The subject for my abstract is the statue of Zeus in Olympia. The statue was fashioned by Phidias and occupied half the width of the aisle of the large temple built to house it. "It seems that if Zeus were to stand up‚" the geographer Strabo said in the 1st century BC‚ "he would sunroof the temple.” The statue was a chryselephantine sculpture‚ made with ivory and gold panels on a wooden substructure. No copy in marble or bronze has lasted this long‚ though that can be recognized by only certain kinds
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This term refers to the many Greek gods a. Pantheon b. Tetrarchy c. Tritopatores d. All of the above 3. Kronos and Rhea were the parents of: a. Zeus b. Poseidon c. Hades d. All of the above 4. Known for his lightning bolt‚ this god was often called the king of the gods in the ancient Greek tradition a. Poseidon b. Odin c. Jesus d. Zeus 5. __________ is our oldest written source of information about the Greek gods a. Hesiod b. Homer c. Apollodorus d. None of the above 6. Poseidon
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Zeus was the God of the storms. He is the strongest god of them all. Zeus was the last child of the titans Cronus and Rhea‚ and avoided being swallowed by his father (who had been told one of his children would overthrow him) when Rhea sought help from Uranus and Ge. Cronus had previously swallowed. Zeus had many offspring; his wife Hera bore him Ares‚ Hephaestus‚ Hebe and Eileithyia‚ but Zeus had numerous liaisons with both goddesses and mortals. He either raped them‚ or used devious means to seduce
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Long ago‚ Zeus came down from Mount Olympus to a town named Santorini in Ancient Greece to have a child with a mortal woman that was very beautiful. This woman lived near a mountain in Santorini named μεγάλο βουνό. (Great Mountain) The woman finally gave birth to the boy and named him Lavatinos. He was a very curious boy‚ as he grew older he asked more and more questions about where his dad was and why his mom wouldn’t tell him. Eventually his mom became frustrated with all of the questions being
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Most of the early mythologies were simply the way that they explained natural phenomenon. They usually always had a father sky god and earth mother. For the Ancient Nordic people their sky god was Odin. But for the Ancient Greeks their sky god was Zeus. Although these gods were from very different places and cultures; they have a lot of similarities but they do have their differences. In this essay I am going to discuss the lives of these two gods and point out the similarities and the differences
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Zeus-God of the Sky vs. Poseidon-God of the Sea Dominican College Anthony Mauriello Thousands of years ago many people believed in Zeus‚ the Greek god of the sky. The people of Greece worshipped this idol as their god and his image appeared on most Greek coins. Zeus was the supreme ruler of Mount Olympus and all the other Greek gods and goddesses of the Olympian pantheon. Zeus was the son of Cronus and his sister‚ Rhea. Also from this relationship
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of the myth of Persephone and Hades. The arranged abduction that took place broke a divine mother’s heart enough to affect the course of life on Earth forever. Persephone‚ or commonly called Core‚ meaning “the maiden‚” was sought after by Hades‚ ruler of the underworld (Persephone 1). He was smitten with her youth and beauty‚ but her mother‚ Demeter refused to let him have her hand in marriage (Persephone‚ Queen of the Underworld 1). The drastic measures that Hades would take to ensure Persephone’s
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him and his family and that was one of the reasons why most people admired him. Because of what he did‚ he acquired a large amount of love and appreciation. He was well respected and he respected everyone he met. One of his enemies was Zeus‚ lord of the sky. Zeus always brought destruction to his part of the land. They have been opponents for over 12 centuries.
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his brother Hades for making his creations a demon “HADES WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO MY FIRST CREATIONS!’ Zeus said. “I have no fear in you brother I am but a lonely soul looking for people to be with in the underworld” Hades Said. Zeus got very fiery he threw his lightning bolt trying to hit Hades but Hades dodged it and the lightning bolt hit a tree. A light but bright orange and red formed and ashes without know Zeus had burned
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Raffi Scarpa Was Hades an Evil God? The ancient Greeks believed that the three main gods‚ Zeus‚ Poseidon‚ and Hades‚ overthrew the previously ruling generation of Titans and divided the world between them. The gods agreed that zeus would get the skies‚ Poseidon would get the seas‚ and Hades would get the underworld. Since Hades is the god of underworld‚ it is often assumed that he is an evil god. Although he did do his fair share of bad deeds‚ he is no more evil than any of the other gods. It
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