western civ day twenty-three

GODS AND GODDESSES

• The gods interaction with the humans is unique 
• Poseidon- (god of the sea) interfered with Odysseus trying to return home to make his look bad
• Brother of Zeus 
• Aphrodite- (goddess of love) had lovers of both gods and men 
• Archises was a mortal who fathered her baby 
• Dionysus- (god of wine) was a son of Zeus and of Semele (a human princess)
• Zeus- ruler of heaven and Earth; father of Athena; god of sky, weather, law, order, thunder, lightning, and justice
• Zeus had a temper and was known to hurl thunderbolts 
• Athena- goddess of wisdom, skill, warfare, peace, intelligence, battle strategy and handicrafts
• Athena was born from Zeus's head fully formed (adult) and armored
• She was a patron of Athens (city named after her)
• Apollo- god of music, arts, knowledge, and healing 
• Zeus was his father
• Artemis was his twin
• Associated with the sun and his sister was associated with the moon
• Demeter- goddess of grain, harvest, and agriculture
• Zeus's sister