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| Homeric Hymn of Athena's birth |
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| Birthed from Zeus' head. Protectress of city Tritogeneia. She came forth in armour of war w/ a spear. |
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| Hesiod's myth of Athena's birth. |
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| Zeus swallowed mother Metis "wisdom" in fear she would bear a son that would overthrow him. Instigated by Gaea and Uranus. |
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| Who splits Zeus' head with an axe to facilitate Athena's birth in variations of the story? |
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| What are Athena's basic characteristics? (3) |
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| prowess, wisdom, and masculinity of virgin nature |
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| Athena is the goddess of... |
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| central womanly skill of weaving |
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| Weaving is a metaphor for what? |
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| taming and training of horses, ships and chariots, and inventor of the flute. |
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| What happened with Athena's flute? |
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| She grew to dislike it because it distorted her beautiful features so she threw it away. |
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| Athena is represented in art as a... |
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| war goddess. Often clad with helmet, spear, and shield. |
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| city guardian, concerned with deeds of war. Protects people as they leave and return. |
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Animal associations and assumptions of Pallas Athena |
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| the owl and the snake (suggesting she was originally a fertility goddess) |
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| Hesiod's birth of Aphrodite |
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| After castration of Uranus, name derived from Greek word for foam "aphros" |
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| Another version of Hesiod's birth of Aphrodite claim her parents are... |
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| Aphrodite is called both... |
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| What two separate goddesses of love does Aphrodite represent as result of the double tradition stories of her birth? |
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| Aphrodite Urania or Celestial Aphrodite ( sprung from Uranus along, ethereal and sublime) AND Aphrodite Pandemos, of all the people (sprung from Zeus and Dione, physical in nature) |
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| Which of the two Aphrodites does Plato say is older, and what does he believe of her? |
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| Aphrodite Urania, stronger, more intelliegent, and spiritual (whereas Pandemos is a base, and devoted primarily to physical satisfaction) |
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| For philosophy and religion, Aphrodite Urania becomes the... |
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| celestial goddess of pure and spiritual love |
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| For philosophy and religion, Aphrodite Pandemos becomes the goddess of... |
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| physical attraction and procreation |
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| Aphrodite in GENERAL is the goddess of... |
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| beauty, love and marriage |
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| How is Aphrodite depicted in early Greek art? |
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| Beautiful and usually clothed |
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| By the 4th century, Greek art depicted Aphrodite as... |
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| nude, the idealization of womanhood in all her femininity |
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| The Graces are generally how many in number? |
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| Personifications of aspects of loveliness |
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| The Horae, daughters of Zeus and Themis are not Graces but......derived from and meaning... |
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| Seasons...horae meand "hours" and therefore "time" therefore ultimately "seasons" |
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| Who are Aphrodite's usual decorative and appropriate attendants? |
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| The Graces (Charites) and the Hours or Seasons (Horae) |
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| Priapus' potential fathers (5) |
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| Hermes, Dionysus, Pan, Adonis, Zeus |
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The most well known version of the story or Aphrodite and Adonis is told by... |
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| Myrrha fell in love with... |
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| Cinyras (her own father)...she tricked him into having incestuous relations with her |
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| Cinyras turned Myrrha into... |
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| The pomegranate is associated with... |
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