CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Potnia Theron, Roman Mythology, Mycenaean Greece
29 Sep 2016
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Lecture 3 the 12 olympian gods + others (buxton pg. Republic and the last of the greeks: the mycenaeans had developed 70% of the list of the gods. Brother of hera*, poseidon, demeter, hestia, and hades: marries hera and has ares and hephisos (and athena) by her. Son of kronos and rhea: defeats his father kronos and creates order and peace in the universe. The father of gods and men (homer: fathered ares, hephaestus, apollo, artemis, athena, and dionysus, also fathered persephone by demeter, father or brother of every single major god. Has a major shrine at olympia (not mt. Sister of zeus*, poseidon, demeter, hestia, and hades. Goddess who oversees the institution of marriage (blesses wives: benefactor and patron of married women, protectress of the family more important in real life. Has special shrines in argos and samos. Brother of zeus, hera, demeter, hestia, and hades.
