to Zeus from Aeschylus Agamemnon.

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Hephaestus

• How is Hephaestus portrayed?
• What would he look like?
• Consider Hephaestus as Heras giant.
• Review selections from Iliad I, pp. 119f. and
  from Odyssey viii, pp. 121f.
• Consider context, esp. of Odyssey viii.

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Ares

• How is he portrayed?
• How does he appear?