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Classics in Greek Mythology
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Classics
Undergraduate 1
09/27/2012

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Mythology
Definition
rational analysis of study of stories and myths
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Mythography
Definition
writing down stories
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Hesiod
Definition
Major works: Theohony; Works and Days
Uses Greek Names
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Mycenaean Age
Definition
The Mycenaean Age dates from around 1600 BC to 1100 BC, during the Bronze Age. Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece from which the name Mycenaean Age is derived.
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Dark Age
Definition
1150-480 BCE: destruction of mycenean cities, colonialization
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Greek Archaic Period
Definition
800-480 BCE: invention of Greek Alphabet
"Age of Tyrants", emergence of the polis
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Greek Classical period
Definition
480-323 BCE: influenced by roman empire, influenced the foundation of western civilization
death of Alexander the Great
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Ovid
Definition
Writer of Metemorphoses
Uses Greek Names
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Zeus/Jupiter
Definition
King of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus. God of sky and thunder.
Parents: cronus and rhea
god of weather, law, kingship; upholds oaths, hospitality relations
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Hera/Juno
Definition
wife and sister of zeus
goddess of marriage, family, childbirth
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Demeter/Ceres
Definition
goddess of agriculture and harvest
sister of zeus
often linked in a cult with her daughter Persephone
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Interpretive approaches to myth
Definition
ritualist, structuralist, psychoanalytic, sociological
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Poseidon/Neptune
Definition
god of the sea, water and earthquakes
brother of zeus
trident and conch shell (symbols)
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Artemis/Diana
Definition
goddess of the hunt, virgin goddess
parents: Zeus and Leto
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Apollo
Definition
god of healing, music, poetry and prophecy
no roman name
beardless, often carrying a lyre of a bow
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Aphrodite/Venus
Definition
goddess of love and sex
born from the foam of the sea
shown nude with doves and cupid/eros
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Hermes/Mercury
Definition
messenger god, god of travel, commerce, thievery
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Hephaestus/Vulcan
Definition
god of metal working and fire
parents is hera ONLY
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Titans
Definition
Rhea, Oceanus, Hyperion, (Coeus, Crius, Lapetus), Cronos, Mnemosyne, (Tethys, Theia, Phyoebe, Themis)
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