- Who's who in the pantheon?
- Zeus- ruler of heaven and earth; father of Athena; god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice, had a temper and was known to hurl thunderbolts
- Athena- goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare and peace, intelligence, battle strategy, and handicrafts, she was born from Zeus' head fully formed and armored, patron to the city of Athens
- Apollo- god of music, arts, knowledge, healing, Zeus was his father, Artemis was his twin sister, he's associated with the sun, his sister with the moon
- Poseidon- god of the sea, rivers, floods, earthquakes, brother of Zeus, king of the sea and waters
- Aphrodite- goddess of love, beauty, desire, sexuality, her lovers included Ares (god of war), Adonis (demigod of desire), and Anchises (a mortal who fathered a baby)
- Demeter- goddess of grain, harvest, and agriculture, Zeus' sister
- Greeks were certainly a warlike people- especially the Spartans
- Spartans were know for their tough, ruthless, infantry: soldiers who fought on land
Monday, February 12, 2018
Class 2/12, Gods and Goddesses cont.
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